Megapixels & Camera Phones

CEmongler writes "Consumer Electronics publication CoolTechZone.com tackles the integrated camera attachments in today's cell phones. According to the author, "The camera integration has in fact reached such a stage that any self-respecting phone would incorporate at least a megapixel camera. The cutting-edge feature to have though is the 2-megapixel variety. The question is: is it really worth the extra money you pay for it? Without getting into model-by-model comparisons, I am questioning the entire range of 2-megapixel camera phones. Are they really worth it? For the most part, no."

Comments

Do you have a choice?

[BadAnalogyGuy]

When faced with the choice between a phone with a camera and one without, which do you choose? When they are the same price, which do you choose? When they just don't make phones without cameras anymore, which do you choose.

Shut the fuck up, consumer.

It's about using the camera

[emj]

This article is FUD.

I use my mobilep hone camera, it's a lousy 1MP. Using a 2MP camera phone really makes it possible to see details and colours. You can argue that this has nothing to do with the amount of Mega Pixels your camera has; e.g. the lense, the CMOS area, is more important etc etc. But more megapixels usually means better quality.

Should you buy a new phone just because it's a 2MP camera, why not! If you take pictures, tell my why I wouldn't want them in better resolution?

Last year amounted to 20MB (~200-300 pics) of photos from my phone. Most of them would never have been shot if I didn't have a mobile phone with a camera, and I assure you that I want to keep alot of them.