Justyn Butler wrote: > 2008/12/18 Michael Zanetti <michael_zane...@gmx.net>: > >> As It seems this thread is becoming more and more some sort of a whish-list, >> I >> will put my 2ct here also: >> >> - Please don't add a camera: Has ever anyone made a picture with a mobile >> phone camera that doesn't suck? Get a real camera if you want to make some >> nice pictures! There is just one way to get a useful camera within a mobile >> phone: Using very expensive optical lens and zooming technologies. But in >> that >> case, I'd prefer to use the money for a 3G modem which brings me to the next >> point in my whishlist. >> > > I think this is a misunderstanding of the concept of having a camera in a > phone. > > For many people it is the convenience of *always* having a camera on > them. Who knows when you need to take a picture? > > It doesn't matter if the picture sucks - they have a "real" camera for > quality photos. But they don't have it on them all the time. > > Furthermore, as Raster points out, for some people the better > cameraphones actually do suit their needs *well enough* to replace a > normal camera (my gf is one of these). There will always be a large > group of people for whom this will never be the case, I know. > yep, with 3-5 mpixel, image stabilization and some kind of flash (xenon or whatever prefered), phone cameras becomes quite a workable "spur of the moment" camera.
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