November 23, 2004
Upgrade and new report on 5-megapixel phone
Samsung Electronics plans on launching in the fist quarter of 2005, the upgraded version of their 5-megapixel phone, introduced last October, according to Seong-ju Lee for Telecoms Korea.
"Samsung's next big thing would feature long range camera lens, optical zoom and auto focus functions to better meet the market demand".
Byung-duck, Cho, Executive Vice President of Samsung Electronics forecasts that high definition camera phones will replace low-end digital cameras, per se 2-3megapixel digital cameras, while 4-megapixel or 5-megapixel digital cameras would not be affected by those camera phones."
In a related article, Seong-ju Lee reports that Telecoms' Korea Research Team has published a pay per view 9 page report on the world's first 5-megapixel handset called:"‘Samsung Executives' Own View : The World's First 5-Megapixel Handset".
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