Casio Entering the 8 Megapixel Camera Phone Game
Casio can hardly be considered a “leader” when it comes to cell phones, especially on this side of the world. When it comes to pocketable digital cameras however, Casio can run with the best of them. So what happens when Casio’s Exilim brand pops up on a sexy 8 megapixel mobile phone? Maybe nothing on this side of the world but hey, we can dream right? The Casio Exilim W63CA far and away looks like the slimmest 8 megapixel shooter we’ve seen to date and likely incorporates the new Omnivision sensor hailed by Casio as game-changing. In terms of known specs, the FCC didn’t let too much out of the bag. We can see the slim clam shell form factor, 3G, a swiveling 800 x 480 pixel display and the 8 megapixel camera of course. Beyond that there isn’t much to tell at this point. Normally that would be more than enough to get some adrenaline pumping but this is almost certainly a handset that will only make its way to US shores by way of tourism and the odd importer. As such, it’s hard to get overly excited about it on this side of the globe. Our Japanese readers should expect a formal announcement from KDDI soon.
Tags: 8 megapixels, Camera phone, Cameraphone, Casio, FCC, Handsets, leaks
ugh is 8 megapixels really necessary for a phone? i’d rather have 5x optical zoom or more.
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is Casio even considered a competitor to Nokia, Samsung and LG… Ive never head or this company
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correction* I have heard of this company but only for their cameras.
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I agree with you Jimmy, but I had my hesitations about Apple getting into the cell phone business, but they’re doing pretty good…except for those 3G signal issues…doh!
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Casio making phones? What’s next Ford making cars that don’t fall apart?
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Casio has been making phones for years for KDDI, LGTelecom , and more recently Verizon (G’zOne). They only make CDMA phones but recently announced that they would be expanding into the UMTS world aswell.
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Cassio will make it in phone business.
They said the same thing years ago when Cassio a company know only for making calculators an personal organizers decided to get into the Camera business.
Ha! now they are leaders in its class of cameras.
History repeats. They will find or make a nich where they will become leaders in cameras-phone business.
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I can’t say the phone will make it, but I can say with certain the sister camera to this phone is Best Buys number 1 seller! Go ck one out they are pretty darn kewl. Again, don’t know about it as a phone, but it will certainly have customer recognition from the average consumer side. A side we often forget in here lol.
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