Sony Ericsson Unveils 12MP & 8MP Handsets

Amusingly I've just read on the Guardian website that the Sony Ericsson phone is "good enough for a professional photographer".

Read halfway down the page:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/17/smartphones-mobile-world-congress-barcelona

Amusingly I've just read on the Guardian website that the Sony Ericsson phone is "good enough for a professional photographer".

Read halfway down the page:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/feb/17/smartphones-mobile-world-congress-barcelona

@joose - Hahaha, that's funny. I think the hack is one biscuit short of a picnic. It's a bit like saying the Samsung OmniaHD is 'good enough for any film maker'. Most the non-tech media (and the layman) are obsessed with numbers & who can blame them?

I may be doing the SE a dishonour, but I doubt it.

I'd recommend getting a really good compact camera and a separate phone.

@ lifethroughalens - agree as well. The annoying thing is that with the 3.2MP on the K800i, Sony were nearly there (in 2004!). I would definitely put that amongst the best camera phones to date. All it missed was a bit of manual control.

"The annoying thing is that with the 3.2MP on the K800i, Sony were nearly there (in 2004!"

Spot on purephase.

Whenever I recommend the K800i as a camera phone people look at me funny and point out that it's 5 years old and 'only' 3.2MP. But as you said, and I agree, it was the closest to getting the perfect balance between phone and decent camera, that ever was.

However, the biggest let down on this phone was the terribly poor video resolution. One hand giveth and....