GSM Cameraphone Comparison Q4 2008
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Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past few years you have probably noticed that the camera has become one of the key selling points of feature phones. More and more customers are focusing asking “How many megapixels“ before they inquire about anything else. However, as we found out in our cameraphone article, the resolution does not necessarily determine the quality of the pictures, only their size. In a crowded market place of 8 megapixel shooters things can get complicated because, at least in theory, the results should not be much different. Nevertheless, specs are nothing but numbers on a piece of paper and a camera’s true quality is only shown in results. With another big name entry into the 8 megapixel market, the Sony Ericsson C905, and since the results of our last showdown were less than impressive, we’ve decided to broaden our scope and add the winner of our 5-megapixel comparison, the Nokia N82 as well as a point-and-shoot camera.
Here you will see:
• Samsung Pixon
• Samsung INNOV8
• LG Renoir
• Sony Ericsson C905*
• Nokia N82
• and Canon SD870 IS – an 8-megapixel pocket camera with no phone capabilities.
*The tested C905 is a press sample provided by Sony Ericsson. If we get a newer version with better performance, we'll update our comparison.
We will test and see how the phones perform in various environments: bright daylight, when the flash is needed, capturing illuminated objects at night and close-ups (macro). In each category, besides the original photos (without any image processing) we will show you a 100% crop as well, which will make it easier to compare the quality of the images from the different cameraphones. This will also allow for a more comprehensive inspection of the detail level and the color reproduction as well.
Proceed to the next page for the first test
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Pixon | INNOV8 | Renoir | C905 | N82 |
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34 Comments
1. (unregistered) posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:55 0 0
LG renior is the best among them all except it has a weak flash.
2. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 10:52 0 0
right, if its only has the N82 flash it would be Perfect camera phone :)
4. Magiclink (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 11:43 0 0
Sorry i'm french! But i'm not agree with you! Press the first icon in the upper right on Renoir, registration takes a second better than the Pixon try!
5. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 12:01 0 0
It would be nice if you rated the best of the bunch based on JUST the camera. I mean it is a cameraphone comparison after all.
6. (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 12:58 0 0
It’s not a fair comparison, with C905 there is the old firmware, with Renoir you have posted the worst blurry night pic (look at the same pic in your Renoir’s review: http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/image.php?m=Reviews.Images&f=name&id=42120&caption=Outdoor Samples&title=LG Renoir Review - Camera, Multimedia and Software ) and flash pic with iso 100!!! Nobody will trust you, you must learn from gsmarena...
11. Igor Efremenko (unregistered) posted on 04 Nov 2008, 12:27 0 0
So what are you doing on this site? Go to gsmarena or try to be polite.
17. (unregistered) posted on 05 Nov 2008, 14:49 0 0
LG renoir is the best and your site is full of LG hater especially that Russian guy on youtube :P you should really learn from gsmarena
7. Ethan (unregistered) posted on 03 Nov 2008, 18:46 0 0
PA is so bias against LG... it's obvious Renoir is the best in this comparison! Pixon has much less detail and pictures are blurry in comparison.
9. (unregistered) posted on 04 Nov 2008, 01:37 0 0
This is what they say The Renoir’s image is the sharpest and to most people it seems to have a better detai
8. NightBlade (unregistered) posted on 04 Nov 2008, 01:11 0 0
Hello?? You're using C905 with an old firmware!
10. (unregistered) posted on 04 Nov 2008, 06:25 0 0
Audio and video in kc910 is out of sync.see video2 of Renoir.It's very bad.
12. Igor Efremenko (unregistered) posted on 04 Nov 2008, 12:28 0 0
I don't believe Renoir has such weak flash. I guess it's necessary to choose the right shooting mode. E.g. if you shoot with SE k810 in auto mode with flash almost all pictures are VERY dark. When you select Night Portrait everything is super!
13. A_J (unregistered) posted on 04 Nov 2008, 13:43 0 0
For me its between the innov8 and the C905, the innov8 is huge, but it has everything i want. The C905 looks better (is smaller) but lacks some essentials. I have an N95 now, and symbian os on it is not the greatest, I've been very bored with it and its not thorough enough. What should I get? No touch screens for me, don't like the whole sensativity factor. Bulky Symbian innov8 or sleek lacking function C905?
14. Vaan (unregistered) posted on 04 Nov 2008, 22:16 0 0
INNOV* isn't bulky if you compare it with the C905 it's just longer that's all and the build quality is better in the INNOV8.
15. (unregistered) posted on 04 Nov 2008, 23:36 0 0
Picture saving time will be greatly improved(shortened) if you use external memory.
16. (unregistered) posted on 05 Nov 2008, 13:38 0 0
The best is Renoir but phonearena.com just loves Samsung more!!!
18. (unregistered) posted on 05 Nov 2008, 23:12 0 0
See this:http://www.gsmarena.com/8_megapixel_grand_shootout-review-296.php The winner is: LG Renoir!
19. (unregistered) posted on 06 Nov 2008, 05:39 0 0
ohhh PA... u ar a big double tongued, u worked very good about LG (for make it bad). however whatever u do or say, evryone see REOIR is the best. i agree the friends, PA... u must learn from GSMARENA
21. (unregistered) posted on 06 Nov 2008, 13:05 0 0
well said.. thumbs up you must learn from GSMarena :P
