The contestants
The ones reviewed are Samsung i8510 Innov8, Sony Ericsson C905, LG KC910 Renoir and Samsung M8800 Pixon. Let’s take a quick look at their basic specs before getting to the pictures.
Samsung i8510 Innov8
Our first contestant is the first 8 megapixel phone of Europe, which has been launched at use late September last year. The handset is a great rival of N96, it’s also based on the Symbian Series 60 operating system, which also means that it’s the most expensive phone of the four, its SIM-free edition costs about 400 euros. We have no information about the lens manufacturer, but since Samsung also makes such things, it is possible that they have their own lens in Innov8.
Sony Ericsson C905
Our second device is from Sony Ericsson, who had a bad time during the launch and manufacturing of the 5 megapixel phones, they have been second in the 8 mpix “launch-race”. C905 has been available since mid-October 2008, at a current average price of 375 euros. The lens manufacturer is again unknown, but since Sony Ericsson, similarly to Samsung, is into such things, we’re almost sure that they have been the ones to create the lens system of C905. This machine has a Xenon flash, but in spite of this it has a LED too, which works as an AF light in poor light, so it lights up the object we want to take a picture of – a special bonus point for the manufacturer.
LG KC910 Renoir
The third device is from LG, it’s called KC910. The handset is also known as Renoir, which is an evident sigh of its powerful imagery qualities. Its lens system is made by a renown German company, Schneider Kreuznach (just like in the case of previous models). At least that’s the official info, but Renoir is still the cheapest phone of the quartet, it costs about 320 euros. Its menu system is based on the Prada/Viewty line, so it’s a touchscreen device, which also has a Xenon flash.
Samsung M8800 Pixon
Last, but not least, here’s the second Samsung model, M8800 Pixon. The handset is based on Samsung’s TouchWiz menu system, so it’s also a touchscreen device, thus the camera’s software and – probably – the image processing algorithm are completely different than on Innov8. The SIM-free version currently costs about 360 EUR.
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