Reston, Va. --
Wirefly.com, the online leader in one-stop comparison shopping for cell phones
and wireless phone plans, today announced its Top 10 list of camera phones on
the market today
CAMERA PHONES THAT ACTUALLY TAKE GREAT
PHOTOS!
Not surprisingly, the highly anticipated Samsung Memoir with
an unprecedented 8.0 megapixels, the 5.0 MP Motorola Zine and 5.0 MP Samsung
Behold top the list, showcasing the evolution of the cell phone from a
voice-centric handset to a multi-function consumer electronic device.
“Camera phones
have been on the market over a decade but the phrase ‘cell phone photo’ was
always synonymous with small, poor quality photos,” said Brian Westrick,
President of Wirefly.com’s Consumer Wireless Division. “The photos were suitable
for forwarding to a friend, but for quality photos, you still pulled out your
camera. With these new cell phones, that’s not a problem anymore.”
With over 1.9
billion camera phones being used globally, wireless customers now use more
camera phones than cell phones without cameras, and with prices for high-quality
camera phones coming down, the trend is sure to continue. The devices in the
Wirefly.com Top 10 list represent some of the best camera cell phones on the
market today, with most rivaling the picture quality of stand-alone digital
cameras.
Wirefly.com’s Top 10 Camera Phones (*listed by
Megapixel)
America’s first 8
megapixel camera features a 16x digital zoom and xenon flash. The TouchWiz
Samsung Memoir features auto-focus, geo-tagging, anti-shake, easy upload to a
variety of platforms, and can even record up to one hour of video.
Motorola
Zine ZN5 (T-Mobile, 5.0MP camera with Kodak lenses, QVGA 240x320) –
Black
Designed by
Kodak, the surprisingly slim Motorola Zine ZN5 packs a 5 megapixel camera with
xenon flash, auto-focus and more, as well as Kodak’s Perfect Touch and other
editing abilities.
Predecessor to
the Samsung Memoir, the 5 megapixel Samsung Behold was the first to feature
Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface, with its easy-to-use features, LED flash and
an expandable memory up to 16 GB.
Samsung
Omnia (Verizon Wireless, 5.0MP, VGA 480x640) – Black
Featuring Windows
Mobile 6.1 Pro, the 5 megapixel Samsung Omnia’s 8GB memory (expandable to a
whooping 24GB with addition of a 16GB microSD card) is as a productive as it is
fun.
The 3.2 megapixel
Sony Ericsson W760a is a slider-style phone with multiple shot modes and easy
uploading of photos to the web on the nation’s fastest 3G network.
BlackBerry
Storm (Verizon Wireless, 3.2MP, QVGA 240x320) – Black
The touch-screen
BlackBerry Storm moves beyond the workplace with a 3.2 megapixel camera,
including LED flash, face detection and editing tools.
With new 3D
TouchFLO, the 3.2 megapixel HTC Fuze is intuitive to use and easy to customize
for business and pleasure. Auto-focus and editing tools ensure a great shot
everytime.
With a 3.2
megapixel camera, the slide-out HTC Touch Pro for Sprint has a full QWERTY
keyboard and the Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro that business users need while providing
the entertainment features everyone wants.
LG
Dare (Verizon Wireless, 3.2MP, VGA 480x640) – Black
A
reasonably-priced iPhone competitor, the LG Dare has a 3.2 megapixel camera with
features including face detection, SmartPic technology and editing
tools. Besides camcorder noise reduction, the LG Dare is the first American
phone to be able to record high-speed video and play it back in
slow-motion.
Featuring a
popular touch-screen with vibration response, the Samsung Eternity has a 3.2
megapixel for not only on-the-go photos and video, but also AT&T’s exclusive
Video Share – the cutting edge of video calling.
The devices in the Top 10 were ranked
according to megapixel, however, consumers should not rely solely on MP grade
when shopping for a quality camera phone. Higher resolution does not
necessarily translate to a higher quality image. In addition to the megapixel
count, features such as auto-focus, optical zoom, built-in flash, plus, lens
quality & size are all factors that need to be considered.
For more information on all of the
products listed, included device descriptions, visit www.wirefly.com.
About Wirefly.com
Wirefly.com is the online leader in one-stop comparison
shopping for cell phones, wireless service plans and wireless accessories. Owned
and operated by Simplexity, Wirefly.com is an authorized dealer for
every major cellular carrier in the U.S. Wirefly.com also offers discounts and
services not available in retail wireless stores, including real-time online
order status and tracking, and the guaranteed lowest price – online or anywhere
else -- on cell phone devices from Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, LG, BlackBerry and
many other cell phone handset manufacturers. Wirefly.com has been named Best of
the Web by Forbes magazine as the “best all-around number portability portal”
and “Best in Overall Customer Experience” by Keynote Performance Systems. For
more information on Wirefly.com, its wireless products and its services, visit www.wirefly.com.
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