K-Touch's 8 megapixel C280 cameraphone flaunts Canon image processing

Remember when Samsung was pumping out cameraphones with increasingly ridiculous megapixel counts? At the moment, phones top-out at about 5 megapixels. Until this, the 8 megapixel C280 with 3x optical zoom and claimed 1600 ISO support (right) from the previously unheard of K-Touch. Ironically, it might very well be using a CMOS sensor from Samsung. Perhaps more interesting though is the fact that it'll be using Canon's own DIGIC III image processing when it hits the Chinese market.

[(Unverified) Posted May 26th 2008 4:08AM]

Holy crap! That thing looks like a real digital camera with a phone attached! That's the sort of thing I've been hoping for from a reputable company for some time now!

For me, give me Google Maps, the ability to make phone calls, and a REAL digital camera built into one device.

The N73 (my current phone) is amazing for a camera phone, but it still doesn't compare to the speed and quality provided from a real digital camera. I'm hoping the N82, with it's Xenon flash, provides a much better experience, but I seriously doubt that it's speed of turning on and snapping a photo will be as quick as the stand alones out there.

Of course I seriously doubt the ability of this particular camera phone to provide that experience, but even if it does not, perhaps it will pave the way for a real camera with a real flash and the speed you would expect from one... with GPS and 3G for geo-tagging and remote uploading. Oh yeah, and with the ability to make a phone call.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 21st 2008 2:23AM]

^ I totally agree. I'm also willing to pay a lot for such a phone that can replace so many devices (including GPS, MP4 playback, TV out, and using the current Symbian OS).
I expect such a device to be chunky. THIS IS OK !!
A Samsung i8510 (or n96) with optical zoom or a g810 with Divx/3D support is the closest things to this I've seen so far.