Sony Ericsson's 8.1 megapixel C905 breaks free

No surprises here but at least Sony Ericsson's C905 Cyber-shot is now official. As a camera, we're talking Xenon flash, face detection, image stabilization and 8.1 megapixels crammed into a tiny sensor of unspecified make or dimensions. As a phone we're looking at quad-band GSM (9-hours talk / 380 hours standby) and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA 850/1900/2100 on the C905a worldphone variant. It also comes packing an auto-rotating, 2.4-inch scratch-resistant QVGA display, aGPS with Google Maps, A2DP stereo Bluetooth, TV-out, 2GB of included Memory Stick Micro (M2), and WiFi with DLNA support when this slider is loosed upon the globe in Q4. Check the gallery here.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 17th 2008 6:54AM]

Any guesses on its pricing?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 17th 2008 7:05PM]

id say $200-250 w/2 year contract.

i wish this had VGA. :(

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 17th 2008 10:00AM]

Now this is a phone! Apple TAKE NOTE! If I am going to pay 140 a month from service it better me a phone, browser, camera and video camera!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 17th 2008 3:34PM]

what u.s. carrier will this be on?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 17th 2008 6:18PM]

Meh...

Who needs a phone this chunky that continues to perpetuate the megapixel myth. I'd be willing to bet that those big beautiful images produced by the 8.1 MP cam have a whole bunch of noise.

5 MP would be more than plenty if you have a decent sensor. Especially if it means you can slim down the PHONE some.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 26th 2008 4:50AM]

Have you even seen the photos? It produces amazing detail, but they have a slight red tint. Noise, a little bit, but every prototype has problems. They still have half a year to fix it before it's officially released into the markets