Samsung gets official with 8 megapixel SCH-W740

We first caught wind of Samsung's SCH-W740 way back on Halloween of last year, and at long last the handset has gone official over in South Korea. Matching up with LG's Renoir, Nokia's N86 and a slew of other emerging 8 megapixel phones, the W740 packs a pretty stellar camera along with a 3.3-inch touchscreen, HSUPA, Bluetooth 2.0, an e-dictionary, T-DMB TV tuner and loads of haptic feedback. As for the camera itself, it features face detection, scene modes, a Xenon flash and a smile shutter for good measure. Word on the street has it surfacing soon for ?900,000 ($660).

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2009 10:17AM]

It also has face recognition so that you can place calls or send texts based on photos you take.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2009 10:40AM]

@tande: I don't think that's what face recognition means in this case. It's usually just a feature that makes sure you focus on the face instead of somewhere else.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2009 10:53AM]

@Martin: I'm not talking about the article here. I'm mentioning that they're missing a feature thats actually unique and mentioned heavily elsewhere.

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/03/25/samsung-releases-the-sch-w740-8mp-camera-phone-with-face-tagging/

After re-reading that though I might of gotten it wrong anyways. You might have to manually tag the photo before the feature works. So its not so much recognizing the face as it is just reading your tag.

Either way its an interesting feature that would allow you to make a call or send a text directly from a picture.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 27th 2009 4:45AM]

@tande: I stand corrected. I just read that you just have to tag a person in one photo and then it should be able to recognize that person in the other photos.

[PeterFnet Posted Mar 25th 2009 3:39PM]

she doesn't look too happy.