Casio Exilim CA003 and CA004 uncloaked in KDDI au's winter lineup

KDDI au's unleashing its winter lineup, and among them sits Casio's latest cameras phone, the 12.17 megapixel Exilim CA003 and 8 megapixel CA004. The higher-tier former boasts a 28mm wide angle lens with 3x optical zoom and autofocus, and a 3.3-inch WVGA OLED screen. It'll also shoot a quick burst of 20 pics per second when you need to capture the exact moment and aren't exactly sure when that is. Other amenities include microSDHC card slot, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM radio, and a handful of color options. Not wanting all that horsepower? The CA004 has smaller resolution shots, support up to 2GB microSD, and a 3.1-inch WVGA OLED screen, but is otherwise touting the same features. Akihabara News has some hands-on shots of the beaut you might wanna check out, unless you're the type who gets violently jealous by phones that aren't hitting American soil.

[Via Engadget Japan]

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[(Unverified) Posted Oct 19th 2009 9:36AM]

More than 12mpx on a phone?
Given the size of the lens and the sensor , would'nt 7 or 8 mpxs be more than sufficient and actually produce better (less noisy pics)?
I guess a company like Casio knows what its doing, but even if for me the camera on my phone is a very important factor , I still want full smartphone functions in addition to a good camera /videocam.
This thing looks more like a point and shoot to which, as an afterthought as been added the possibility also to make and receive phone calls.
I'm not really sure that a market exists for such a device.