Samsung GT–i8510 Packs 8MP Camera And S60
Wow, I take a few days to myself for the weekend and the whole internet goes bonkers over this new S60-powered Samsung, rumored to be called the GT–i8510. There’s nothing concrete about this phone just yet, but there are plenty of rumored specs, including a whopping 8 megapixel autofocus camera.
The Samsung GT-i8510 is rumored to rock a 2.8″ QVGA display, HSDPA (I would assume 2100MHz, based on Samsung’s S60 history), WiFi, GPS, TV-Out, and Divx support. Internal memory is rumored at 16GB, with a possible 8GB version as well, though I’m disappointed to not see mention of a microSD card slot, like the N96. 
Personally, I can’t really say that I like the styling of this one too much. It’s very….utilitarian, to me. The housing is supposed to be metal, and the camera is a whopper. 8 megapixels with QVGA video recording at 120 frames per second. However, this megapixel race, to me, is rather pointless. Rather, I’d like to see improvements in the camera features. Things like anti-shake, facial recognition, and better image processing are much more important to me than packing the megapixels in, and I hope that some phone company sees that soon. Samsung has been making inroads here, but not for the U.S. market.
What do you think? Would you rather have a firmware update for the N95 that adds these software-based improvements, or would you rather have a 10 megapixel camera on your phone?
In fact the correct name is GT-i8510.This is their new naming scheme where GT is for GSM phones and CT for CDMA phones.In the original news ther is no mention of optical zoom.Also there will be two versions-with 8GB and 16GB but both have microSDHC slot.Around mid-August there will be an announcement.
http://www.mobilmania.cz/Titulni-strana/Samsung-i8510-Primera-chysta-se-monstrum/sc-21-sr-1-a-1119659/default.aspx
Nice specs. And in my opinion it looks very sexy too. Though, when it comes to s60, i never would take anything besides Nokia. I don´t know why, but s60 equals Nokia to me.
@Plamen - you’re correct. I think I was looking at a different photo when I put the optical zoom, from another Samsung in the mobile-review thread. Post updated, thanks.
I’d rather have software improvements, but no matter. Nokia will have both software improvements (in a 5MP phone) and an 8MP phone to combat this and the likes of SE.
What’s left is to see how the optics really work and how good it performs.
There’s been tests out there about ordinary digital cameras on the midrange with 10-12 mpx cameras. The test do show that many prefer that it had more mpx rather than going for lower and then get better picture quality.
The conclusion is: The world wants to be lied to.
There have been successful cameraphones from Samsung with 10 or 12 mpx cameras but those were rather simple and only available in Korea (I might be wrong that those were successful and simple).
I would rather see software updates improving existing functions on Nokia’s 5 mpx phones as I do believe that it currently would be the max resolution that they can handle.
(Just look at the digital cameras which have stopped the resolution race)
However there’s some exceptions, but that is neither for ordinary use or available for the man on the street when it comes to pricing.
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0807/08070902Kodaksensor.asp
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/p65-announced.shtml
Just got the news about lack of flash, only LED
http://www.gsmarena.com/8_mp_samsung_i8510_primera_surfaces_has_it_all_but_the_kitchen_sink-news-546.php
Yeah totally agree that more megapixles doesent mean better picture quality, they actually make it worse, as the pixels get smaller, it makes harder them to catch enough photons for the image, wich means censor needs to be more sensitive, wich means more noise to picture.
Also the better optics would make miracles to image qualirt, as theyr the biggest reason for blurry image. Heck, my very old 2mpx konica minolta digital camera beats every single camera phone on the market.
Nothings beats the N95 (8GB)
May be a N95 with longer battery life! ^^
I think the GT-i8510 doesnt have the potential to be a success like the n95. not just because of the (ugly) housing. no (real) improvements, too huge (it looks huge) and too ugly. things like the built in pocket projector are going to rock next …
This phone is a beast!! I am currently using a Nokia n95 8gb, Samsung g800..Both of the phones are great..Cameras are the best in the league.. (if you know how to use it right) I am planning to buy this phone as well but i am choosing between n96 & Innov8..I am doubting with the samsung’s performance regarding the loud speakers, because when i am listening music to the g800 (i can’t her a thing)it doesn’t have the power (d900 & u600 are far way better when it comes to the loud speaker performance),compare to the n95 8gb the speaker is very powerful & crisp..
have a look some more spec
Sntradersonline.com
When will phone companies wake up and stop this marketing crap about megapixials!!! its about he lens and sensors that count. also why the heck have samsung not put optical zoom in?? why on earth have they left this out when it is on the g800 and g810 models??? optical zoom in my opinion is probably one of the most important things to have in today’s mobiles. digital zoom, as everyone knows is absolutely terrible. by now there should be at least 5 x optical zoom, then we can start talking….
also what is all this qvga screens, isnt it time to have better tft screens which give high res??? comon, you cant keep fooling us anymore!!
Do u ever check things up before you publish this news?
In respond to:
“However, this megapixel race, to me, is rather pointless. Rather, I’d like to see improvements in the camera features. Things like anti-shake, facial recognition, and better image processing are much more important to me than packing the megapixels in, and I hope that some phone company sees that soon.”
I’d like to quot this:
“Samsung Innov8 has a dual autofocus and LED flash, plus an image stabilizer, assembly view, face detection and a number of other features intelligent lifted right Samsung is dedicated digital camera range”
@Danne - Yes, I do. As noted, this post was dated before the full specs were announced, and was followed up by this post: http://www.symbian-guru.com/welcome/2008/07/samsung-i8510-gets-real-in-nyc.html
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