Until 2005 I had the cheapest mobile phone you could buy. I didn’t see the point in having a fancy phone with a camera, or the internet or whatever. That is what I had my digital camera for, and my diary, and laptop. That was until an ex-girlfriend gave me a Noika camera phone for Xmas. That was the end of my cheapest phone era. All over – I was doomed from then on. It was like been given a business class seat, and I just couldn’t go back to economy. The main reason for this was the phone camera side. I completely fell for the ability to take pictures everywhere, and anywhere I had my phone. I started with a really basic Noika which had a 0.2MP camera, producing grainy, but usable photos.
Nokia 6300
Then I went to a Sony Ecrisson 3.2MP phone camera, which again ruined me for any cheap nasty mobiles… forever. Of course, that wasn’t the end of it. Then I went to a Noika 6300 to find the camera (despite being 2MP) awful. Then it was back to a Sony Ericsson for a K800 but that got stolen, so I then got a 2MP w880i which weirdly enough almost a year on – I still have! Oh the weirdness, a full year with one phone! It is pretty good for a 2MP, which lighting options, sepia, black and white and so on, plus video. But it doesn’t have a flash and is no good for fast shots. But it has a lot of music/walkman features which I don’t use, but I do like that it is only 6mm thick.
Sony w880i
Amanda has a Sanyo, and its camera is awful – worse than the Noika. My sister has a iPhone and the pictures aren’t that good on that either. Just look at Twitter and the blackberry photos are pixelated and yuck. After trying so many I’m convinced Sony has the best phone cameras- probably because they are one of the few mobile phone companies that also specialize in proper cameras. They have a new C902 5MP, GPS model which is itching at my chronic switcher…or the Sony Idou touch screen 12.1 MP camera phone due out later in 2009.
Sony Ecrisson Idou
