The Megapixel Race Continues: Samsung's 10MP SCH-B600

Samsung SCH-B600

Samsung SCH-B600

Samsung SCH-B600

Today here in Hannover at the CeBIT show, Samsung launched the latest product of their philosophy of "more must be better", the SCH-B600. This new device for its home Korean market sports a massive 10 megapixel sensor mated to a 3x optical zoom auto-focus lens that telescopes out of the back of the phone when activated - just like a normal, dedicated point and shoot camera. The thing is, even dedicated point and shoot cameras aren't using 10 megapixel sensors. A microMMC memory card slot offers plenty of expansion for those massive photos.

Even if you ignore the camera, the SCH-B600 still has what most of the world would consider a high-tech feature set. Its display is a 2.2" QVGA unit that can generate a whopping 16 million colors. It supports the SDMB digital satellite TV system as well as Bluetooth. The media player is capable of playing MP3, AAC, and AAC+ files through the dual built-in stereo speakers. Photos and video clips recorded with the SCH-B600 can be viewed on a TV with the TV-out function.

And, of course, no Korean market device would be complete without EV-DO 3G data support.

Samsung expects the SCH-B600 to be commercially available in Korea in the second quarter of this year. There are no plans to introduce the device in any markets outside of Korea.

Samsung SCH-B600

Samsung SCH-B600

Samsung SCH-B600

Samsung SCH-B600

Samsung SCH-B600