How to choose a mobile phone with good camera function

The mobile phone market has been blowing rapidly, but there are many kinds of camera phones on the market, and each manufacturer has its own advantages. How to choose a camera phone that suits your mind?

In fact, as far as the purchase of camera phones is concerned, the principle is "tailor-made, practical stop".

Technical specifications are undoubtedly important reference materials for consumers to buy camera phones, including camera lens, pixels, photo resolution, zoom ability, color screen parameters, memory memory, battery capacity and so on. Let the special issue of "Communication World-Buying a Mobile Phone" provide you with an eight-point shopping guide.

In 2003, the global sales of camera phones surpassed digital cameras for the first time, which was a milestone for the mobile phone industry to enter the photography market.

The latest survey by StrategyAnalytics, an American market research organization, shows that in the first half of 2003, the sales of camera phones surpassed those of digital cameras for the first time, with 25 million camera phones sold in the global market and only 20 million digital cameras.

The agency predicts that 65 million camera phones will be sold worldwide in 2003, accounting for 13% of the whole mobile phone market. The sales of mobile phones made by Nippon Electric Company and Matsushita Electric Company in Japan account for the top two, each accounting for 15% of the camera mobile phone market, and Nokia Company in Finland accounts for 14%.

With the rise of color screen mobile phones, the price is almost the same as that of monochrome screen models, and with the help of multimedia short message service (MMS), the built-in digital camera function of mobile phones has gradually become the standard of mobile phones. Whether you like to call it a camera phone or a camera phone, it is an indisputable fact that this camera phone has become popular.

According to IDC research company's forecast, the camera phone market will begin to take off. In 2002 alone,190,000 camera phones were sold worldwide. It is estimated that by 2007, the global sales will reach 298 million units.

In China, camera phones have gradually become the first choice for new users. According to industry experts' estimation, the number of MMS mobile phones in China will exceed 25 million by the end of 2003 and 654.38 billion by 2005. In fact, this figure is a bit exaggerated. In 2003, it would be good to sell150,000 camera phones. As early as the end of 2002, Lu Xiangdong, deputy general manager of China Mobile, told the reporter of Communication World that by the end of 2003, the number of MMS users of China Mobile will reach 1 10,000. However, the reporter felt from some staff of China Mobile that it was difficult to complete this figure in 2003. If you add up the "color e" users of China Unicom, it is estimated that it will exceed 1 10,000. This shows that although camera phones are gradually recognized by users, there are still fewer people using MMS, E-color and other services.

Of course, 2004 will be a year of rapid development! I believe that more and more users will choose camera phones and become "MMS" and "E" users of mobile or Unicom!

Eight criteria for choosing a camera phone

Self-timer with rotating lens is the best.

The camera lens of a camera phone can be roughly divided into two types: built-in and external; Built-in lens can be divided into non-rotatable lens and rotatable lens.

Camera phones with external lenses are relatively cheap, generally below 1500 yuan. The external lens makes this part more like an accessory of a mobile phone, and it is the first choice for consumers who don't require high camera functions, such as Siemens S57 and M55, Sony Ericsson T3 10, etc.

The built-in lens is convenient for users to shoot at any time, because the lens is fixed on the front or back of the fuselage, often opposite to the mobile phone display. In technology and function, it has taken a big step. Common camera phones with built-in lenses in the market are mostly between 2500 and 3800 yuan, which are already high-end camera phones, such as Nokia 7650, 7250 and 3650, Sony Ericsson T6 10 and T630.

At present, there are few camera phones with built-in rotating lenses on the market, only Samsung SCH-V200C and SGH-E700A will be released soon by Samsung Electronics. It can rotate more than 180 degrees, shoot from multiple angles and even take a selfie.

There are generally only two kinds of camera phone lenses on the market: CMOS and CCD camera phones generally use low-cost complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); Charge coupled device (CCD) will have a better response to brightness. Compared with CMOS lens, CCD will generally have a clearer shooting effect, but the price will be slightly higher. MY-X6 is the first camera phone with CCD lens.

Pixel: 300 thousand pixels is the bottom line

The more pixels, the more accurate the sensing image. Therefore, the pixel value has become one of the most critical criteria for judging the level of camera phones. With the rise of multimedia messaging (MMS), digital printing and other services, the output of digital photos is becoming more and more popular. The resolution of 300,000 pixels is 640x480, which is the bottom line to ensure the clear effect and full color of digital photos.

At present, most camera phones on the market are 65438+ megapixels. If you want to print photos taken by your mobile phone or have certain requirements on photo quality, you'd better choose a camera phone with 300,000 pixels. However, even a camera phone with 300,000 pixels cannot be compared with a digital camera with 3 to 5 million pixels.

Flash: Indoor shooting is indispensable.

Different shooting environments will lead to the quality of imaging. If you like to take pictures at night parties, then a flash is essential. However, not all camera phones have built-in flash, so be sure to ask before buying. In addition, although some camera phones have no built-in flash, they have night shooting mode, which can make up for the lack of light to some extent. In addition, buying flash accessories can also solve this problem, but it will be more troublesome. At present, only Siemens S57, SL55 and M55 built-in flash camera phones are available on the market.

Zoom: Enjoy professional photography.

Zooming, that is, the adjustment of focal length, can change the relationship between the subject and the background without changing the position of the lens and the subject. A camera phone with powerful zoom function can flexibly obtain more decorative pictures. Zoom ability is the latest selling point of camera phone sales, and only a few products have this function, such as MY-X6.

A camera phone with zoom function is convenient for small object shooting and distant view shooting, and photographers can consider buying it. However, digital zoom does not need to be too high. Quadruple digital zoom is already very good. Although some camera phones have achieved 8 times digital zoom, the pictures taken are not clear. After all, the camera phone is not a digital camera, and there is no optical zoom. Digital zoom is just a software zoom.

Color screen: 65000 colors is the best.

After the introduction of color screen mobile phone, there are many kinds of parameters on the main display screen, which are easy to confuse consumers. Color mobile phones usually have three colors: 256 colors, 4096 colors and 65000 colors, but mobile phones with photographic lenses only have 1 1K and 65K displays. The higher the series, the better the display effect. The display materials of mobile phones are divided into STN, STN-LCD, TFT, TFT-LCD and TFD. The safest way is to send the photos to the computer to check, so that you can enter the competition at once.

Memory/Battery: A Great Test of Durability

Although the higher the resolution of the camera phone, the better the picture definition, but with the improvement of the resolution, the memory space occupied by the phone will also increase accordingly. Generally, each high-resolution picture accounts for 50KB to 40KB, and the low-resolution picture accounts for 10KB to 8KB. If the memory of the mobile phone is not high, the number of pictures stored will be reduced accordingly.

At present, the built-in memory capacity of most mobile phones is 2MB. When you store photos, ringtones, tablecloths, etc. The capacity is running out. Therefore, some mobile phones have also introduced the intimate design of external memory cards. If you like to take more photos and save them in your mobile phone, you'd better choose a digital camera phone with external memory. However, such mobile phones are rare. Nokia 3650 has an external MMC memory card slot.

If the mobile phone is often used for shooting, standby time is another consideration. Don't forget, your mobile phone is ultimately used for talking.

Transmission mode: image transmission shortcut

The transmission mode of camera phone is also a very important evaluation index. Do you support MMS besides infrared? Have you downloaded various applications wirelessly through the JAVA platform? Can you download all kinds of pictures, happy animations and chord ringtones on GPRS network directly with your mobile phone? Whether the cable used for data transmission is connected to transmit the digital pictures or animations in the mobile phone to the computer or other devices. The problem of image transmission has become an important factor that young people or business people pay more attention to.

At present, there are not many camera phones supporting Bluetooth, mainly Sony Ericsson and Nokia. It doesn't matter if the mobile phone you want to buy lacks Bluetooth function alone, but at least it should also support infrared rays. Take Siemens series camera phones as an example. The photos taken can be transmitted to another mobile phone or other equipment by infrared rays. They are also equipped with cables and software to facilitate users to transfer photos to computers.

Price: A penny is not necessarily valuable.

At present, the price of camera phones is generally above 1800 yuan, but the price of some brands has fallen below 1500 yuan, such as Alcatel OT735. Motorola's first camera phone E365 is also a low-cost built-in camera phone.

The ancients often said that no pains, no gains, but this is often not the case in the mobile phone market. The louder the brand, the higher the price of the mobile phone, but not necessarily the more functions. It is an unchangeable truth in the mobile phone market that the new model just listed is more expensive than the previous model.

The most expensive mobile phone is the electric panel, and the most expensive electric panel is the display screen, camera and memory. Other value-added functions, such as Bluetooth, depend on your own needs. As long as you do what you can, you can definitely choose a camera phone that suits your needs.