Are higher end phones worth it?

Some of the camera phones now have 1.3 megapixels which will produce
very good prints up to about 4x6. Many camera phones produce pictures
with lower resolutions that are still fine for emailing. One thing you
can be sure about with cellphones is that whatever you buy today will be
obsolete or offered for almost free within 1 year.

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> I haven't had a cellphone in a year and a half. I'll be getting one
> soon, and I've been toying with the idea of getting a pretty nice one.
>
> I'm currently attracted to Sony Ericssons s710A and P800. Also, I love
> the Motorola A600, A780, A840 & A1000s. I don't know how much these
> are running, or where to get them. They're not on any of the provider
> websites (T-Mobile, Cingular, AT&T). I figure one advantage of getting
> from them is they can let you pay for it in installments. However, are
> there places with better deals?
>
> As with anything technology, I'm torn. You don't want to buy something
> that will be obsolete in six months. OTOH, you don't want to splash
> $600 and then in two months it's selling for $375.
>
> I'm looking for good functionality - what's most important to me is a
> good system of storing contacts, and yes, looks.
>
> OH, and on a related note, I know nothing about digital photography,
> is the quality of pictures taken by cameraphones any good?

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My cell phone plan charges 3 cents per kilobyte as their normal data
transfer rate. Does that mean it would cost me $39 to send a 1.3 megapixel
picture to someone with my cell phone?

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"BruceR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Some of the camera phones now have 1.3 megapixels which will produce very
> good prints up to about 4x6. Many camera phones produce pictures with
> lower resolutions that are still fine for emailing. One thing you can be
> sure about with cellphones is that whatever you buy today will be obsolete
> or offered for almost free within 1 year.
>
> From:[email protected]
> [email protected]
>
>> I haven't had a cellphone in a year and a half. I'll be getting one
>> soon, and I've been toying with the idea of getting a pretty nice one.
>>
>> I'm currently attracted to Sony Ericssons s710A and P800. Also, I love
>> the Motorola A600, A780, A840 & A1000s. I don't know how much these
>> are running, or where to get them. They're not on any of the provider
>> websites (T-Mobile, Cingular, AT&T). I figure one advantage of getting
>> from them is they can let you pay for it in installments. However, are
>> there places with better deals?
>>
>> As with anything technology, I'm torn. You don't want to buy something
>> that will be obsolete in six months. OTOH, you don't want to splash
>> $600 and then in two months it's selling for $375.
>>
>> I'm looking for good functionality - what's most important to me is a
>> good system of storing contacts, and yes, looks.
>>
>> OH, and on a related note, I know nothing about digital photography,
>> is the quality of pictures taken by cameraphones any good?
>
>

No it would be more like around $7. A 1.3 megapixel jpg picture is only
about 250KB.



From:Jim
[email protected]

> My cell phone plan charges 3 cents per kilobyte as their normal data
> transfer rate. Does that mean it would cost me $39 to send a 1.3
> megapixel picture to someone with my cell phone?
>
> --
> I have put junk in my email address to evade the spammers.
> Please take the junk out before replying.
> Sorry for the inconvenience.
> Jim
>
>
>
> "BruceR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Some of the camera phones now have 1.3 megapixels which will produce
>> very good prints up to about 4x6. Many camera phones produce
>> pictures with lower resolutions that are still fine for emailing.
>> One thing you can be sure about with cellphones is that whatever you
>> buy today will be obsolete or offered for almost free within 1 year.
>>
>> From:[email protected]
>> [email protected]
>>
>>> I haven't had a cellphone in a year and a half. I'll be getting one
>>> soon, and I've been toying with the idea of getting a pretty nice
>>> one. I'm currently attracted to Sony Ericssons s710A and P800. Also,
>>> I
>>> love the Motorola A600, A780, A840 & A1000s. I don't know how much
>>> these are running, or where to get them. They're not on any of the
>>> provider websites (T-Mobile, Cingular, AT&T). I figure one
>>> advantage of getting from them is they can let you pay for it in
>>> installments. However, are there places with better deals?
>>>
>>> As with anything technology, I'm torn. You don't want to buy
>>> something that will be obsolete in six months. OTOH, you don't want
>>> to splash $600 and then in two months it's selling for $375.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for good functionality - what's most important to me is
>>> a good system of storing contacts, and yes, looks.
>>>
>>> OH, and on a related note, I know nothing about digital photography,
>>> is the quality of pictures taken by cameraphones any good?

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In <[email protected]> on Sat, 08 Jan 2005 02:12:43
GMT, "BruceR" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Some of the camera phones now have 1.3 megapixels which will produce
>very good prints up to about 4x6.

Not really, since the lens is poor. There's much more to image quality than
megapixels.

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John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:

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>
>In <[email protected]> on Sat, 08 Jan 2005 02:12:43
>GMT, "BruceR" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Some of the camera phones now have 1.3 megapixels which will produce
>>very good prints up to about 4x6.
>
>Not really, since the lens is poor. There's much more to image quality than
>megapixels.

Including the lack of picture controls. They can still come in very
handy. The wife and I were in an accident on 12/31/04 and it was
helpful to be able to take a few pictures. I have a Nokia 6620 and it
takes VGA resolution pictures and it did a pretty good job. A digital
camera would have been better, but I did not have one available. For
a sample see
http://members.cox.net/jrusling/acci.../photo_1.html.

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Partially Retired
Mustang, OK
http://www.rusling.org

WOW, that's quite an accident. I hope all are OK.

From:Jim Rusling
[email protected]

> John Navas <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.motorola - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>>
>> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 08 Jan 2005
>> 02:12:43 GMT, "BruceR" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Some of the camera phones now have 1.3 megapixels which will produce
>>> very good prints up to about 4x6.
>>
>> Not really, since the lens is poor. There's much more to image
>> quality than megapixels.
>
> Including the lack of picture controls. They can still come in very
> handy. The wife and I were in an accident on 12/31/04 and it was
> helpful to be able to take a few pictures. I have a Nokia 6620 and it
> takes VGA resolution pictures and it did a pretty good job. A digital
> camera would have been better, but I did not have one available. For
> a sample see
> http://members.cox.net/jrusling/acci.../photo_1.html.
>
> --
> Jim Rusling
> Partially Retired
> Mustang, OK
> http://www.rusling.org

"BruceR" <[email protected]> wrote:

>WOW, that's quite an accident. I hope all are OK.
>
The wife and I are pretty sore, but nothing serious. We were
extremely lucky.

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Partially Retired
Mustang, OK
http://www.rusling.org

Glad to here you're both OK. I'm sure the insurance company will be
happy to have those pictures.

From:Jim Rusling
[email protected]

> "BruceR" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> WOW, that's quite an accident. I hope all are OK.
>>
> The wife and I are pretty sore, but nothing serious. We were
> extremely lucky.
>
> --
> Jim Rusling
> Partially Retired
> Mustang, OK
> http://www.rusling.org

and 2 megapixel phones like the Sharp TM-200

same resolution as the old HP 215 digital camera

Per The Mailman:
>and 2 megapixel phones like the Sharp TM-200
>
>same resolution as the old HP 215 digital camera

My experience is that 2mp is enough to capture the contents of a
whiteboard/blackboard. 1 doesn't do the trick - having tried it with my PDA.
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In <[email protected]> on Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:26:15 -0600,
"The Mailman" <[email protected]> wrote:

>and 2 megapixel phones like the Sharp TM-200
>
>same resolution as the old HP 215 digital camera

But not even close to the same lens. There's much more to picture quality
than megapixels.

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