Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of world’s first 12-megapixel camera phone, ‘Samsung AMOLED 12M’, with an optical zoom up to 3 times.

Samsung AMOLED 12M is incorporated with latest camera technology and advanced WVGA (800 x 480) AMOLED full touch screen. It’s camera supports 12MP with 3x optical Zoom and 2x Digital Zoom. The phone provides best photo quality by opting innovative camera features like Touch Auto-Focus (AF) tracking, that allow users to simply select focus point with the touch of a finger.

Samsung SCH-W880 (model name) is a GSM(900), DCS(1800), PCS(1900), WCDMA (2100 MHz) roaming device. So, if you can find one in Europe there’ll be a few networks you can use it on.

Product Fact Sheet:~

* Display: 3.3” WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display
* Camera: 12MP with 3X optical Zoom + 2X Digital Zoom, Xenon + Power Led Flash, Touch AF Tracking, Smart Auto, Beauty Shot, Macro Shot
* Video: HD Level (1280 x 720) 30fps, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, DivX, XviD
* Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, AAC+e, WMA
* Value Added Features: Terrestrial DMB (Mobile TV)
* Connectivity: Bluetooth® 2.0, USB 2.0 HS (micro USB)
* External memory: Micro SD (up to 32GB)
* Internal memory: 4GB
* Battery: 1,100 mAh
* Size: 115.8 x 56.9 x 16.3 mm

The phone will arrive in Korean market from early October. But there’s no word on whether it will cross over officially to US or Europe.

Source: TechPL.US