Camera Phone Reviews

MobileBurn has a review up of the i-mate SPL and is not very impressed with the smartphone's camera at all: "The camera on the i-mate SPL really lets the device down. Though it isn't deal breaking in a device that is designed for the business user that may occasionally take the odd photo, unless you are in great lighting conditions the camera really struggles. While it is a 2.0 megapixel sensor, there is no auto-focus or even an LED assist-light. Due to the fixed focus lens with no macro mode, photos taken at closer than portrait distance appear quite blurry. On the plus side, when conditions are good (such as outside on a sunny day), photos come out quite well. The camera application has options like a burst mode and shutter timer delay. Several white balance options are available, including cloudy, sunny, office, night, and home. Video performance was also disappointing, with the QCIF resolution captures coming out very choppy and unpleasant. Photos and videos go into a unified gallery application and can be easily viewed. As previously mentioned, while you can send your media via MMS or email from the gallery application, there is no method to send via Bluetooth."

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