Camera Phone Reviews

PC Mag reviews the Samsung Flipshot SCH-U900 and writes, "The camera takes 3MP shots at 2,048-by-1,536 resolution and has real autofocus, but no optical zoom. Notable features include manual ISO up to 400 and a macro mode...But the FlipShot has the same problems as every other camera phone—and for these hybrids to be taken seriously as digital cameras, they need to get past these hurdles. The flash, though good for a camera phone, is pathetic for an actual camera. That's understandable, given the huge battery draw of a real flash. But nothing excuses the 1.8-second shutter delay caused by the autofocus (which can be cut down to a more reasonable 0.3 seconds if you turn the feature off). In addition, I had persistent focus problems with indoor shots (though the autofocus does help there). Exposure judgments were off, too: In an outdoor shot against a bright sky, the FlipShot both overexposed the sky and underexposed the foreground. What's more, fringing was visible around the edges of objects, and white lines were sometimes cloudy with stray pixels."

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