Samsung G800 is an Upgrade to Samsung G600

High specification camera phones are now a common offering in the UK mobile phones market, it was only months ago that the first model was released that heralded a new era in mobile photography as mobile phones were now able to offer similar specification camera lenses as those of standalone digital cameras.

The idea behind this new breed of cameraphones is to tempt a user to leave the house with only one gadget rather than three or four, the mobile phone manufacturers are adding more features to their latest models such as satellite navigation, advanced mp3 players and email services in a bid to encompass all that is needed when out and about.

The first high specification camera phone was the Nokia N95 offering a 5.0 megapixel camera, mp3 player, satellite navigation and a whole host of connection options for internet browsing and email collection. This clever little device has set a president for future models and has already been upgraded with the release of the Nokia N95 8GB version which has a larger memory for file storage and longer battery life to deal with the range of features.

Next came the Samsung G600, and this is the one we are interested in, although other models from other manufacturers such as the Sony Ericsson K850i and LG Viewty KU990 have been released it is the G600 samsung that has already been upgraded to the new Samsung G800.

Similar although slightly different in appearance the G800 takes on a more squarer design with some chrome accents for the navigational keys and offers enhanced photographic features such as a new lens cover manufactured from faux leather to protect the lens when not in use.

Other new technology includes the addition of 3x optical zoom and a 5.8 to 17.4mm autofocus range, a far superior version of the zoom function available in the G600 model, it does not lose focus and provides extra quality for close up picture capture. The G800 has also had its flash upgraded to a Xenon light, this makes low light condition photographic far clearer and brighter.

This extra technology has added some 30g of weight to the handset and a little extra depth and width but the overall length of the phone has stayed the same.

Successor to the Samsung G600, the Samsung G800 can not just take the perfect picture but can record video clips and provide the user with a personal entertainment system with its onboard Media Player.

Offering bluetooth wireless with A2DP stereo support and USB connectivity, the user can listen to MP3 tracks through bluetooth headphones and synchronise files with a PC.

Users can download music and create playlists, browse online content, access emails and view attachments with the document viewer, the Samsung G800 offers a user friendly interface that is easy to navigate plus there is a dedicated one touch option to the handsets camera feature for quick picture capture.

The 2.3 inch 240 x 320 pixel screen display is slightly larger than that of the G600 and makes text easier to read and images finer with greater clarity displayed in 256,000 colours whilst the 60MB of internal memory can be expanded with the microSD card slot.

The Samsung G800 is a big improvement on what is still a high specification handset making the new model a showcase for the new technology that the manufacturer has developed.