It’s becoming more and more common for people to turn to their smart-phones now to catch those memorable moments rather than point and shoot . So which took these great looking pictures? I’ll give you a clue it’s
Chinese, but not a Meizu.....
More images after the break.
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These great looking
photos were taken using the latest
i9000 Android smart
phone. The
i9000 has been unfairly called a Samsung
Galaxy clone, only smaller, by many (and yes it does borrow from the
Galaxy in someways, like the Touchwiz U.I) but we look at it for what it is. A great
phone with an excellent
camera, which happens to come from Shenzhen.
Shanzhai (not necessarily meaning fake or clone, but rather locally made) phones had been losing out to larger name brands in recent years due to the advancements in
camera technology, but with then introduction of
Android and component prices dropping, some local
Chinese phones are catching up.
The
camera on the
i9000 is a
5 mega-pixel unit with all the bells and whistles you would expect on much more expensive Android phones. Auto focus, touch to focus, image editing
functions, exposure settings, color effects, ISO settings and even an light meter are all built in.
All of these great
functions work together to produce pretty impressive
photos.
What’s more impressive, though is the price of the (mini) i9000, at 1400 Yuan ($212) it cost less than most dedicated point and shoot
cameras only gets the added
functions a
smartphone gets (GPS, WIFI, 3G etc).
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