This year, one manufacturer is intent on shaping the game of camera-equipped mobile phones. This company is Sony Ericsson, and they plan to not only corner the world in top-end camera phones, but low-end handsets, as well!



Camera phones evolve - the world created by Sony Ericsson

It's fitting, when you think about it, that Sony Ericsson are the ones at the forefront of the coming paradigm shift in camera-equipped mobile phones. After all, it was they who began it all, way back in 2002. Let's not forget that they were the first manufacturer to release a mobile phone with a camera in it, within the UK. That handset was the Sony Ericsson P800, but it didn't get the mass market penetration Sony Ericsson would've liked, since it was an incredibly (for the time) high-end smartphone. However, their most iconic handset ever was soon to be unleashed, and that one DID have great market penetration. It was the Sony Ericsson T610, and it moved the goalposts. Here was a handset that stood out amongst the crowd of all the rival mobile phones it was up against. It was small, it was sexy, and customers went MAD for it. And, let us remember that the Sony Ericsson T610 also had an integrated camera, and that it was actually the first mobile to go to the wider market, and make people think, 'Hang on, we really do want mobile phones with cameras in!'

Nowadays, the camera phone world has split, into entry-level devices, and top-end camera-equipped mobile phones; well, it's fair to say that Sony Ericsson want to be the lings of both!

Sony Ericsson S302 - cheap, cheerful, snappy

Say you want a Sony Ericsson camera phone, but not a mega-massive smartphone. If so, then the Sony Ericsson S302, the first phone to be announced in their brand new Snapshot series, is the perfect handset for you. It's a top little handset, with a small, slick body, a marvellous screen, and a groovy little multimedia player. In addition to that, despite this being firmly amongst the ranks of entry-level mobile phones, the Sony Ericsson S302 has a great little 2 megapixel camera. Ok, it doesn't come with autofocus, but since it's a budget snapper, it's brilliant!

But that's a budget mobile phone... what if you need a handset that has real power? What if you need one of Sony Ericsson's Cyber-Shot range...?

Sony Ericsson C905 - the ultimate camera phone?

You just can't deny power, and something is for certain: the Sony Ericsson C905 has vastly more raw power than all other on the market in the UK. Why is it so special? Well, it's the first camera phone to be unleashed upon the UK that has an 8 megapixel camera. Yup. EIGHT. That's a ridiculously big pixel count, and it means that the Sony Ericsson C905 gives you the power to take the absolute crispest photos you've ever experienced, from any camera-equipped mobile phone, ever. Oh, and of course, let's not forget that have amped it up with Cyber-Shot technology, and that's going to make the pictures coming out of it even more beautiful. Add in a stunning multimedia player, WiFi, HSDPA and integrated GPS, and you have to come to the conclusion that the is, basically, the number one!