Panasonic teases a 13.2MP ‘Lumix phone’ for October 5 unveiling
Looks like we’ll soon have another heavyweight to throw into the renewed cameraphone wars , as Panasonic has put up a teaser site for its first Lumix -branded phone. Lumix is of course Panasonic’s camera label, which counts among its luminary membership the likes of the GF1 and the newly refreshed LX5 . The new phone shooter promises to beat both in terms of pure resolution with its 13.2 megapixel CMOS sensor, which is accompanied by a 3.3-inch LCD atop a 146-gram body. Much like Nokia’s N8 and its protruding sensor compartment , this Lumix handset will have to make room for its expanded imaging equipment, which is why it’ll offer a comparatively chubby 17.7mm thickness, to go along with a 116mm height and 52mm width. We’ll know more next week when CEATEC 2010 gets rolling over in Tokyo. [Thanks, Anton] P.S. — It’s also noteworthy that Panasonic’s press release indicates a folding mechanism for this handset, which, given current trends in Japan, makes it most likely to be a clamshell device. It’s also got some DLNA voodoo inside and is coming out by the end of this fiscal year (April 2011). Panasonic teases a 13.2MP ‘Lumix phone’ for October 5 unveiling originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 05:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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