Our review of the best 5 megapixel camera phones demonstrated to us and to the readers that there isn't one single phone that beats every other. Like all things in life, electronics have the same issues in terms of specifications. One might be good here, but there, it's weak.

The same will apply to the upcoming 8 megapixel camera phones. In the line-up we face the Samsung INNOV8, the Sony Ericsson C905, LG KC910 Renoir, LG KC780, and Samsung Pixon. LG for some reason is lately the first to have high-resolution camera phones in the market, LG, few years ago, released the first 5 megapixel camera phone in the global market.

This time it was Sony Ericsson that came up with the first in its category. We have already reviewed Sony Ericsson phones, Samsung phones, and obviously Nokia phones. We haven't touched the LG subject yet, although we have a review coming up. Will LG this time take over the market? Will its new cheap-touchscreen-phone help the company rise up to the likes of Nokia? We certainly can't wait for a review on the Renoir or the KC780, not that we don't want to touch the other phones, but LG's bet in the market with two 8 megapixel camera phones sounds promising.

Phones4u points out that the KC910 will be available by mid-October, the date many other manufacturers were looking to target, but seem to have missed, based on the lack of information available.

LG's second 8 megapixel camera-phone, the KC780, has leaked the first press image, which shows a stylish slider lying on a professional camera lens.

The KC780 is said to the the slimmest phone in its category, which means that it should be less than 13.8mm, which is the thickness of the Samsung M8800 Pixon. Besides the capture resolution of the camera, 30fps recording is said to be enabled, as well as Quad-band GSM connectivity support.

Furthermore, our source has stated that a new LG will debut tomorrow, which will revolutionize the market for being the most affordable touchscreen phone yet.

The few first 8 megapixel camera-phones haven't been released to the market yet, but manufacturers are taking competition seriously and announcing even more variety of devices. Variety is good as long as it does not confuse the consumer.

[via GSM Arena]

A mobile phone by the name of KC780 has surfaced on the internet as LG's second 8 megapixel camera-phone. LG has not officially announced the mobile phone, but the device has made it's way through FCC fillings.

The LG KC780 reportedly will feature Quad-band GSM, GPRS, EDGE connectivity, an 8 megapixel camera with autofocus, red eye reduction, face recognition, and video recording at 30fps at an unannounced resolution. The device will additionally feature 140MB of internal memory with a microSD memory card slot for further expansion, Bluetooth 2.0, and USB 2.0.

The blurry image unveils that the phone is a slider in form factor, has a black keypad, with a white top part, and there is a d-pad for navigational purposes. It is always good to have variety of phones of advanced features, but the KC780 feels as a cheaper version of LG's first 8 megapixel camera-phone, KC910 Renoir.

[via Unwired View]