Samsung Electronics will market the world’s first 5-megapixel camera phone [.jpg image]. The company said Wednesday that its new cell phone handsets equipped with a 5-megapixel camera will be sold through SK Telecom beginning late this month.

Samsung Electronics says it is the world’s first handset maker to produce 5-megapixel camera phones. The camera was developed in cooperation with Japan’s Pentax.

Prior to the production of the newest camera phones, Samsung Electronics introduced the world’s second 3-megapixel camera phone in August, behind Japanese Casio. Pixels refer to the small dots that constitute a photo — the higher the number of pixels, the clearer the photo, generally. Continue >>

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