I’ve got an N95, and even with 5 Megapixels, it’s grainy at full size.

“@Airport_Whiskey: you mean the SO905iCS?
This won’t beat that – it has a 3x optical zoom and the same type of sensor Sony put in the D-SLRs.”

It has a “similar” type sensor that does the “same” Analogue to Digital Converting, but there is no way that they would have a full frame or even a semi full frame sensor in a phone. No physical room to focus through lens onto sensor. Just Physics

If this were possible, then DSLRs would be tiny and or Point and shoots would be equipped with a large DSLR sensors. If it were true i would buy one in a flash. The thing I hate about these camera phones is small sensors and any 8mp promises of greatness will only that the images are far too noisy and grainy as the pixel density is far too high.

Look up the “megapixel myth” and check out http://6mpixel.org/en/ – you will soon see that too many pixels in a small space will only degrade the image. Big Sensor means

What we need are larger sensors, less pixels to allow greater sensitivity for low light/fast shutter shooting. then things will start to look up.

Overall its nice to see phone tech getting better camera wise but still the images are grainy, subject to blur and nowhere near usable for even a semi-professional point of view. Fine for drunk party snaps or photos of your kid riding a tricycle wearing a hat. or a photo of a dog wearing a a hat. One day they will be usable and replace point and shoots for casual photography. I cant wait.