A Look At Two Good Pay As You Go Camera Mobile Phones
A Look at Two Good Pay as You Go Camera Mobile Phones
Pay as you go camera mobile phones are a great solution in getting the camera phone you need without having to sign a contract with a cellular carrier. All of the carriers in the US offer some fantastic prepaid plans where you can get well priced pay as you go camera mobile phones.
Cingular Wireless, now AT&T since 2006, offer the Motorola brand with some great camera phones as well. The Tundra model has received a great number of reviews as an overall phone, and for the user looking for a decent camera to provide what is needed for MMS messaging, the phone offers a great solution.
It basically comes with a two megapixel camera capable of taking pictures in four different resolutions. The resolutions vary from 1600x1200 to 321x240. Three quality settings are also available.
The camera also includes a 4x zoom, as well as a light mode, four lighting conditions modes, six color tones, adjustable exposure, multishot options, and even six different shutter sounds (including a choice for silent). Photos can also be tagged and it includes a self-timer.
The phone also has a camcorder which can take video clips in two resolutions, 176x144 and 128x96. Three quality settings are also available here as well as editing options (also available in the normal camera options). You can only take 24 seconds of film if you are going to use the clip for an MMS message, but otherwise you can take film for much longer on the phone's normal camcorder mode.
You get 100MB of internal memory with the phone, and also a MicroSD slot for cards up to eight GB.
Sprint offers some wonderful Samsung phones that, although more expensive than the phone mentioned above, are certainly the kind of phone for heavy camera users. One of these is the Instinct HD, the follow up to the popular Instinct phone.
The phone comes with a 3.2 inch touchscreen and the ability to record and play HD videos. The camera itself is five megapixels and also provides autofocus technology.
Pictures can be taken in a resolution as high as 2529x1944. You can also take pictures in three megapixels, two megapixels or VGA resolution, depending on your own choice. Videos can be taken in the HD resolution of 1280x720, or in QVGA or VGA.
You get lots of options in terms of settings – white balance, exposure, ISO and anti-shake. A five to ten second self-timer is also included. The auto-focus mechanism also has face detection and you can manually control the LED flash if you want.
When it comes to the video camera on the phone, you get the basics – like contrast, exposure and white balance, and more. The phone comes with a four GB memory card, which is quite advantageous, and allows you to take plenty of HD video and pictures.
So, these camera phones give both kind of users what they may be looking for – the camera that's good enough for MMS messaging and more than casual use, and the camera that gives you HD quality with plenty of options and settings. These are two excellent pay as you go camera mobile phones.
