We are continuously watchin the gap filling between digicams and camera phones. But is really consumer very happy? The consumer struggle to see the difference between the images taken by an 8- Megapixel phone and a dedicated camera.
Of course,there is an issue of size.In a phone, there is not enough room for a big zoom lens,and thats the most benefical part of traditional camera,where it always advantage.
But still,the combination of a phone and a camera in a single package is very hard to resist.There are moments in your life that you miss your digital camera phone and there your camera phone plays a vital role. You can pick your snap with an ease.

There are variety of camera phones available in a market,with each having something different to offer.The different features cost differently.
The essential features of a camera phone which you must look while purchasing are
1. Taking good quality photos.
2. Printing the photos
3. Storing a reasonable number of photos.

In addition to above features a camera phone should have following features:
1.Good resolution
2.Bluetooth
3.Memory card
4.Pictbridge and carrier network
5.Video conferencing
6.Internet browsing with HTML
7.3G and email application
8.GPS navigation
9.Geo tagging
10.WLAN.

Also touch screen make the work easier for the users but it has also added to the style statement for the youth as well as the elite class for buying a mobile phone. But before u going to buy a camera phone you should think about why you need it? How will you use it and what your budget is?


KNOW MORE ABOUT CAMERA PHONES
With the evolving consumer needs,more and more phones are being introduced in the marked to fulfill their deamand. These are camera resolutions ranging from VGA to 8 megapixels phone. However,most camera phones do not have such features as optical zoom,auto focus and built-in flash that are common in digital cameras. There are high-end camera phones that have these features,but keep in mindthat you may have to sacrifice size and battery life to get these features.
Resolution The constant climb of megapixels in camera phone is threatening the digicam market,which boast 10 Megapixel at high end.W ith support for 5 TO 8 megapixel resolution,cellphones have cameras of almost equal resolution as compared to today digicams.
Recently,LG has refreshed its portfolio with an 8 megapixel camera phone. aFTER 5 megapixel Omnia,Samsung too has launched an 8 Megapixel camera phone,Innov8,designed for mobile photography in the indian market.Sony Erricson already has an 8.1 megapixel C905,which comes with xenon flash,face detection and autofocus.
VGA quality will not be good enough for photo quality prints,1.3 megapixel cameras may sometimes produce an acceptable quality,but generally they may not. Printing a god quality photo on a 10x15cm square paper requires at least a 2 MP camera. Higher resolution is necessary for producing more detailed photos or larger print.
LENS
The quality of lens represents the overall quality of your phone's camera.Carl Zeiss lens takes exceptional photos considering the limitations of such a small device. Also,Schneider-Kreuznach have developes a reasonably good lens system,but there is a considerable difference in the performance of this lens as compare to the Carl Zeiss lens.
FLASH Considering the simplicity of the lens structure in a camera phone, the image sensor needs all the help it can get to achieve a descent exposure. A flash is an absolute must, but surprisingly many camera phones are still lacking it. There are two options available to better light your subjects: LED or xenon. Also known as a strobe flash, a xenon flash emits an extremely bright burst of light and is the flash of choice for camera phones.

ZOOM Basically ,there are two types of zoom:optical and digital.Many manufactures will try to sell their models on the basisi of digital zoom.However you should know that digital zoom gives you larger image compromising the quality.Go with the optical zoom as you can get enlarged picture with good quality.Optical uses adjustments in distances between the elements in the lens group to achieve the zoom and should maintain a sharp image,whereas digital zoom works like a cropping effect,selecting a portion of an image and blowing it upto fill the total size of the final image.
However , the main drawback is that optical zooming makes the phone bulkier and not handy to use.
FOCUS The majority of camera phones are fixed focus,but increasingly camera phones are available with auto focus.If your budjet allows choose a mobile with focusing options.