My Top 5 Camera Phones for Traveling

If you plan on doing some traveling this summer and still haven't purchased yourself a camera, but are interested in purchasing a new cell phone in the near future, you want to keep reading because you will find a review of my top five camera phones on the market that are ideal for traveling.

When you are shopping for a new phone with camera capabilities, you definitely want to test the picture quality before purchasing it, especially if you want a phone and camera all in one without having to purchase one or the other separately.

Samsung Memoir

The Samsung Memoir made it's first introduction in 2009, offering an excellent phone service and a high quality built in camera. With this 8 mega-pixel camera you can take photos just as great as almost any digital camera on the market. One side looks like a phone, while the other side looks like a digital camera. This phone is remarkable, because you can upload your clear photos into photobucket.com, flickr, and other photo publishers right from your touch screen phone. You can take this camera phone traveling, take astounding photos, send it to your photo publisher and then send it off to all your friends and family in minutes. They will be surprised to see what great pictures you took with your Samsung Memoir. You can purchase this phone through T-Mobile for around $200 retail or you can find them on eBay for less.

Sony Ericsson C905a

The Sony Ericsson C905 a Cyber-shot offers and 8.1 megapixel camera with built in Xenon Flash. It even has an auto focus and face recognition software as well. This camera phones offers all the convenience of any digital camera, like red eye reduction, image stabilizer, and photoflash. This camera would be an excellent choice for traveling that love to take great pictures with the carry on of more electronics. You can tilt your phone and it will automatically landscape your photo for you. Since it came out in 2008, the ability to purchase this product would have to be through an eBay account or on www.amazon.com for about $350.

Samsung Impression

The Samsung Impression offers a lower, 3 mega-pixel camera, but does offer a few extra accessories ideal for traveling. With the camera, you can also have video recording capabilities. It also offers a touch screen and a slide out keyboard that is excellent for constant text messaging. There is a GPS system in the phone that can help you navigate while traveling. The Samsung Impression has a 3G data, music player, and a stereo bluetooth capability. You can purchase this camera phone through AT&T for $300 without a contract and $50 if you purchase it online at www.att.com with a two-year contract.

Motorola Motozine

The Motorola Motozine has a 5 megapixel camera that offers Kodak Perfect Touch technology. This camera phone also offers a slideable lens cover, an fast camera, auto-focus, low-light optimization and a bright Xenon flash that are all excellent for travelers. This is the only mobile phone that has the KODAK Imaging Technology that works Kodak Perfect Touch Technology for excellent, crisp, and clear photos right then and there. You will have no problems taking continuous photos with this camera phone, since there is only a second between each snap shot. You can purchase the Motorola Motozine at www.amazon.com for about $215 to $250.

Samsung Behold II

T-Mobile offers the Samsung Behold II for $250 without a contract and $60 with a two-year contract and a service plan above $60 per month. This price is only available online at www.samsungletstalk.com. This camera phone offers a 5 megapixel built in camera phone. There is 6 hours of talk time available, which is good if you are traveling without a car charger. It also has a touchscreen display and an expandable SD memory slot for all the pictures you plan to take while traveling. You can even take videos of your travels with the camcorder function as well. It has bluetooth capabilities and a music player.

Sources:

www.samsungmobileusa.com/Memoir.aspx

www.amazon.com

www.att.com

www.samsungletstalk.com