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  • Casio CA-01C: 3D Feature Phone And Digital Camera Rolled Into One

    Serkan Toto

    Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

    Thursday, July 21st, 2011
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    Japan’s mobile carriers are currently releasing a number of interesting handsets, which are all part of their summer 2011 line-up. While smartphones, the iPhone and Android in particular, are taking over the Japanese market, there are still some cool feature phones coming out, too.

    Case in point: the Casio CA-01C [JP], which NTT Docomo (Japan’s leading telco) started distributing a few days ago. Technically, the device can be called a feature phone, but it outshines the one or other smartphone out there when it comes to some specs.

    Here’s the main spec list:

    • 3.4-inch/naked-eye 3D touch display with 480×854 resolution
    • 0.8-inch OLED sub-display
    • 16.3MP CMOS sensor
    • camera: special mobile Exilim engine, full HD video recording, 3D picture display, 3x digital zoom, LED flash
    • DLNA support
    • YouTube connectivity
    • Wi-Fi IEEE802.11n, Bluetooth, infrared connection
    • e-wallet function
    • digital TV tuner
    • dust-and waterproof body
    • microSDHC slot, HDMI interface
    • battery: 220 minutes continuous talk time, 560 hours stand-by on 3G

    It sounds crazy, but this specific model is basically a phone and digital Exilim camera rolled into one. Just one of many examples: its so-called business shot function automatically corrects shots taken diagonally in conference rooms or event halls, like so: