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:
