The 8 mega pixel camera phones market is starting to expand with new models from the top manufacturers, we take two of the most popular handsets and compare them against each other to see whether Sony Ericsson or Samsung will come out on top.

The Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition is a very multimedia oriented phone. The Sony C905 on the other hand is a powerful camera phone.

Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition Vs Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber Shot

Design

TheTocco Ultra Edition looks very sturdy with its hardy red and silver tinted plastic casing. It has a solid feel and is comfortable to hold. The Sony Ericsson C905 is available in 4 flamboyant looking colors like Tender Rose, Ice Silver, Copper Gold and Night Black. The plastic casing features metallic stripes on the sides giving the phone a trendy look. Both the Samsung and the Sony Ericsson are slider phones with a slide out keypad.

Touch screen

The face of the Samsung Tocco Ultra is dominated by an OLED 2.8 inch vibrant color screen. The OLED technology provides lucid and vivid images. The Sony C905 has a mineral coated scratch proof high resolution display that is only 2.4 inches wide. However the display offers an excellent contrast and brightness that makes viewing a pleasure.

Camera

The Sony Ericsson being a camera phone, its camera facets outperform that of the Tocco Ultra. The Sony Ericsson C905 has an 8.1 mega pixel camera that is endowed with video light, auto focus, superior Xenon flash, geo tagging, red eye reduction, smart contrast, face and smile detection, Best Pic and Image stabilizer. These attributes help you take near perfect photographs. The lens of the Samsung Tocco Ultra is placed at the end of the handset so taking pictures is difficult and requires odd angles. The handset also has to be slid open to reveal the lens; this also makes for an odd photography position. The camera has few picture enhancement aspects like a flash, auto focus, face detection and geo tagging.

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Multimedia facets

The Sony Ericsson C905 has an audio player that supports MP3, AAC and MPEG4 audio file formats. The player has a track ID music recognition attribute. It also has a stereo FM radio with inbuilt RDS. It also has Blue tooth connectivity. The Samsung Tocco Ultra has a music player with a standard interface. The player offers high audio quality because of the 5.1 Virtual Surround Sound attribute. This phone also supports Blue tooth and has a radio.

The Samsung Tocco Ultra has the ability to record videos in super fast or super slow speed. The C905 has video recording ability at 30 fps in QVGA resolution. Both phones have video players.

Internet

The Sony Ericsson C905 has internet technologies like Wap and Html for enabling fast browsing. It has high speed HSDPA, EDGE and Wi Fi technologies for fast internet connectivity. The Tocco Ultra Edition has internet browsers that allow download of html and xhtml content. It has 3 HSDPA and EDGE technology to provide fast internet connectivity.

The Sony Ericsson C905 and the Samsung Tocco Ultra both have GPS facility to enable navigation. Both phones have USB connectivity.

The Samsung Tocco Ultra is a comprehensive entertainment phone. The Sony Ericsson C905 on the other hand is meant exclusively for the photography aficionados.

Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition

Sony Ericsson C905

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