ALTEK LEO [This is not a China made Mobile Phone]
Everyone's talking about the smartphone killers nowadays... Does anyone thought of a SMARTPHONE + DIGITAL CAMERA killer???
Now here's one...



ALTEK LEO Specifications:
-The world’s first 3.5G professional camera smart phone
-Android user interface
-Multi-touch screen panel, 3.2” TFT, 480x800 (WVGA) resolution and 16.7 million colors
-3.5G (HSDPA), Wi-Fi
-Camera 3x optical zoom, 14 megapixels CCD, 720p HD (1280 x 720) and 30FPS formats video capturing, xenon flash and AF assist lamp help capture in-focus, vibrant images under low light conditions
-Blink and smile detection, sweep panorama
-Latest self-designed image processor, the Sunny 9. Reduces image noise, supports high-precision lens focusing, adjusts exposure and optimizes white balance automatically to achieve optimal exposure and capture truer colors.

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Altek Leo was announced during the CommunicAsia 2010 (CMMA) and is expected to debut in Q4 in Taiwan, China and Hong Kong first. The estimated price is $499 (Price is only estimated, please do not self predict). Altelk Leo may not be available in the west.

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Not to worry if you haven't heard ot Altek Corp before because the company focuses on OEM digital camera R&D and manufacturing. They are the largest digital camera original design manufacturer (ODM) in the world. Their products are usually rebranded so they remain relatively unknown to end-users.

This post has been edited by i-Tech: Jun 18 2010, 07:44 PM

Hope they release to Singapore and Malaysia.
I expect the 14MP camera to be of great quality, probably even better than the N8's 12 MP camera, but a pity there is not video call camera.

Altek is specialised in manufacturing high quality cameras, Leo will be better than N8's 12MP for sure. The 3x optical zoom and it's Xenon flash are more tempting... A point-and-shoot camera combine with a smartphone.
We do not use video conferencing so often in Malaysia yet. So i don't think it will be a big problem.

interesting. wonder would it come to msia?

Unfortunately, I do know a few people who definitely need the video call feature to chat with their loved ones. In fact they need it more than a nice camera.

It may be available in Malaysia. Even if it doesn't, I'm sure there are some forumers will bring it in..

Ohh, then they'll have to get N8 instead of this.. Im not sure whether Leo can support external camera for video conferencing...

If it has front facing camera then can video conference call.

It does not. I think there's still a lot of people will want it because of the great camera. It's even greater than the N8...
Maybe Altek will include the front camera in the future just like iPhone...

Thanks for introducing. Wonder what Android version it is carrying. It'll be great if it's froyo (Flash 10.1 support).

photo quality base on sensor and lens not the Mega pixel ... look at the optical lens, woo another less gadget to caring around

if video conference is their main reason, they should go for another phone

The phone is using Andriod 2.1 but it will be able to support v2.2 when it launch.

When i viewed the video, which is the pre launched model one, there's still no Smile detection and plus one more feature i can't remember..
And there's also some laggy when using phone app.. maybe it's pre one right..
Well, wait for the final one.. Don't be like X10, at last using Donut only instead Android 2.0 like their testing model..

Estimated price around USD499, price around N8 but i will stick to reliable old nokia hardware....

That we'll need to wait till Altek release the phone but I personally think they won't be too far away from Android...

Depends on what kind of functions you're seeking. If you're those who likes to take photo, why not Altek??