Other camera phone makers are now hoping to keep pace. Which could very well lead to a ...
Camera-driven arms race in the smartphone sector.
The step up in quality of the Verizon Incredible camera has raised the bar for the rest of the underpowered camera phone makers, and, more than before, it threatens to pull in would-be camera buyers who no longer need separate devices.
On paper, the Verizon Incredible camera is far superior to the current 3.2-megapixel Apple iPhone 3GS and its upcoming 5-megapixel successor. And the shots, especially in daylight conditions, rival those of many compact cameras.
The Verizon Incredible, while huge, is one of the first in a growing selection of big camera superphones coming this year.
Next month -- May 12 to put a date on it -- Sprint(S) will launch the HTC EVO, a WiMax 4G phone that has the same 8-megapixel camera as the Incredible. Later this summer, the delayed debut of the Sony(SNE) Ericsson(ERIC) Xperia X10 is expected. The X10 features Sony's 8.1-megapixel camera. Later this fall, Nokia(NOK) promises to up the ante significantly with a 12-megapixel camera on its N8 touchscreen phone. And, as TheStreet first reported, Apple will upgrade to the Sony 8-megapixel camera on its 2011 iPhone -- potentially the Verizon iPhone.
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