Sony Ericsson 16MP cameraphone snapped and detailed

<P align=center><img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com//classifications/Mobile%20Phones/Sony%20Ericsson/sony-ericsson-cybershot-s006-back-200-200.jpg"></P> <br /><P>Thought the megapixel wars were over? Think again - Sony Ericsson is releasing a 16MP cameraphone in the new year.</P><br /><P>Although only (initially) destined for Japan, the new handset has sashayed through the FCC and comes with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, what looks like a touchscreen atop a slide-out portrait keyboard.</P><br /><P>However, despite the powerful processor on board, there's no Android OS on show here, merely a Sony Ericsson proprietary system, so hopefully that camera is the thing that will be sucking the CPU power.</P><br /><P><STRONG>Cooler and meaner that ever</STRONG></P><br /><P>Other little snippets about the phone - it's apparently waterproof, has a back-lit sensor (so a whopping ISO level of 12800 is possible) and comes with the usual Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth gubbins, as well as a microSD slot.</P><br /><P>You can check out the Japanese-English user manual over at the <a href="https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=572994&fcc_id=%27PY7A5880010%27">FCC</A>, which also has some unattractive pictures of a phone that looks like it has hopped straight over from 2007.</P><br /><P>Is it coming to the UK? Probably not - the Bravia logo in the middle is a big hint that the Sony Ericsson Cybershot S006 is destined to remain on Japanese shores. But if the gadget-mental country tells us anything, it's what's coming next for our phones, so expect round 2,321 of the megapixel wars to start next year.</P>

Sony Ericsson 16MP cameraphone snapped and detailed

Thought the megapixel wars were over? Think again - Sony Ericsson is releasing a 16MP cameraphone in the new year. Although only (initially...

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