STUFF EXCLUSIVE – Samsung’s new G800 camphone

The camphone arms race shows no sign of a peaceful solution with this: Samsung’s latest attack on your compact camera, the G800.It joins Sony Ericsson’s high-end CyberShots by boasting a proper Xenon flash but trumps them with a world first: 3x optical zoom on a 5MP camphone. Taking tips from proper compacts it also borrows face detection for picking out mugs on the 2.4in QVGA screen. Some on-board video editing software, a mobile blogging feature and HSDPA mean you can shoot, edit and upload in double quick time or use a PictBridge compatible printer to reel off hard copies of your snaps.It hits shops in November, but maintain your focus on Stuff.tv for a hands-on video very soon.Essentials Samsung G800 Price: £tba On sale: November Contact: Samsung Related stories: Motorola’s U9 skims like a pebble Sony Ericsson’s smart casual K630 8MP Motorola ‘Skarven’ on the way?

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home