AND YES THIS HAS TO BE ENTIRELY IN CAPS LOCK, BECAUSE I AM ANGRYRANTANGRYRANT....
Right.
Anyway. I said about a month ago that I could rant about camera regression in cell phones.
WELL THAT RANT IS HERE.
My 9330 has a 3mp camera- finally, after three years, and phones with 1.3mp. Here's where I'm being a bitch. My parents had Verizon when I was in school, before I paid my own cell phone bill. Let me tell you, I went through my fair share of phones being a teenager who was abusive towards electronics. I got the enV when I was like a Sophomore. For those of you that remember, it was bulky, and in ugly colors. WELL I HAD THE ORANGE. Click. I actually kind of liked it.
IT HAD A 5 MP CAMERA AND A FLASH. So, I started paying my own bill, and went to Sprint. I had the LG Rumor. IN GREEN. Oh yes, everybody remembers the Rumor. The green was bitchin, too. THEN I HAD THE RUMOR2. In blue. Because blue is sexy. 1.3mp cameras. Neither had a flash. The Rumor2 didn't even do video. WHAT THE FLYING FLIPPERDIP?!
THEN I GOT A BLACKBERRY. Now, I'm not saying BlackBerry sucked, ON THE CONTRARY. I loved it. I had the 8330 in red- probably THE SEXIEST PHONE EVER MADE. Anyone notice BlackBerry models got bigger after this? BUT ANYWAY. It had a 1.3mp camera. WITH A FLASH. Pictures actually looked REALLY GOOD for a 1.3mp. THEN I DROPPED IT IN THE SINK AND /wrist. ALMOST. Thankfully the flirty Best Buy mobile guy saved my life. I almost mean that, too.
BlackBerry Curve 8530! 1.3mp camera (still.) No flash. However, there is zoom. I was probably retarded and couldn't figure it out on the 8330. Zoom sucked, though. Never used it. Video was alright. Pictures could be sketchy, based on lighting. But overall, not too bad.
FLASH FORWARD- SAMSUNG INTERCEPT. Now, I probably wouldn't have bought this phone if my contract hadn't been up for a week already and they were about to just consider my upgrade void. Dude, I so wanted the EVO. I still regret not buying it (or the Tour). BUT THAT ISN'T THE POINT. 3.2mp camera. No flash. Video sucked. The pictures on that phone were horrible. It couldn't center light. At all. WHAT IS THAT?! A 1.3mp camera took a better photo. SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE. Nevertheless, it failed. Back to 8530, broken trackpad.
9330! First off, this phone is sexy as hell. 2.0mp camera. Still no flash. Video is fine. Pictures actually look good. Zoom is sexiness. Here's my issue. The BlackBerry line, presently, could probably handle up to an 8mp camera, no questions asked. Why haven't they done it? All sorts of other brands have done it. I'm figuring it like this: It isn't practical to BlackBerry users.
Most of the world who owns a BlackBerry doesn't think about pictures or whatever. Business. Or, at least, it used to be. Plenty of people now have the BlackBerry as a for-fun phone. (example: myself.) BlackBerry has obviously begun to realize this. Look at the colors they're releasing their phones in!
This is not the point. My point, is that while our phones today are capable of awesome cameras, they simply won't put them in. I guess I just want to have my cake and eat it too. One of these days, it'll happen. And I'll probably pee my pants in happiness... Or something like that. Maybe hug the sales rep. Yeah, hugging the sales rep sounds more sanitary.
