Like you know smartphones are killing the compact camera market. That’s why Panasonic came up with a unique solution. They announced the impressive CM1 smartphone with following photocamera specs:
1 inch sensor
20 megapixel
28mm f/2.8 leica lens
It also has:
4.7-inch screen
2.3Ghz quad-core Snapdragon 801
2GB RAM
microSD cards up to 128GB in capacity
Android
For now it’s going to be sold in France and Germany only but if successful it will be sold in many more countries.
Hands-on at Engadget.
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Very cool! Nice manual controls. Any idea about the price tag?
899€
Too damn high for me…
Exactly my thoughts. This is without doubt a very interesting concept, however for an Android phone this is a steep price to ask – especially at the price sensitive Android bunch.
Price sensitive Android-bunch? You care to explain? Most Android-users I got have the high-end model of either Sony, Samsung or HTC, phones that are both better and more expensive than the average Iphone or whatever system it is you are supporting.
It coul be lower in a year or half.
600€ and I am sold! I was considering getting a used RX100 for my left jeans pocket. But if I could buy the CM1 for 600€, I would sell my current smartphone (not getting much for the Moto G, though) and my little NEX 3n (not getting much either).
But this is the smartphone I always wanted. Couldn’t get warm with my Nokia PureView 808…
I would buy it right now if it was available. I don’t like Android but this would be worth it.
Yes, I prefer my iphone but for this I would switch.
WP man myself but yeah, I would switch right now.
I would seriously consider this if my carrier carried it. I’ve been disappointed with phone cameras to date and this looks like it has the Sony 1″ sensor with Panasonic processing like the FZ1000 and a Leica prime with manual controls in a slim package. I see from dpreview that it also supports RAW and the 4k photo mode would give the equilanet of 42mm due to the crop.
If I could buy this unlocked for $700 or so, I would certainly do so. But 900 euros with almost no chance of an overseas release, meaning a $1200 straight conversion…
Just can’t compete with a lightly used Lumia 1020 that costs 1/4 as much, even if the image quality is significantly better.
I agree… “Recently” purchased a Lumia 1020, and clearly is not a replacement for my GX7, but is a fantastic complement as I always carry my phone but not my camera.
If this is reasonably priced, I would definitely buy it, now that I have a good phone/camera combo, I really understand the beauty of it.
That separates photographers from rest of the shooters.
I carry camera always with me, but not the phone.
Then you are a stoneage photographer at one
Or maybe he doesn’t have this obsession with letting the world know what he’s doing all the time.
I know somebody who doesn’t own any mobile phone other than the work phone he was given. And that is not carried or used outside of his work time.
I carry a mobile phone though I rarely use it, but have never found any benefit (for me) in carrying a large, cumbersome smart phone that I have to charge every day and won’t fit in my pocket.
That’s exactly what I meant…..a mobile phone however simple it is, is essential whether you are a doctor, engineer, DJ, photgrapher, whatever….there will be exceptions as always but otherwise however young or old you are, everyone carries a mobile phone irrespective of his age or profession….what he tried to do was generalise and say that photgraphers are only the ones with a big honking FF DSLR with a massive missile like 70-200 f/2.8 hanging around them….and you should diss him not my comment….days of sarcasm are over
Okay, apologies, I misunderstood you.
However, though I find a personal mobile phone useful occasionally some people happily live without one.
Other than for emergencies like a car breakdown I have very little need for one as in my day to day life I am usually near a phone or computer.
And quite frankly when I’m not, I don’t want to be always connected to my emails, the web etc. and my phone is often off or left behind.
And I’m not sure that he was referring to carrying a big dSLR given how good small compacts are today.
Personally I never use my mobile phone camera and would always carry a separate camera if I thought I might want to take photos unexpectedly
Does it come with a mercedes key ?
Does it comes with the lens cap ?
THIS will be my NEXT PHONE IF : 1 : Its Android
2 : Available on T-Mobile one way or another with LTE.
3 : It doesn’t cost more than a used car.
It appears to have ‘Hangouts’ and ‘(Google)’ Drive, Google+, Google Maps, on one of the screenshots, so it probably is Android. Good news!
Stock android 4.4.4 too 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcNKaxCSXSQ
Lens sounds a bit slow to be honest…
It cries for a “Red dot” on the back of the phone
How is that lens protected?
And why isn’t it coming to the U.S.? I’d consider this over an iPhone 6+ if the camera really performs like a camera.
That’s because all the camera focused smart phones have failed miserably in the US.
All the more reason to bring it, if it finally gets it right.
awesome piece, it would almost temp me for getting a smartphone finaly.
why not embrace the thickness of the lens with an ultra-big battery?
Yes. Like Moto Droid Maxx. No point in keeping the rest of the body thin.
Too expensive + no zoom = fail (imho).
It doesn’t convert to a 12″ laptop either. No Slurpee machine function. Sorry, won’t buy.
Bigger sensor, more pixels… even “digital” zoom will give you decent results in this case… basically a large enough crop. But I guess Panasonic is just testing waters… they’d add at least some zoom if the demand is here.
So awesome…
In a 5.5-6″ screened device I would be ALL over this.
Hotdamn this looks good. It may not fit everyone’s needs, but innovation should be applauded.
I’d def. buy one!! super cool!
That looks like a brilliant idea haha….Panasonic just trolled the whole of Samsung Zoom series phones haha
There is a set on flickr!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lumix-deutschland/sets/72157647612334402/