Nokia to launch 12 Megapixel camera phone

Mobile giant Nokia is planning to launch a 12 Mega pixel camera phone with optical zoom. Sources within Nokia and Carl Zeiss  – who are expected to provide the optics for upcoming devices, as they commonly do with Nokia’s current cameraphone range – have suggested that the high megapixel handsets will hit the market in 2010. This move will put Nokia into competition with Samsung’s Pixon 12, Sony Ericsson’s Satio. But neither of these devices have optical zoom. It’s speculated that the device could be the Nokia N98, and a new flagship for the company.

There’s no official news from Nokia about the new phone but the rumors say it will feature a Carl Zeiss lens capable of optical zoom. That optical zoom will definitely convince some people to pick this 12-megapixel camera phone over that the competition has to offer. The full phone specifications are not yet been publicly announced. This phone  is given importance as a 12 megapixel camera phone and it is mostly usable for photography much. The price of this phone may be around $1000.