Casio's 8 megapixel Exilim W63CA cellphone gets FCC approved

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Casio's 8 megapixel Exilim W63CA cellphone gets FCC approved

by Thomas Ricker, posted Aug 26th 2008 at 8:15AM

First off, the chance of this Japanese super-phone coming to the US or anywhere else outside of Nippon is slim. FCC approval or not, it's likely only being tested for global roaming. However, as slim is its chances are, they've improved dramatically now that Japan's government is behind a push to promote its twisty, folding phones abroad. This Exilim-branded Casio / Hitachi mashup sports an 8 megapixel camera and with any luck, it's using that new Omnivision sensor meant to revolutionize cameraphones. As followup to the W53CA, this 3G W63CA flip will no doubt feature the same high-resolution, 800 x 480 pixel swiveling display of its cousin. With autumn nearing, we expect to see the W63A announced any day in a typical shotgun blast of seasonal phones from KDDI.

Filed under: Handsets, KDDI, Casio

Tags: 8 megapixel, 8Megapixel, au, casio, exilim, hitachi, kddi, w63ca

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$e@alblaighter @ Aug 26th 2008 9:28AM

This phone is asome!I like Japanese phones very much, too bad this phone does not hit European markets.

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Jamar @ Aug 26th 2008 10:27AM

I'd hope for a US release, except that Casio means it'd be on Verizon. They would systematically remove everything that makes this phone worth bringing over short of the camera (and maybe even dumb down that too). Not to mention the UI. NO.

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Jamar @ Aug 26th 2008 10:27AM

I'd hope for a US release, except that Casio means it'd be on Verizon. They would systematically remove everything that makes this phone worth bringing over short of the camera (and maybe even dumb down that too). Not to mention the UI. NO.

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