Sony Ericsson's pretty red camera phone

The C902 has a 5-megapixel camera

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Sony Ericsson has never been one to shy away from the high-powered camera phone. Its Cyber-shot series, which includes the Sony Ericsson K850i that we reviewed earlier this year, offers a solid set of handsets that excell both at taking pictures and making calls. One of its newest Cyber-shot models in the series is the Sony Ericsson C902, which we just reviewed. Sony Ericsson introduced the C902 at the GSMA World Congress last February.

Though we've had to wait a long time to review it, the C902 is an appealing camera phone with a sleek design and a loaded feature set. Performance was respectable as well, though photo quality wasn't quite as good as we were expecting. It's not offered by a U.S. or Canadian carrier, so you must buy it unlocked in North America. It won't come particularly cheap--Sony Ericsson lists it for $549, but online retailers sell it for as low as $389. Check out our full C902 review and our slideshow.

[Composer_1777]

Camera phones suck, Digi cams are barely worth a damn as it is. When digi cams get so good they replace DSLR i'll be impressed.

[Someone-else]

for most people having a simple point-and-shoot or a phone with a decent camera is way better than having a good, but big and not-as-easy to use, camera.

I have a cellphone with a 0.3MP camera and a 7.1 Canon point-and-shoot, and it's all I need.

[askj113]

A) I don't think a P&S will ever be able to replace a DSLR because for every advance in point and shoots, they're will be something similar for dslrs.
B) Realize the difference between a photographer and the average person. You wouldn't go tell everyone to go get a Bentley because it handles better than they're Ford Focus, and you shouldn't assume that everyone needs or would want a relatively, large, bulky camera so they can take snapshots at some party.
On the other hand, DSLR's do leave pretty much everything else in the dust

[Jimmygotajobatgoogle]

Point and Shoots will never replace DSLR, and why is that? Cause of 2 reasons, the company who makes digi cams (the good ones) also make DSLRs and they will never make their PnS better then their DSLRs.

DSLRs has a much bigger sensor size then a Point and Shoot.

[reneirwolf878]

You all need to remember that you're talking about A CAMERA ON A PHONE. Realize what you're commenting on before you comment. Camera phones are a novelty to add a little extra to a phone. And PnS are for convenience. It's much easier to slip a little itsy bitsy camera into a pocket when you go out to a club than sling a camera over your shoulder. It's not PRACTICAL to carry around a clunky DSLR - you may argue this if you're a photographer...but get over yourself, it's not. At all.