Altek announced 12 megapixel Cameraphone with 3x Optical Zoom

We've heard the the Samsung Pixon and Sony Ericsson Idou with 12MP camera before, Recently, not to be left behind, A Taiwanese camera manufacturer, Altek has announced the T8680, a 12 megapixel Cameraphone with 3x Optical Zoom. Altek T8680 GSM phone has dedicated image processor, aperture ranging from F3.0 to F5.6 and up to 3200 ISO.

The software offers face and smile detection, as well as touch focus, plenty of scenes and shooting modes. The camera is accompanied by a xenon flash. The camera can also record video at VGA resolution using AVI files (M-JPEG codec).

Altek T8680 features tri-band (900/1800/1900) GSM/EDGE support, a 3-inch QVGA touchscreen, MP3/AAC support, FM radio, Bluetooth with A2DP, USB, TV out, PictBridge and DPOF handle local connectivity. It also has an accelerometer that can do the turn-to-mute trick. The Java-based phone also comes with a 1020 mAh Li-Ion battery for up to 350 hours of standby and 4 hours of talk time. Altek T8680 will be available for 3000 yuan (about 308 euro) at the end of August or early September.