Cheapest phone with MP 12 or higher

[dgastfriend]

Hi all,

I am looking for a phone to use for a mobile survey that will rely heavily on photographing administrative records. As such, I'm looking for the cheapest unlocked phone available that meets the following requirements:

1) Camera of 12 MP or higher
2) Strong battery life - up to 8 hours of consistent use, if possible
3) 16 GB storage, or ability to upgrade storage

I don't care about any of the other features.

I am hoping to find something that meets these features for less than $300, new and unlocked. Any advice? All suggestions are welcome. Thank you!

 

[zedorda]

Think your about a year ahead of the design for the price. Not going to see anything under $300 with a 12 MP shooter till next year.

 

[someguy01234]

Megapixels doesn't translate to quality. Some phones with 8MP take better pics than 13MP.

 

[zedorda]

Megapixels doesn't translate to quality. Some phones with 8MP take better pics than 13MP.

This is very true and I would say the $300 will effect quality more since you would be better off with an actual camera for that price.

 

[dpham00]

Titan 2. 16mp and 16gb. Not sure about battery life though. I have seen it unlocked around $200.


http://www.overstock.com/#/Electron...locked-Windows-7.5-Phone/8120579/product.html

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[Tsepz_GP]

Hi all,

I am looking for a phone to use for a mobile survey that will rely heavily on photographing administrative records. As such, I'm looking for the cheapest unlocked phone available that meets the following requirements:

1) Camera of 12 MP or higher
2) Strong battery life - up to 8 hours of consistent use, if possible
3) 16 GB storage, or ability to upgrade storage

I don't care about any of the other features.

I am hoping to find something that meets these features for less than $300, new and unlocked. Any advice? All suggestions are welcome. Thank you!

Why do you require such high MP when phones like the Galaxy S3 and Htc One X+ have great 8MP Cameras?

If you MUST have 12MP and above then look for the Sony Xperia TX, it has a decent 13MP Camera:
Sony Xperia TX - Full phone specifications

 

[dgastfriend]

I'm looking for high MP because we'll be taking pictures of large administrative records, and we'll need to zoom in to see small handwriting in good detail. The 8 MP camera on my Google Nexus 4 wasn't quite good enough. If there are other specs that are a better proxy for this, please let me know - I don't know much about camera quality. Thanks for the suggestions so far.

 

[someguy01234]

Check out the Blu Life phones, View, One and Pure will match your criteria. Don't know how good the actual camera are.

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[zedorda]

Why is using a real camera so not an opinion?

 

[someguy01234]

Why is using a real camera so not an opinion?

Probably for security, if it's sensitive info they'll want full device encryptio.

 

[dgastfriend]

Why is using a real camera so not an opinion?

We need to be able to name and group the pictures when they take them, which would be more difficult with a camera (unless you know of any cameras that have this feature?)