Busted: Canon EOS Smart 1 Phone

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<p><strong>Busted!

</strong>The well done April Fools hoax has officially been busted. Here is the Tag Heuer phone used for the mockup. :) I have added a reminder to my calendar for next years April Fools day.</p>
<div id="attachment_16241" style="width: 470px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/39830054_1_460.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-16241" alt="Tag Heuer Smartphone" src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/39830054_1_460.png" width="460" height="460" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Tag Heuer Smartphone</p></div>
<p><strong>UPDATE

</strong>I just realized what day tomorrow was, so please keep that in mind. :) The person who sent it claims it isn’t but that’s part of the fun I guess. I will say that I can’t find the phone anywhere on the web that they would have doctored, if you do find it, please send it on.</p>
<p><a href="http://photorumors.com/2014/03/31/canon-smart-phone-leaked-in-a-greek-publication/" target="_blank">Photo Rumors</a> has also received the images and apparently they come from a Greek magazine. We have no confirmation from anyone else that the product is real.</p>
<p><strong>Original Post</strong>

I received this little product today . I have no idea if it’s real or just a great PhotoShop hoax. What do you think? Would you buy a Canon branded smartphone if the photography capabilities trumped all other smartphones on the market?</p>
<p>It kind of looks like the <a href="http://www.trustedreviews.com/cat-b15_Mobile-Phone_photos" target="_blank">Caterpillar branded smart phone</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Specifications</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Android KitKat 4.4</li>
<li>8core 64bit Snapdragon 615 with 8 ARM Cortex A53 inside</li>
<li>8Gb RAM</li>
<li>64Gb memory</li>
<li>CPS,Bluetoth WIFI aso.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Double Lens Camera</strong></p>
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<li>First camera with 1 inch sensor 12,2×8,8mm 20Mpx (Sony?) 35mm equivalent lens</li>
<li>Second cam 1/1,7 inch sensor 10 Mpx with 3x Liquid Zoom Lens, which has liquid optical elements that changes zoom range by piezoelectricity.</li>
</ul>
<div id="attachment_16238" style="width: 560px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Canon-smartphone.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-16238" alt="Canon EOS Smart 1 " src="http://www.canonrumors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Canon-smartphone.jpg" width="550" height="526" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Canon EOS Smart 1</p></div>
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Re: Canon EOS Smart 1 Phone - April Fools Joke? :)

Yeah, as per Facebook talk there, it looks like a Tag Heuer Race mobile phone. An awful design also, that I doubt Tag had anything to do with! http://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/TAG-Heuer-Racer-Sport-MP-Classic-Red-Mobile-Phone/p/39830054/

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Also, yours has a composite of a Kodak Dual Lens sandwiched on top. Looks great!

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Re: Canon EOS Smart 1 Phone - April Fools Joke? :)

nealkernohan said:
Yeah, as per Facebook talk there, it looks like a Tag Heuer Race mobile phone. An awful design also, that I doubt Tag had anything to do with! http://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/TAG-Heuer-Racer-Sport-MP-Classic-Red-Mobile-Phone/p/39830054/

39830054_1_460.png

Ech, that Tag phone should be the april's fool's day joke. Couldn't look worse and it's price tag: £2,650.00.


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Re: Canon EOS Smart 1 Phone - April Fools Joke? :)

Canon, the top camera manufacturer recently announced they manufactured their 250 millionth digital camera (since 1995 presumably) while Samsung, the top smartphone manufacturer, sold 320 million smartphones in 2013 alone.

Whether or not this is a joke, these numbers alone suggest that Canon should seriously consider playing a bigger role in the smartphone market. Some obvious options could be to collaborate with another smartphone manufacturer on a camera centric phone, create snap on modules such as the Sony QX series (with better execution) or simply make a smartphone of their own.

Besides, with Android and Qualcom/Nvidia hardware, anyone can make a smartphone nowadays. That is good news to some but would mean that smartphones start to get commoditized. Manufactures would need to differentiate by adding specialized capabilities such as a better camera, specialized health sensors, etc. I think if Canon decided to get into the smartphone market with a camera focused strategy, they should have a good shot at being successful.
 
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Re: Canon EOS Smart 1 Phone - April Fools Joke? :)

Entertaining.

I do wonder why Canon hasn't partnered with a phone manufacturer yet. Given that the cameras are the biggest differentiating factor in smart phones, it seems like a "Canon Inside" branded phone could be a big seller.
 
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Re: Canon EOS Smart 1 Phone - April Fools Joke? :)

It has to be an early April Fools Day joke! the design is awful.
Many moons ago we experimented with liquid lens designs and they were very problematic I cannot see Canon doing a camera phone utilising a liquid lens at their first attempt they would "play safe" to begin with so this must be a hoax.
 
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Re: Canon EOS Smart 1 Phone - April Fools Joke? :)

bdeutsch said:
nealkernohan said:
Yeah, as per Facebook talk there, it looks like a Tag Heuer Race mobile phone. An awful design also, that I doubt Tag had anything to do with! http://www.goldsmiths.co.uk/TAG-Heuer-Racer-Sport-MP-Classic-Red-Mobile-Phone/p/39830054/

39830054_1_460.png

Ech, that Tag phone should be the april's fool's day joke. Couldn't look worse and it's price tag: £2,650.00.


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There are some things you can never unsee. This phone is so ugly it's haunting my dreams already.
 
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Re: Canon EOS Smart 1 Phone - April Fools Joke? :)

unfocused said:
Entertaining.

I do wonder why Canon hasn't partnered with a phone manufacturer yet. Given that the cameras are the biggest differentiating factor in smart phones, it seems like a "Canon Inside" branded phone could be a big seller.
Sorry, I disagree that the camera is the biggest differentiating factor in chosing a smartphone. The package is so much broader today, maybe a few years ago.

But I like the idea of Canon Inside.
 
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