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{{Short description|Mobile phone which is able to capture still photographs and usually also videos}}
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[[File:Handyaufnahme des Sonnenuntergangs als Zeitraffer 20200909 DSC3277.jpg|thumb|Camera phone clamped to a [[tripod]]]]
[[File:Camera phone sharing.JPG|thumb|Camera phones allow instant, automatic [[photo sharing]]. There is no need for a cable or removable card to connect to a desktop or laptop to transfer photos, though they can be used optionally. ]]

A '''camera phone''' is a [[mobile phone]] that is able to capture [[photograph]]s and often record [[video]] using one or more built-in [[digital camera]]s. It can also send the resulting image wirelessly and conveniently.  The first commercial phone with a color [[camera]] was the Kyocera Visual Phone VP-210, released in Japan in May 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Image of kyocera visual phone vp-210, japan, 2008. |url=https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10321681&screenwidth=1366 |access-date=2021-10-12 |publisher=Science & Society Picture Library |archive-date=2021-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724095140/https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10321681&screenwidth=1366 |url-status=live }}</ref> While cameras in mobile phones used to be supplementary, they have been a major selling point of mobile phones since the 2010s.<ref name=industryweek />

Most camera phones are smaller and simpler than the separate digital cameras. In the [[smartphone]] era, the steady sales increase of camera phones caused [[point-and-shoot camera]] sales to peak about 2010, and decline thereafter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Camera Sales in 2020 Have Plummeted as Much as 54% |url=https://petapixel.com/2020/11/06/camera-sales-in-2020-have-plummeted-as-much-as-54/ |access-date=2021-05-22 |publisher=PetaPixel |date=6 November 2020 |archive-date=2021-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414055912/https://petapixel.com/2020/11/06/camera-sales-in-2020-have-plummeted-as-much-as-54/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The concurrent improvement of smartphone camera technology and its other multifunctional benefits have led to it gradually replacing compact point-and-shoot cameras.<ref name=industryweek>{{Cite web |url=https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/article/21958929/smartphones-crushing-pointandshoot-camera-market |title=StackPath |date=21 November 2012 |access-date=2021-09-17 |archive-date=2021-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917115524/https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/article/21958929/smartphones-crushing-pointandshoot-camera-market |url-status=live }}</ref>

Most modern smartphones only have a menu choice to start a camera application program and an on-screen button to activate the shutter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Motorola-DROID-X-vs.-HTC-Droid-Incredible_id2472 |title=Motorola DROID X vs. HTC Droid Incredible |work=Phone Arena|date=28 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228201443/http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Motorola-DROID-X-vs.-HTC-Droid-Incredible_id2472 |archive-date=2011-12-28}}</ref> Some also have a separate camera button for quickness and convenience.  A few, such as the 2009 [[Samsung i8000 Omnia II]] or [[Samsung S8000 Jet|S8000 Jet]], have a two-level shutter button as in dedicated [[digital camera]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Review: Samsung Omnia II's Camera |url=https://www.windowscentral.com/review-samsung-omnia-iis-camera |website=Windows Central |date=28 January 2010 |access-date=13 November 2020 |archive-date=13 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113092449/https://www.windowscentral.com/review-samsung-omnia-iis-camera |url-status=live }}</ref>  Some camera phones are designed to resemble separate low-end digital compact cameras in appearance and, to some degree, in features and picture quality, and are branded as both mobile phones and cameras—an example being the 2013 [[Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom]].

The principal advantages of camera phones are cost and compactness; indeed, for a user who carries a mobile phone anyway, the addition is negligible. Smartphones that are camera phones may run [[mobile application]]s to add capabilities such as [[geotagging]] and [[image stitching]].  Also, modern smartphones can use their [[touch screen]]s to direct their cameras to focus on a particular object in the field of view, giving even an inexperienced user a degree of focus control exceeded only by seasoned photographers using manual focus.  However, the touch screen, being a general-purpose control, lacks the agility of a separate camera's dedicated buttons and dial(s).

Starting in the mid-2010s, some advanced camera phones featured [[optical image stabilisation]] (OIS), larger sensors, bright lenses, [[4K resolution|4K]] video, and even optical zoom, for which [[Samsung Galaxy K Zoom|a few]] used a physical zoom lens.  Multiple lenses and multi-shot night modes are also familiar.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ephotozine.com/article/top-16-best-camera-phones-for-photography-2019-23050 |title=Top 16 Best Camera Phones For Photography 2019 |date=April 4, 2019 |access-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512034618/https://www.ephotozine.com/article/top-16-best-camera-phones-for-photography-2019-23050 |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Since the late 2010s, high-end smartphones typically have multiple lenses with different functions to make more use of a device's limited physical space. Common lens functions include an [[Ultra wide angle lens|ultrawide]] sensor, a [[telephoto lens|telephoto]] sensor, a [[Macro photography|macro]] sensor, and a [[Range imaging|depth]] sensor. Some phone cameras have a label that indicates the lens manufacturer, megapixel count, or features such as autofocus or zoom ability for emphasis, including the [[Samsung Omnia II]] or [[Samsung S8000 Jet|S8000 Jet]] (2009) and [[Samsung Galaxy S II|Galaxy S II]] (2011) and [[Samsung Galaxy S20|S20]] (2020), [[Sony Xperia Z1]] (2013) and some successors, and [[Nokia Lumia 1020]] (2013).