Panasonic DMC-CM1 smartphone unveiled with 20 MP camera with Leica lens

Samsung and Nokia were engaged in a close battle to offer digital photography centric smartphones. Panasonic has joined this brawl with a brilliant product – DMC-CM1 smartphone that basically a premium smartphone married with great digital imaging potential touting camera. Panasonic DMC-CM1 smartphone runs Android 4.4 KitKat and packs 1 inch imaging sensor inside coupled with Leica lens. That makes the DMC-CM1 about 21mm thick and 204 grams heavy. Anticipating a heavy price, Panasonic DMC-CM1 will be released in several countries in November.


Panasonic DMC-CM1 is a part smartphone and mostly a digital camera. Inside the smartphone chassis is a 1 inch imaging sensor which is about seven times larger than the average imaging sensor meant for run of the mill smartphones. Shutterbugs and imaging enthusiasts will love this camera, as it can save the shot pictures in RAW format. Panasonic has used the Leica lens that offers 28 mm focal length at the maximum f/2.8 aperture. The camera module offers 20 megapixel resolution and it also comes with mechanical shutter, and manual control rig to enjoy more ‘manual’ control. We anticipate top notch imaging quality from this smartphone.

Featuring 4.7-inch display with 1080p HD resolution, the DMC-CM1 smartphone is powered by a quad-core 2.3 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 mobile chipset paired with 2 GB RAM to deliver smooth performance. By default, the DMC-CM1 features 16 GB on-board storage and memory slot to add a microSD card. The smartphone also supports 4G LTE network apart from 3G network and Wi-Fi support.