Sony is making a selfie camera that looks like a perfume bottle

[Scorpus]

Ever thought you looked particularly unstylish when holding up your smartphone in front of your face to take a selfie? Didn't think so. Regardless, it appears Sony will imminently announce a new selfie camera styled to look like a perfume bottle, giving you the confidence to take a photo of yourself in style.

This new selfie camera is destined for Asian markets, where girls in particular are obsessed with taking them on a regular basis. Sony appears to have given out a few models to "Chinese female influencers and models" ahead of an official launch in China on August 22nd.

The top of the selfie camera features a large camera lens inside a gold-tinted transparent brick, giving the device its perfume bottle look. This top portion can rotate around, giving you the flexibility to take selfies or standard camera shots as you please.

The actual specs of the camera haven't been officially revealed, however Digicame Info might have leaked everything earlier this week. In discussing the Cyber-shot DSC-KW1 (possibly the name of this camera), the site mentioned a 1/2.3-inch Exmor RS sensor with a resolution of 19-megapixels, putting its size around that of a high-end smartphone camera.

The Sony-made sensor will be paired with a 23mm-equivalent f/2.0 wide-angle prime lens, while other specs include Wi-Fi, NFC and the ability to run apps. This might mean the camera will run Android similar to Samsung's Galaxy Camera line, facilitating quick uploads to Instagram, Facebook and other social networks.

The idea of a perfume bottle shaped selfie camera seems pretty unusual, but hey, it might succeed in Asia.

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[oldikes]

Yes because reading the label like the person above is is totally discreet

 

[VitalyT]

This thing is too large to pass for a bottle of perfume. And to my knowledge women usually carry along small bottles. Large ones are for home use. I've never seen anybody pulling a perfume this large in public.

FAIL.

 

[Guest]

Who the hell applies perfume at arm's length?

 

[Jad Chaar]

Overkill sensor for selfies much haha.

 

[MilwaukeeMike]

This thing is too large to pass for a bottle of perfume. And to my knowledge women usually carry along small bottles. Large ones are for home use. I've never seen anybody pulling a perfume this large in public.

FAIL.

yeah... or smiles when they apply it, or sprays it right into their face, right? "This perfume makes me so happy when I use it, I like to spray it in my eyes!"

I don't think it's to trick people into thinking it's perfume, I think it's to give a selfie camera a little bit of style.

Who the hell applies perfume at arm's length?

Many women just spray it into the air and wave their arms through the mist. Makes for a more subtle effect.

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

This thing is too large to pass for a bottle of perfume. And to my knowledge women usually carry along small bottles. Large ones are for home use. I've never seen anybody pulling a perfume this large in public.

FAIL.

Ever been to a cathouse?

 

[Skidmarksdeluxe]

Sony missed the rickshaw here altogether, they should've made it look like vanity mirror and it could double up as a vanity mirror as well. Staring at a mirror is far less obvious than staring at a bottle of perfume at arms length grinning like a chesire cat. Hoo boy.

 

[Steve]

This is great now I can take all the selfies I want and other people will just think I am applying my perfume, genius! Prepare to get Steve selfie bombed TechSpot!

 

[cliffordcooley]

Airports will now ask that you turn off all perfume bottles!

 

[AnonymousSurfer]

This is a really stupid idea... you'd think that they would have done some user feedback tests before following through with this idea, to realize that nobody wants this. It's as if girls who take selfies now are ashamed of it, which they are not. When that day comes, I'll understand their decision to disguise cameras as other things.