Did some testing with may camera on the Incredible. No apps or anything....
Each test picture was attached to a normal MMS message.
Test 1
8M (3264x1952)
Widescreen Checked 5:3
Storage - Phone
Quality - High
Result
"Compressing Too Large"
25kb/1200kb
Details
Size - 25.78kb
Resolution - 408x244
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Test 2
Small (640x384)
Widescreen UNCHECKED
Storage - Phone
Quality - Normal
Result
149kb/1200kb
Details
Size - 70.51kb
Resolution - 640x480
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Test 3
Small (640x384)
Widescreen UNCHECKED
Storage - Phone
Quality - HIGH
Result
253kb/1200kb
Details
Size - 164kb
Resolution - 640x480
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Test 4
1M (1280x960)
Widescreen UNCHECKED
Storage - Phone
Quality - High
Result
1123kb/1200kb
Details
Size - 689kb
Resolution - 1280x960
Sent to myself and it returned it as: 276kb @ 1280x960
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Test 5
3M (2048x1536)
Widescreen UNCHECKED
Storage - Phone
Quality - normal
Result
622kb/1200kb
Details
Size - 407kb
Resolution - 2048x1536
Sent to myself and it returned it as: 398kb @ 2048x1536
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Test 6
5M (2592x1952)
Widescreen UNCHECKED
Storage - Phone
Quality - normal
Result
789kb/1200kb
Details
Size - 500kb
Resolution - 2592x1952
Sent to myself and it returned it as: 494kb @ 2592x1952
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Test 7
8M (3264x2448)
Widescreen UNCHECKED
Storage - Phone
Quality - High
Result
"Compressing Too Large"
35kb/1200kb
Details
Size - 35.10kb
Resolution - 408x308
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Test 8
8M (3264x2448)
Widescreen UNCHECKED
Storage - Phone
Quality - normal
Result
872kb/1200kb
Details
Size - 762kb
Resolution - 3264x2448
Sent to myself and it returned it as: 873kb @ 3264x2448
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So, my conclusion is if you send something via picture message with this phone you better have the WIDESCREEN UNCHECKED and the Quality set to NORMAL.
They should send without shrinking too much....
I guess I cant send my HQ 8MP pics to my friends but I can upload them to FB or Email without any converting.
Patting myself on the back...