LG has announced the latest 8 megapixel camera phone, LG-KC780, which becomes the fifth top spec camera device to be available in time for Christmas.

The KC780 will be available in the UK from the end of November, and is a 13.99 mm thick slider phone with a 2.4-inch widescreen LCD. The device will fight for megapixel hungry consumers against Samsung’s i8510 and Pixon, Sony Ericsson’s C905 and LG’s own Renoir.  

The KC780’s camera has technology that is designed to make the best of people’s facial expressions, including smile and blink detection technologies. The ‘smile detection’ means that camera delays taking the picture until the subject breaks into a smile.

The price and networks of the device is still to be confirmed. LG is yet to officially announce the device for the UK, but an announcement is expected by the end of today (Thursday) or early tomorrow.