Samsung M8910 Pixon12 review: By the dozen

03 July 2009
The Pixon12 is about to be three times lucky. But any way you look at it, it’s nothing short of a dozen. Not that we wanted to make that much fuss, but a bunch of 12 megapixel pictures coming from a phone are always worth it...

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  • Anonymous
  • M3g
  • 06 Jul 2009

This is a very interesting phone| I think with this one Samsung could rule the market, but since the price is waaay to high it will remain only to the rich enugh.

Anyway, good job Samsung! Nokia is going down! ... fast!

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    • Anonymous
    • 2CG
    • 06 Jul 2009

    Iyerd, 05 Jul 2009"but Nokia N86 with its incomparably weaker LED flash (be i... more" "but Nokia N86 with its incomparably weaker LED flash (be it 3rd generation or whatever) can't come anywhere closer to them."

    what? did you see the images, the 'Weaker LED' matched the Xenon's pretty daam well for a LED. "

    Wait until you move about 3-4 meters away from the object. You will see the difference. For close-ups the LED is quite good but not for longer distances.

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      • Anonymous
      • PEK
      • 06 Jul 2009

      Bill, 05 Jul 2009My wife and I recently just purchased our first good qualit... moreBill, I don't know what you are comparing the Pixon to, but I've seen many cheap cameras that perform much worse than a mobile phone.

      The comparison beteen the SLR 350D and the pixon was quite interesting. Whilst on full-resolution there is more noise than on the SLR, the overall color and contrast is pretty decent.

      If you would downsample all those photos and mix them up, you wouldn't be able to tell at all whether one was taken with a cheap camera, a mobile phone, or even a mid-range SLR.

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        • Andrew Tan
        • wHS
        • 06 Jul 2009

        Anonymous, 06 Jul 2009what's the point of a camera lens cover when there's gonna ... moreTo prevent the outsider lens cover scratch.

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          • Goldberg
          • ji{
          • 06 Jul 2009

          Gsm arena are blind coz i viewed the review of nokia n86 at
          all about symbian
          mobile review
          symbian freak
          i even compare my i8510 to n86
          its has much batter result then any other cam so go to doctor and get ur eye sight check
          even ur gsm arena said that one software update can turn the tables
          at pixon12 review and tel me 1 more thing that why nokia is stil at top why ppl use nokia more not se or sam why ppl prefer nokia instead of sam or se
          Nokia is stil the best in the market

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            • Anonymous
            • kWT
            • 06 Jul 2009

            what's the point of a camera lens cover when there's gonna be another piece of glass on top of it (by that i mean on the OUTSIDE of the lens)

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              • Bill
              • i2G
              • 05 Jul 2009

              My wife and I recently just purchased our first good quality digital camera - a Samsung S760. Compare the pictures it can take with that of any of the high-end camera phones, and one will see that the camera-phones still have quite a way to go in terms of image quality and controllability.

              When I look at the price of the Pixon 12 and compare it to that of any nice smartphone, and that of our new cam, I'd still save money, have smartphone capabilities and be able to take much nicer pix with the smartphone and digi-cam combo. Yeah, I'd have two devices to carry, instead of one. However, I usually carry some sort of bag anyway. So, it's easy enough to just toss the cam in the bag and not worry about it.

              While the Pixon 12 is nice, the high price tag, and not-there-yet pic quality, relegates it to the shelf, as far as I'm concerned.

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                • Anonymous
                • TIE
                • 05 Jul 2009

                pixon12 camera is cool, no question abt it. WiFi is a bonus too. Wish it come with classy brush metal body and capacitive screen. Then definitely my next ph.

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                  • Bas
                  • nTT
                  • 05 Jul 2009

                  Nokia N86 is very bad phone ... all other 8Mp camphone better ... Innov8 - Pixon - C905 - Renoir give u u better photo than that sux N86 ... and that Pixon12 is the king of camphone now...

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                    • Anonymous
                    • w0Q
                    • 05 Jul 2009

                    Very nice phone but a way too expensive

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                      • Pixon
                      • w0Q
                      • 05 Jul 2009

                      This phone will have same fate like N96 due to its very hefty price tag

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                        • Andrew Tan
                        • ibc
                        • 05 Jul 2009

                        Anonymous, 05 Jul 2009Sam 12 all got 12mgp advantages nothing else whr N86 got te... moreAnohter Nsheep!

                        N86 Camera better than Pixon 12? Ha! Ha! Ha!

                        N86 can't even produce better photo quality than most of the 8 Megapixel camera phone in the Market!

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                          • Andrew Tan
                          • ibc
                          • 05 Jul 2009

                          Another Nsheep!

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                            • Anonymous
                            • PyN
                            • 05 Jul 2009

                            Sam 12 all got 12mgp advantages nothing else whr N86 got technical advantages...we r not gonna print an image by 100% croping.nw just find out whr N86 is over sam12...Dynamic range,Low light condition,noise level almost same,contrast can be done like sam12 using pc...so i think being a 8mgp phone N86 hv got great achievement over sam12...
                            N86 is the best 8mgp phone...Sam12 got res nothing else...

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                              • Anonymous
                              • TIE
                              • 05 Jul 2009

                              Iyerd, 05 Jul 2009"but Nokia N86 with its incomparably weaker LED flash (be i... moreU r one nokia fanny boys.. so pathetic.. GSMarena is not blind. They ve been testing so many new models days in days out. And they knoe abt photography.
                              N86 flash comparable to pixon12 and C905??? Look again. May be u only knoe abt the lighting. Dont u see sucky N86 produced incorrect colors with LED flash? Funny noki callow youth.

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                                • Iyerd
                                • 04V
                                • 05 Jul 2009

                                "but Nokia N86 with its incomparably weaker LED flash (be it 3rd generation or whatever) can't come anywhere closer to them."

                                what? did you see the images, the 'Weaker LED' matched the Xenon's pretty daam well for a LED.

                                "The Pixon12 takes more conservative approach by not allowing any highlight clipping, but this has resulted in a slightly darker image."

                                oh Really? so the fact that it did't give out as much light as the C905 is a good thing?

                                fuken disgrace

                                biased jackases the N86 owns even camera phone, 8MP, 12MP,

                                N82 is better than this crap.

                                Samsung Arena

                                Disgrace

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                                  • manu
                                  • PY5
                                  • 04 Jul 2009

                                  Anonymous, 04 Jul 2009I refuse to buy a 12 megapixel camera phone without xenon f... morelol

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • pKx
                                    • 04 Jul 2009

                                    When is this coming out then?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • uSS
                                      • 04 Jul 2009

                                      audio quality test please

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                                        • guest
                                        • p6f
                                        • 04 Jul 2009

                                        Anonymous, 04 Jul 2009I refuse to buy a 12 megapixel camera phone without xenon f... moredid u actually miss the point of this phone having both the Xeon and LED? It has it all man..