Nokia N8 vs. Samsung Pixon12 vs. Sony HX5v shootout: Blind test

05 October 2010
The Nokia N8 is an immensely popular phone and we’re already hard at work on a proper review of the handset. Since the N8 camera is its pivotal feature, we’re interested how you'd rate it in a blind shootout with two other cameras...

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  • A
  • Andrea
  • 0x}
  • 05 Oct 2010

C has great detail reproduction. Love it. B has a really strong noise reduction (foliage and colour borders are heavily blurred). The worst one.

    • p
    • phones fan
    • fwM
    • 05 Oct 2010

    phones fan, 05 Oct 20101st row B 2nd row B 3rd row B 4th row C 5th row C iso ... more6th row C

      • ?
      • Anonymous
      • 0rr
      • 05 Oct 2010

      My personal choise is
      1: C (more noise but more detail). Nokia?
      2: A Vibrant colors. Pixon?
      3: B Sony?

        • G
        • GSM
        • b6@
        • 05 Oct 2010

        No offence but GSMARENA really brings Samsung everywhere which is just too much these days.

        Looks like GSMARENA will bring Pixon to either 1st or 2nd place in the podium; whether it deserves or not, it is a different case.

        But blind test is a good idea; I admire that.

          • p
          • phones fan
          • fwM
          • 05 Oct 2010

          1st row B
          2nd row B
          3rd row B
          4th row C
          5th row C
          iso 400 A
          iso 800 B

            • ?
            • Anonymous
            • 3bm
            • 05 Oct 2010

            Mick Jones, 05 Oct 20101) the best is C I hope is the N8, good detail and color b... moreDont wory for shore C is N8 ;)

              • t
              • tom
              • nm9
              • 05 Oct 2010

              Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010why is there no comparison of SE Satio because satio cant take pictures without getting stuck.
              very clumsy phone.

                • M
                • Mobile-Xpert
                • 8Dx
                • 05 Oct 2010

                A is clearly the N8 because of 2 things:
                1-the pictures are lighter, just look at the size.
                And as we saw in the previous comparison between N8 and pixon,
                the n8 had lighter pictures in terms of size (kb,mb, etc..).

                2-the nokia n8 as well as the sony digicam use 28mm lens,
                and the pixon uses a 30mm len.

                  • m
                  • mrfixit
                  • Sa@
                  • 05 Oct 2010

                  first I have to say very clever test gsmarena making people leave all brand loialty behind :)

                  My personal choise is
                  1: C
                  2: B
                  3: A

                  First two Id say go to B the rest is all C

                    • y
                    • yariv
                    • nm9
                    • 05 Oct 2010

                    did someone saw that review:
                    http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-n8-camera-en.shtml

                    nokia n8 camera is not in the same league as the pixon12.
                    the iphone 4 took better photos than the n8.

                    pixon12 is the king camera phone, the N8 is far from that.

                      • u
                      • unbiased mobile addi
                      • A5w
                      • 05 Oct 2010

                      Fanboykiller!!, 05 Oct 2010Firstly, as a lot of others have stated, this blind test wa... morewell said

                      getting tired of fanboys bashing other fanboys

                      its about facts and preference

                      would be great if the GSM Arena can get hold of the Altek Leo

                      i think it will top N8 since it has a CCD sensor(N8 got CMOS)

                      got myself laughing at GSM Arenas' post regarding baised reviews of other sites to N8, it had over 1000 comments in just 1 day!he he he...so many blind fanboys...

                        • A
                        • Alphamax
                        • Tcc
                        • 05 Oct 2010

                        A > Samsung
                        B > Nokia
                        C > Sony

                          • M
                          • Mick Jones
                          • 3pY
                          • 05 Oct 2010

                          1) the best is C
                          I hope is the N8, good detail and color but a bit of noise, it looks like the image quality tuning hasn't been over done as can often be the case.

                          2) second best is A
                          I think this is the Sony, less detail but good color and noise.

                          3) in last place is B
                          I think this is the Samsung, the colors look a little over saturated and and it is over sharpen in the Y Chanel but over blurred in the UV

                          Any of these pictures is excellent for a camera phone though.

                            • b
                            • badboybiky
                            • mHY
                            • 05 Oct 2010

                            c seems to be the best

                              • ?
                              • Anonymous
                              • 3Vd
                              • 05 Oct 2010

                              1.C
                              2.A
                              3.B

                                • u
                                • unregistered
                                • x8s
                                • 05 Oct 2010

                                Generally:
                                A >= C >> B,
                                Except:
                                ISO800:
                                C > A > B (and ISO400 C >= A > B)

                                A = Nokia
                                B = Samsung
                                C = Sony

                                  • s
                                  • sepathie
                                  • YP9
                                  • 05 Oct 2010

                                  c is the best

                                    • a
                                    • annihnvn
                                    • 0jb
                                    • 05 Oct 2010

                                    Cs look best, much more details.

                                      • ?
                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 3bm
                                      • 05 Oct 2010

                                      unbiased mobile addi, 05 Oct 2010maybe they don't have a sony ericson satio got curious i... moreBecause pixon 12 is beter than SATIO.. from the test before

                                        • a
                                        • ali
                                        • nqp
                                        • 05 Oct 2010

                                        C is the best
                                        1-C
                                        2-B
                                        3-A