We are back in 8-megapixel land again with Samsung's oddly named Pixon, also known as the M8800. Having given Recommended awards to the first two 8-megapixel handsets I've seen, Samsung's own i8510 Innov8 and LG's Renoir KC910 the Pixon has some pressure on it at the outset. Particularly as I don't give those awards out very freely. The Pixon has pretty standard looks for a phone whose front is dominated by a large touchscreen. The Call and End buttons and a round back key are squeezed into a tiny panel along the bottom edge of the front fascia. The predominance of black is predictable enough, and visually there are distinct similarities to other Samsung handsets such as the Omnia i900 and Tocco F480. The plastic casing won't be to all tastes, though it does help keep this phone's weight down to an acceptable 122g. Size-wise this is a bit of a chunky mobile to carry around at 107.9mm tall, 54.6mm wide and 13.8mm thick. However, compare that to the Renoir (107.8mm tall, 55.9mm wide, 13.95mm thick, 110g) and the i8510 (106.5mm tall, 53.9mm wide, 17.2mm thick 136g) and you find that it is pretty much par for the course for this kind of spec of phone. There is a hold button on the left edge along with a switcher key that'll call up a grid of six shortcuts. Four shortcuts take you to apps - messaging, the browser, the call screen and music player. The other two shortcuts are a back button and the main menu shortcut. There is also a microSD card slot on this edge which you can use to boost the 200MB of built-in storage. You get a 1GB microSD card with the phone. Meanwhile, the right edge has a volume rocker which doubles as a zoom manager in the camera, a shortcut key to the photo album and the obligatory camera key. On the top edge is one of the things I like least about this phone. Samsung's multifunction port. You use this to administer mains power, connect to a PC and connect headphones. The good news is that the provided headset has a 3.5mm connector just past the microphone so you can substitute your own headphones for the provided in-ear buds if you want to, but I'd have preferred a 3.5mmRead full review
Key features: * 3.2" 256K-color TFT LCD touchscreen display of WQVGA resolution * 8 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and lens protection * Camera geo-tagging, auto-panorama shot, face, smile and blink detection, digital image stabilization * WVGA video recording at 30fps * Slimmest 8MP phone * 3G with HSDPA support * Quad-band GSM support * GPS receiver * microSD card slot * DivX, XviD and MP4 video player * SRS (Surround Sound System) Virtual 5.1CH * TV out functionality * FM radio with RDS * Bluetooth and USB v2.0 * 200 MB internal memory * Landscape on-screen virtual QWERTY keyboard * Accelerometer sensor * Multitasking * Office document viewer * ShoZu integration (direct image and video uploads) Main disadvantages: * No Wi-Fi connectivity * No voice-guided GPS navigation * Stylus as dongle only, no stylus compartment * No smart dialing Great phone but is missing the extra features that other smartphones have.Read full review
Product was great. Except it is not wireless capable. But it was a good price for such an advanced phone. The 8mp camera makes this phone worth your money. It has two cameras, one on the front the other on the back. So if you have a phone plan with internet you can easily make video calls. Again the only thing that drops the rating of this phone is the lack of wireless internet capability.
I just bought this phone recently and was immediately impressed with the number of features available on this phone. It has a 8-mp camera with flash and auto-focus. It is touch screen with many features. Able to play radio, music, needs a micro-sd, and beautiful style. The user-interference is nice and easy to use. The only thing I missing would be Wifi, if it had Wifi it would be awesome!
BE SURE you have a decent working relationship with your cellular carrier as they will need to set this phone up with your carrier settings for the internet, email, wap, gps, picture messages to work. this phone has fantastic standby time if you dont play with the internet/email too much. will hold a charge for 3 or 4 days without charging just using as a call phone. signal is good and will call and work the net with no bars and very low signal. google maps is great. you WILL need a data plan with your carrier for all functions to work. camera is top notch and the pc studio program that comes with it works extremely well for loading mp3s and pics. would highly reccomend this phone or the pixon 12 and ominia phones
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