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Samsung Pixon 12 M8910: Snap-happy 12-megapixel touch-screen phone

by Rich Trenholm
Samsung Pixon 12 M8910 (Credit: Samsung)

Less than a week after the Sony Ericsson Satio officially launched as the first 12-megapixel phone, Samsung has announced the equally specced Pixon 12 M8910.

According to Akihabara News, the M8910 will arrive in Europe in June. It will boast a resolution bump from the original 8-megapixel Samsung Pixon, which some users reckoned was basically an 8-megapixel Tocco.

The M8910 features a 3.1-inch AMOLED touch screen. Camera functions include touch-based focus, allowing you to tap on the screen to select what you want to focus on. Samsung describes a fast-saving feature, which is designed to allow you to take the next picture quickly rather than waiting the full amount of time for the phone's brain to wrestle with each dozen-megapixel image.

It also includes a 28mm wide-angle lens and Xenon flash. In addition to stills, the M8910 shoots 720x480-pixel video at 30 frames per second. Which all sounds great, but we'll wait until we've had a hands-on and seen some test shots before we get really excited--after all, there's still the matter of that tiny little phone-size image sensor.

With HSPA and built-in Wi-Fi, you'll get instant upload to Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, and the like. According to reports, it'll pack quad-band GSM/EDGE, dual-band UMTS/HSPA, Bluetooth and GPS.

(Source: Crave UK)

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by digitalwanksta78 September 15, 2009 9:23 PM PDT
Great review! I absolutely love this phone.. I researched and looked around, and after reading this review, I decided to make my purchase.. I'm so happy I did! I picked mine up brand new, unlocked from JAB Cellular.com (http://www.jabcellular.com/samsung-m8910-pixon12-unlocked-p-54.html) and have been obsessed with it every since I got it :) Great phone.. I give it two thumbs up for sure!!
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by wilbrew September 27, 2009 6:03 PM PDT
Samsung also make good phones,but this phone and the i8910 would prefer with dual sims,
and angle open and shut to protect the screen., just like the nokia n97
Also maybe television tuner.,and Android included if possible.
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by shoobi99 October 7, 2009 10:56 PM PDT
I bought this phone at Uniqbe website.
My opinion, the touch screen is not very wide but just nice for my palm.
Overall, i'm satisfied with this phone.
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