14 June 2011 by Thomas
I still remember my very first camera phone.
It was a Sagem something or other (that wasn’t its actual name) and it boasted a state of the art 2MP snapper.
I’m kidding of course, the camera on that phone was never ‘state of the art’ but the novelty at the time was unreal.
Fast forward 7 years (where the hell did all that time go) and we’re all being spoilt rotten by the HD snappers built into our touchscreen handsets.
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Samsung Pixon 12 deals on contract
With a spectacular 12 megapixel camera, one wonders if there’s ever going to be an end to pushing the envelope in camera phones. The Samsung Pixon 12 has few peers in the industry that seems to see no end to the megapixel wars. What’s next 18 megapixels?
One might be forgiven to take the Pixon as a point-and-shoot camera if not for the fact that it’s a mobile phone form the world’s number two guy among the Big Five in handsets. About the only other camera phone on the market that has one is the Sony Ericsson Satio.
It’s no smartphone but reading its technical data sheet makes it look like one until your realize it has no OS. But it still comes preloaded with all the phone apps, organizer, document viewer, email client support and HTML browser that one can expect from a high end smartphone.
Top Notch Phone Features
Sporting a full touchscreen form factor on a stylish body measuring 108 x 53 x 13.8mm and weighing a pocketable 120g, the Pixon is also your quad band GSM with class 10 GPRS/EDGE on the 2G network.
It’s a also a 3G phone on the dual band UMTS radio with HSDPA at 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA at 2 Mbps for high speed internet surfing and downloading. There’s WiFi 802.11b/g for hotspot support and carries local data connectivity options for Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0 for wireless and wired data transfers, respectively. It has SatNav features with an integrated GPS.
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But its real stand out feature is in the imaging department. 12 megapixels of resolution won’t mean unless it has wide CMOS sensor with a 28mm lens, autofocus and xenon flash. It would be nice if it had variable aperture as well, with touch autofocus, face/smile/blink detection, wide dynamic range, smart auto mode and image stabilization that are pretty much standard in mid-priced idiot cameras.
The Pixon 12 has all of them. It even comes with high definition D1 (720 c 80) video recording at 30fps and QVGA video recording at an ultra smooth 120fps. There’s also a secondary front facing camera from 3g video calls. Your high resolution images and video gets displayed on its 3.1-inch AMOLED resistive touchscreen display with wide-VGA resolution and 16 million colors.
There’s a gravity accelerometer for auto rotate viewing and turn-to-mute features. Entertainment on the road is not left behind as it has a stereo FM receiver with RDS and comes with the usual multimedia players that support the most popular audio and video file formats including DivX and Xvid video codecs.
There’s TV-Out but no 3.5mm audio jack. But there’s a speakerphone and its A2DP profile support on Bluetooth allows wireless stereo listening.
You also get a decent 120 MB onboard memory with up to 1000 contacts on its Phonebook and can be expanded up to 16GB using its microSD external memory expansion slot. Its standards 1000 mAh li-ion battery provides decent talk times when fully charged. SAR EU is rated at 0.27 watts per kilogram.
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Latest Samsung Pixon 12 News
30 September 2009 by Simon
South Korean mobile phone manufacturer Samsung has just made an official announcement pertaining to the release of the company's new 12 mega pixel camera phone, also sporting a 3x optical zoom lens, and known as the Samsung AMOLED 12M, or the "SCH W880". There are so far no official details about the handsets release date across the wider world, however it will be released in Korea sometime in early October, and it is speculated that the rest of ...
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South Korean mobile phone manufacturer Samsung has just made an official announcement pertaining to the release of the company's new 12 mega pixel camera phone, also sporting a 3x optical zoom lens, and known as the Samsung AMOLED 12M, or the "SCH W880". There are so far no official details about the handsets release date across the wider world, however it will be released in Korea sometime in early October, and it is speculated that the rest of ...
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07 July 2009 by Best Mobile Contracts
The Samsung Pixon 12 is set for release this June and if you’re on the fence about whether you should buy the mobile, here are 12 reasons why you should. First, it comes with fast saving feature so you can take subsequent shots within two seconds. Touch AF tracking enables you to select a focal point in the image with a tap of a finger. Third, Smart Auto technology enables the phone to adjust mode and scene settings based...
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The Samsung Pixon 12 is set for release this June and if you’re on the fence about whether you should buy the mobile, here are 12 reasons why you should. First, it comes with fast saving feature so you can take subsequent shots within two seconds. Touch AF tracking enables you to select a focal point in the image with a tap of a finger. Third, Smart Auto technology enables the phone to adjust mode and scene settings based...
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30 June 2009 by Best Mobile Contracts
Samsung has yet again raised the bar when it comes to camera phones with the soon to be released Samsung Pixon 12, a mobile device boasting of a splendid 12MP capacity camera. A common complaint with camera phones is that you often have to wait for your mobile to save images before you can take the next shot. Not with the Pixon 12. We don’t know exactly what particular technology was built into the phone but Samsung says ...
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Samsung has yet again raised the bar when it comes to camera phones with the soon to be released Samsung Pixon 12, a mobile device boasting of a splendid 12MP capacity camera. A common complaint with camera phones is that you often have to wait for your mobile to save images before you can take the next shot. Not with the Pixon 12. We don’t know exactly what particular technology was built into the phone but Samsung says ...
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25 June 2009 by Best Mobile Contracts
It looks like Samsung is beating Sony Ericsson to the punch in coming out with the world’s first 12 megapixel camera phone. The Samsung Pixon 12 is slated for release in June as opposed to the reported release date of Sony Ericsson’s Satio which will be available in the market this October. The Pixon 12 is mostly being touted for its high quality camera and it is certainly a souped up snapper what with its 28 millimeter ...
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It looks like Samsung is beating Sony Ericsson to the punch in coming out with the world’s first 12 megapixel camera phone. The Samsung Pixon 12 is slated for release in June as opposed to the reported release date of Sony Ericsson’s Satio which will be available in the market this October. The Pixon 12 is mostly being touted for its high quality camera and it is certainly a souped up snapper what with its 28 millimeter ...
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