Samsung Pixon mobile phone review

Can this replace your compact camera?

Samsung Pixon mobile phone. Phones, Mobile phones, Samsung, 8 megapixels, Cameras 0
Reviewer
Stuart Miles
Review Date
4 November 2008
Manufacturer
Samsung
Price as reviewed
£dependent on contract
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Our score

7/10 7/10 See more with this score

Quick review

The good
Interface, design, touchscreen
The bad
Some camera features don’t deliver, battery life, screen appears milky at times
Verdict
Whilst the phone works well, minor display grumbles aside, this isn’t a camera replacement
Key specs
3G, 8 megapixels, Bluetooth, GPRS, GSM, HSDPA, Li-ion battery, microSD

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Comments

  • Your wrong, the PIxon does have a Qwerty keyboard. Posted by james, England
  • Shut Up James, Idiot.
    Im Getting This Phone.. Cant Wait.
    Posted by Natashaaa, Wales Boi :P
  • Interesting to note that the one calling James an idiot isn't educated enough to know how to use capital letters properly.

    ...Prat.

    Sounds like an intriguing phone.
    Posted by TDP, UK
  • After recently purchasing the Samsung M8800 Pixon, I was very disappointed with the poor battery life, although found the other features of the phone, such as the 8mpx camera, were actually pretty good.

    Texting can be rather a challenge at times, and sometimes the touch display isn't always as sensative as you would need for faster use. (coming from a person who texts alot) It makes life that little bit more difficult.

    Over all the phone is stylish and no doubt an attractive and temping offer, but this time I think I will give it a miss. (I am sending mine back :-()
    Posted by Kim Jones, England
  • i just recently upgraded to the samsung pixon and have also found that the battery life isn't up to much, very similar to my nokia n82, so have had to buy another one, also there seems to be alittle bit of a delay to the mp3 player when changing tracks, compared to the nokia which is smoother running, love the screen though. Is there any way to stop it rotating from key pad to key board whilst texting, like you can do with the nokia. Another interesting thing is that you can record from the radio, which isn't mentioned in the manual. Posted by stephen wilton, uk
  • This phone is great specially the phonebook groups facility, you can save contact in various groups and find them easily when in a rush and save yourself from scrolling through hundreds of name or using the tricky search key.

    To use this you have to save all your contacts in the phone memory, which is fine but when you receive text messages it does not recognise the name and only give you the sender number. Unless you know all your contacts numbers off by heart, it can be a bit of a pain.

    Posted by Rukshana, UK
  • Brought mine last week, and there are still bits I haven't come across yet. The major bit for me was the 8mp camera, which is ideal for the work I do. But what really got me was the touch screen bit and the qwerty keyboard. I've always hated sending text message until now. In all a great bit of kit, but rather let down by the battery life - but then I guess that with so much to do, this is something to be expected. 9/10. Posted by Lee Bumstead, UK
  • i think i might get this phone should i ?
    i text alot so do you think it will annoy me ?
    comment me back please :)
    Posted by Alex, english
  • I bought this phone over the Apple iphone purely for the fact that certain features are better such as the camera being far superior to the iphone and the the ability to picture message, a feature the iphone does not have unless used through a 3rd party download (at an additional cost).

    My wife texts a lot and finds the use of the 'qwerty' keyboard, especially the way it alternates between old style text style and the full keyboard, so much faster. She never got her head around the predictive text thing but this has helped so much better, and I must admit, even I prefer using the Qwerty keyboard to the old style layout.

    As for name calling, save it for the playground guys, this is meant to be a constructive site.
    Posted by Dan M, UK
  • Im Getting One, Cant Wait (: Even Though Mum Has Missed The Delevery Man Will Be 9 Days Wait Since Order Posted by Sadie, England
  • Im thinking of getting this phone am a big texter and have red a couple of times that the name doesnt come up when you get a text just that number is this true??
    any help would be great !!!
    Posted by Vikki Price, England

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