Samsung Pixon 12 M8910 review

What you need to know

Reviewed by: Flora Graham

Reviewed on: 14 September 2009

Tags: Samsung, Samsung Pixon 12 M8910, address book, music player, SIM-free

We like:

Good photo quality in low light, thanks to its xenon flash; vivid AMOLED screen; customisable home screen with widgets; Wi-Fi connectivity

We don't like:

Camera often fails to capture photos; resistive touchscreen; user interface is clumsy in places

Also known as:

Samsung Pixon12 M8910

CNET UK judgement:

Thanks to its potent xenon flash and huge sensor, the Samsung Pixon 12 M8910 is capable of delivering some great low-light photos, but the camera is unreliable, often failing to capture shots. That leaves the Pixon 12 an average touchscreen phone with a lovely and bright but, sadly, resistive display

Full review:

The Samsung Pixon 12 M8910 packs in the megapixels like no camera phone before it. This phone doesn't just ratchet the resolution up to 11 megapixels -- it goes to 12, baby. But it's common knowledge that there's more to capturing a good photo than a horde of megapixels, and, when we jam a camera phone into our pocket, we want to be able to whip it out when we need it. That's where the Pixon 12 falls down. Continue Reading...