Samsung M8800 Pixon review: Touch-and-cam

Gsmarena have posted their review of the Samsung M8800. Here are the key features, main disadvantages and final conclusion.



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, advanced shake reduction
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, GPS for geotagging only
Stylus as dongle only, no stylus compartment
Camera performance well below Samsung i8510 INNOV8 standard
No smart dialing

We really loved the Samsung F480 and we were more than happy to welcome its successor. Now, if you look at it that way, upgrading the Tocco is a serious task but the Pixon seems well up to it. It's true though that quad-band GSM support and accelerometer are the only non-imaging related upgrades. The rest - 8MP camera, high-res video recording, DivX/XviD playback, and TV out - leave no doubt that the Pixon is all about multimedia.

And that brings us back to how Samsung handle their cameraphone strategy. Efforts at this point are shared between an 8MP all-in-one and an 8MP touchscreen. Being humbled by the INNOV8 may seem just right for the Pixon but it's interesting to see how it handles pressure from the true - and loaded - competitors like LG Renoir and SE C905.

Anyway, the Pixon may be a couple of high-tech goodies short but what's there makes perfect sense. The nice and sharp TouchWiz UI, cool web and music, and high-end imaging sure sell.