Samsung Pixon

Good build quality, 12-megapixel camera with Xenon flash, mechanical lens cover, AMOLED display, Wi-Fi, GPS, HSDPA

No 3.5mm headphone jack, not a smartphone, resistive touch screen, widgets could use some work

Samsung's Pixon 12 is a great camera phone but lacks in a few other areas. If you're purely after a camera phone then this will do the job, but if you're looking for more of an all-round smartphone, the Pixon 12 fails to deliver.

Great OLED screen ; Top notch camera ; Improved touchscreen ; Better texting accuracy ; Xenon flash and power LED

Extravagant price ; Poor battery life ; Clunky internet ; No 3.5mm jack ; Resistive touchscreen

A decent first 12MP phone on the market, but a benchmark the rivals are likely to beat

Interface, design, touchscreen

Some camera features don’t deliver, battery life, screen appears milky at times

Whilst you are supplied with a flash, the Pixon seems to prefer being outdoors, with plenty of light and not using that flash. In this state it falls against other compact cameras especially where you are likely to use this type of camera – in the pub,...

This is the Samsung Pixon 12. It measures 107.9mm tall by 53mm wide by 13.8mm deep and it weighs 119 grams. The Samsung Pixon 12 has a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera with a baffling array of different shooting modes as well as digital zoom and a xenon...

Samsung's Pixon 12 is a great camera phone but lacks in a few other areas. If you're purely after a camera phone then this will do the job, but if you're looking for more of an all-round smartphone, the Pixon 12 fails to deliver.

The Pixon 12 is chunky but highly usable and the most advanced camphone we’ve seen – for now

The camera is a very good performer, but really, if you want this many megapixels you'd be much better off investing in a digital camera and separate mobile phone.

The whole point of the Samsung GT-M8910 Pixon 12 is its camera. We’d argue that the megapixel count is overkill, but we do think images were clear and of good quality, and that most of the camera settings and extras are worth having. However, if you...

Sturdy build quality ; AMOLED touch screen ; 12 megapixel camera with Xenon flash ; Quad band GSM ; HSDPA 3G ; Wi-Fi ; A-GPS

Bulky shape ; High price ; Quirky browser ; No 3.5mm jack plug

A fine camera and a decent overall spec, but using it isn't as fun as it should be