The Samsung M8800 Pixon is a slim, moderately light phone weighing only 121 gms. This model is available in a solid black colour. The sleek looks and solid colour appeals to buyers who place importance to appearance of the phone as well as its performance.This device supports 2G networks like GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and 3G network such as HSDPA 2100. The screen is a 3.2 inches touchscreen display of 256 K colours with 240 X 400 pixels resolution. The display is equipped with accelerometer sensor. The handset allows ring-tones of polyphonic and also MP3 formats to be downloaded. The phone-book can store up to a maximum of 1000 records and the facility of assigning photographs to various callers is also available on this phone. The internal memory of this handset in comparison with other Samsung mobiles is lesser. This mobile phone has an internal memory storage of up to 200 MB and an expandable memory of up to 8 GB can be inserted in the microSD (TransFlash) slot.
This model of phone from Samsung has an inbuilt GPS receiver. The GPRS feature in this device is of Class 10 category and attains connectivity speed of 32 – 48 kbps. It is also equipped with Class 10 and 236.8 kbps speed EDGE technology. The 3G HSDPA connectivity feature has an impressive speed of 7.2 Mbps. This mobile phone also has Bluetooth and USB connectivity features.
The Samsung M8800 Pixon supports WAP 2.0/xHTML and HTML browsers. This in turn allows Email to be sent and received on this device. The gadget has five pre-installed games and more games which are Java MIDP 2.0 enabled can also be downloaded.
Although the handset is noticeably slim, the built-in camera is of an exceptional 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixel resolution. The camera has features like auto-focus, video and flash. The TV Out option enables the video shot with the camera to be viewed on external monitors. Additional features of face detection and also smile and blink detection are also available in this refined camera. It is also equipped with advanced shake reduction technology. The camera in this handset is also imbibed with auto-panorama shot and geo-tagging features. Secondary video-call facility which is employed in video-conferencing is yet another feature of this impressive high-end technology phone.
The Samsung M8800 Pixon is provided with a very impressive audio facility. Not only can it play files in MP3 and MP4 formats, it also comes with a Surround Sound System, FM radio with RDS and in-built hands-free facility. The handset with its efficient organiser, office document viewer functions impressively as an office phone. The rechargeable Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery has a talk-time capacity of up to 3 hours 40 minutes and a stand-by time of maximum 290 hours.
This model aims at being the front-runner of the category of mobile phones which have laid more stress on a high-performance camera rather than on other features like Internet connectivity and browsing. The camera being highly accoladed, the phone hopes to capture the market of amateur photo-journalists and buyers with a liking towards photography.
