Samsung Pixon 12 Makes Indian Debut

All you megapixel fans out there rejoice! Here's one more ego booster for you all if your now "standard" 8 megapixelcamera count did not seem "good enough". To satiate the needs of your kind, Samsung has (finally) announced the Pixon 12 (M8910) in the country, complete with phone functionalities and a touchscreen.

If you were starting to get worried about the lack of enthusiasm (from the victims to whom you were showing off, of course) for your current 8 megapixel phone, getting the Pixon would be a mighty good idea. Apart from boosting your ego, it will also make your pocket lighter by 29k. Not a bad price for getting to say, "I have the most megapixelled (yeah, we made up that word) phone in the country". Indeed, not bad at all!


If your audience is even mildly geeky and understand that image quality is not just about megapixel count, you can divert his attention to the other impressive features of the phone - like the 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen (don't tell him it's resistive) that renders 16 million colors at a bedazzling resolution of 480x800 pixels. As the last resort, you have the Touchwiz UI, which will make the phone look cooler than it actually is. The video recording part might be a let down, however, (especially if you own the Omnia HD) But hey, it still records stuff at 720x480 pixels at a very decent 30 frames per second - which is just below the Omnia HD'S 1280x720 pixel HD resolution.

Coming back to the camera, the Pixon 12 has a wide-angle lens (there you go N86 owners) and with autofocus, xenon and power LED flash all integrated, the Pixon's attempt to replace that digicam of yours becomes more serious. Oh and you get all those snazzy software enabled modes to play around with as well - smile shot, face detection, image stabilization and the likes.

Moving away from the camera, the Pixon 12 also supports 3G, GPS, A-GPS, and all the other wireless connectivity options one can think of (IrDA is dead, so please don't!). When you are tired taking pictures, you can use the FM Radio with RDS or tinker with the TV out functionality as well. Thank Samsung for including a TV Out cable for this one. While the paltry 150MB of internal memory might seem insufficient, you can always use the microSD slot to add a 16GB card and relax.

The Pixon 12 is now here and can be yours for the aforementioned price of Rs. 29,990. Once you get this one, do make an occasional phone call or send a text - just to make it feel "complete".