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Samsung Pixon 12 M8910 review: 2009 12 MP touch.

SpecEagle Editorial·Oct 2009·$600
Overall
60/100
Class rank
#3 of 37
Tier
Feature
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Samsung Pixon 12.

Pixon 12 brought 12 MP + Xenon flash to Samsung's 2009 AMOLED touch line — Cyber-shot rival.

01Display

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among feature phones of 2009 — 11 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED
Size3.1"
Resolution800 x 480

02Performance

50/100

50/100 puts it above the 48-point average for feature phones of 2009.

Storage150 MB + microSDHC

03Camera

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among feature phones of 2009 — 18 points above the cohort average.

Main12 MP autofocus + Xenon flash

04Battery

64/100

64/100 trails the 68-point cohort average for feature phones of 2009.

Capacity1,000 mAh

05Software

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for feature phones of 2009.

What works
  • 12 MP + Xenon flash — pioneer.
  • AMOLED touch.
  • GPS + Wi-Fi.
  • 120 g.
What doesn't
  • No 3rd-party apps.
  • 150 MB storage.
  • Resistive touch.
  • $600 luxury.
Cross-shop it against
Sony Ericsson C905
$700 · score 65/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 37-phone cohort of feature devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .