I have been faithful to Samsung for three consecutive phones now, from the D500 to the G600 and as of most recently, the Samsung Pixon. I find their phones extremely stylish and innovative; Samsung are very image-concious and this certainly rings true for the Pixon as well, which although is not exactly small (due to the necessary large screen) does have a smooth and sleek feel to it. Do note that this phone is also available in pink and silver, not just black - unfortunately it wasn't at the time I was upgrading otherwise I would have chosen the pink one which looks delicious!
First and foremost, the Samsung Pixon's most hyped feature - the eight mega pixel camera - believe the hype because photos are of an incredibly great quality. It does take a little patience to figure out how the camera works and where the pictures get automatically stored but that's because I always tend to skip the phone manual! What is also great is the 'scene' option which allows you to adjust the camera according to what background or 'scene' you are taking your picture in, for example there is 'Sports' for 'fast moving objects such as sports scenes' or 'text' which is for 'text or document. Emphasises sharpness and contrast' - there are a variety of scenes such as these to enhance your photo quality. Also there is a thing called face link which allows you to tag people within a photo, Facebook-style. Then by recalling a specific person, their tagged pictures too will be recalled in turn. An aspect of the camera I despise is the digital zoom, unfortunately you cannot zoom manually, unless of course I am wrong and just haven't figured it out yet!
The phone is completely touch-screen, something that I was rather wary of but since this is the way forward for all mobile phones it cannot be avoided really. It is surprisingly fairly easy to use once you get the initial hang of it. Texting provides you with the option to use the phone-style keypad or by switching the phone to its side you are presented with a 'qwerty' keyboard instead. The screen lock, however, is not very secure and can unlock itself easily which can be annoying. An accessory called the stylus is provided with the phone, it's like a small wand-pen thing that you can use to tap the touch-screen but to be honest you are far better off using your finger.
The phone has the obvious features (standard features of any phone) like music player, radio, video calling etcetera. It does have something unique which goes by the name of widget, which is quite difficult to explain but I shall give it a go nevertheless! It is a somewhat panel or tool-bar on the side in which you can store your favourite or most-used applications, all configured however you wish, and can then be pulled out from the side, giving you fast access to these applications, it is rather like a short-cut but very handy indeed. The phone comes with a micro SD memory card which allows you to transfer music, pictures and photos from your phone to your pc and vice versa, this means you can upload any photos you take with your camera onto your pc and that you can download music from your computer onto your phone - this memory card truly is a gem. Not only that but it can be used as a means of increased storage space, anything that cannot be stored on phone can be switched over to the memory card instead.
There are no negatives that spring to mind when it comes to the Pixon. The battery life is perhaps not exceptional. If I search hard then the best that I can really come up with is that there are no background and colour schemes but that is an extremely small sacrifice for such a remarkable phone.
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Apr 19th, 2009
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