Samsung's 8MP Pixon gets real, more mysterious

Right, so we were already pretty sure that Pixon we were eying earlier wasn't a KIRF of some sort, but just in case you still had your doubts, Samsung has stepped in to wash them away. The 8-megapixel Pixon is for real, as evidenced by a teaser site with an absurdly long URL name. As for confirmed specs, we're looking at a 3.2-inch touch panel, 13.8-millimeter thin enclosure, 8MP camera (with Auto Focus, twin LED flash, face detection, and shake reduction), a built-in accelerometer and 7.2Mbps HSDPA. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like the linked site is going to spill any other details until October 2nd, but you can still kill some serious time there just rolling your cursor on and off the lens.

[NightBlade @ Sep 26th 2008 5:12PM]

I say an 8MP cam deserves a xenon flash!

[Some Kid @ Sep 26th 2008 6:04PM]

no- get Krypton or Argon in there
:-(

[meta-fm @ Sep 27th 2008 3:18AM]

>I say an 8MP cam deserves a xenon flash!

plus, samsung should add to the phone:
- 3 optical zoom
- WI-FI support
- 480 * 800 LCD

And LG should add to the kc910:
- 3 optical zoom
- 480 * 800 LCD

Anything else?

[Travis @ Sep 26th 2008 5:12PM]

Why are so many sentences on the Engadget family of blogs started with the word right?

[Dale @ Sep 26th 2008 6:01PM]

Right, I noticed that too

[Barry @ Sep 26th 2008 5:13PM]

Megapixels don't mean shit if you're still using a janky plastic lens.

[Raikiri @ Sep 26th 2008 5:39PM]

Or a sensor about 1/24 the size of full frame, the pixel density will make anything over ISO100 pretty unusable.

[Nate @ Sep 26th 2008 5:49PM]

Hopefully it's not as buggy as the Instinct.

[Steve Jobs @ Sep 26th 2008 6:11PM]

What a sad excuse for an iPhone killer.

[Sarthak @ Sep 26th 2008 6:23PM]

Awsome Phone...Still Prefer The Innov8

Go read The review .. On Mobile-Review !!!

P.S. Not Advertising

[msalivar @ Sep 26th 2008 6:17PM]

Maybe they've managed to be sneaky with their first Android offering? They are a member of the alliance...

[Montusama @ Sep 26th 2008 11:02PM]

Sorry...gotta say this...

Can it play doom?

now that thats over, 8MP on a phone looks to be touchscreen only, looks good might look into it if they make it worth getting it for the states (quad-band gsm, tri-band hsdpa) but for me a camera is just one important factor, the rest is video....

[Fly @ Sep 27th 2008 3:23AM]

This phone is already been reviewed by someone: http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-m8800-en.shtml

...or is it another one?

[monkfishbandana @ Sep 27th 2008 3:43AM]

Nope, that's the correct phone.

Jeez, research at Engadget is slipping - Fly has given a link to a full review of the phone.

[Imran @ Sep 27th 2008 7:29AM]

The legendary Eldar from mobile-review.com has already reviewed this phone!!

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-m8800-en.shtml