After a surprise early appearance on a UK retailer’s site and a last minute name change, Samsung has officially pulled back the curtains on the 8 megapixel Pixon(briefly known around the tubes as the Bresson). In the quickly filling arena of 8 megapixel handsets, the Pixon oughtta be able to put up a fight – it’s rockin’ Quad-Band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, HSDPA, an 8 megapixel autofocus camera (w/ Geotagging, Face/Smile detection, x16 digital zoom, dual LED flash), 30 FPS video recording, FM radio, Bluetooth 2.0, and TV out, all packed up behind a 3.2″ WQVGA (240×400) touchscreen.
The Pixon should hit the shelves in France come mid-October, and it’ll make its way to Asia and Europe soon thereafter. As they don’t mention North America in the press release, expect to see it over here sometime in 2049.
Three more handset shots after the jump.
That’s a slick little piece of kit. Now, if only that 8mp was as good as a real camera. Too bad, we all know it won’t be.
Thats 2megapix more than my SD600 point and shoot! I don’t imagine I’ll be replacing my camera with a phone anytime soon anyway – and if that were to include a price, I’m sure I’d be even further away from buying it!
Wow, it looks beautiful, I love it already!
I’m not saying Samsung is an European firm, but at least now you know how we feel about waiting for your products/services in Europe.. and when they come, you just change $ to € (keeping the price the same).
I’ll reserve judgment until I see actual photos taken with it, also I’ve been way too jaded by other announcements of late as I was feeling dismissive as soon as I saw the screen res.
wow… thats thin