Packing a quite incredible 12 megapixels, the Samsung Pixon 12 (see what they’ve done there with the name? Very clever) still won’t necessarily be a good camera. Why is that? Well, the reason that, say, a 12 megapixel digital SLR takes good pictures is that it has a huge light sensor, on which those 12 million pixels are spread out across. Meaning well balanced pictures, crisp images and no digital fuzz whatsoever. The Pixon 12, when it comes down to it, is still just a phone, meaning that the light sensor on it is relatively tiny. It might still have 12 million light receptive pixels, but they’re crammed into such a small place that many won’t be functioning as well as they could be.

Anyway, maybe we should speculate too much – there’s a chance Samsung have pulled off something special here and we’ll hold our tongues til we’ve had more a decent go playing with it. And even if it’s not a fantastic camera, with the AMOLED screen, TouchWiz interface and a few other nice bits and bobs, the Pixon 12 is still a decent enough camera in its own right. Check out this Samsung Pixon 12 review full a full rundown of specs, or have a look at the video below.