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The world is going to see a surge in the availability of 8-megapixel phones soon. Samsung without any hoopla launched M880 Pixon, their second 8-megapixel phone. This time Samsung decided to ride the phone on its native TouchWiz UI with lots of features to please the photography enthusiasts. The Pixon has a 3.2-inch touch screen with handwriting recognition, GPS, Accelerometer and even DivX playback but no Wi-Fi. The phone will start retailing from November 10 at price of 550 Euros ($880).

Full specifications:

Quad-band GSM, tri-band HSDPA
107.9×54.6×14.9mm, 110 g
3.2-inch touch screen display (240 x 400 pixels)
8 megapixel camera, auto focus, face recognition with smile detection and blink detection, WDR (wide dynamic range), ASR (advanced shake reduction), GPS geotagging, ISO 1600, WVGA (720×480 pixels) and VGA (640 x 480 pixels) @30fps video recording
Built-in GPS receiver
Accelerometer
DivX playback
FM radio with RDS
microSD card slot
Bluetooth
Landscape virtual QWERTY keyboard
Handwriting recognition
ShoZu integration - direct image and video upload
Office document viewer

There’s also a video showcasing the camera capabilities of the phone.

To see the phone from every angle, click here.

[Via GSMArena]