Samsung Pixon Vs LG Arena - Samsung or LG Touch Screen Phone?

The LG KM900 Arena is a communication centric device whereas the Samsung M8800 Pixon is a strong multimedia mobile phone.

Design

The Samsung Pixon is a slightly bigger and thicker phone than the LG Arena. While the Arena measures 105.9 x 55.3 x 12 mm the Pixon has a vital statistics of 107.9X 54.6X 13.8 mm. The Samsung M8800 also feels heavier that the LG Arena. The LG KM900 has a TFT capacitive touch screen that is 3 inches wide. The Samsung Pixon boasts of a large 3.2 inches touch screen. The resolution of the display in LG Arena is WVGA 480X 800 pixels which is higher than that of the Samsung Pixon (WQVGA, 240X 400 pixels).

Camera

The Samsung Pixon is a powerful camera phone. The LG Arena in contrast is not really a camera phone. Hence its camera attributes are less impressive than the Samsung Pixon. The 5 Mega pixel camera of the KM900 Arena sports Schneider Kreuznach optics, auto focus, image stabilization and an LED flash to enhance picture quality. It also has geo-tagging attribute. The 8 Mega Pixel camera of the Samsung M8800 Pixon on the other hand is loaded with oodles of high tech aspects like face detection, 13 Scenes, Smile shot, Macro, Panorama, effects, white balance, fast focus, instant picture saving ability and ISO adjustments. The Pixon's flash is a let down but its color representation, picture detail and macro shots are excellent.

Multimedia facets

The Samsung Pixon has touted to be a multimedia phone. It out performs the LG Arena in this realm too, with an amazing collection of attributes. The phone's music player has an album art feature and provides superior audio quality with its stereos and great loudspeakers. The audio quality is also enhanced by the 7 equalizer presets and SRS WOW effect. The LG KM900's music player has Dolby mobile technology for high audio quality.

Both the LG Arena and the Samsung M8800 have an FM radio equipped with RDS. Both phones have Bluetooth connectivity for wireless listening and USB ports for connecting to other devices.

The Pixon phone can record videos in DVD quality (720X480 pixels). The video quality is high on both You Tube and larger screens. The Arena phone can record videos at 30 fps at a resolution of 720X480 pixels. However the QVGA resolution is a disappointment especially on You Tube.

The Samsung Pixon's video player supports video file formats like DivX, XviD and MP4 with H.264 codec. The LG Arena's video player supports video files like DivX, XviD and MPEG4.

Internet

The LG KM900 has EDGE technology, high speed HSDPA and Wi Fi for faster internet experience. The Samsung Pixon has high speed 3G and HSDPA for speedy internet connectivity but it does not have Wi Fi facility.

GPS

The LG Arena comes equipped with GPS receiver that is integrated with the electronic maps software- Google Maps. The Samsung M8800 has no voice guided GPS navigation facility.

The Samsung Pixon is suitable for tech savvy entertainment hungry buyers whereas the LG Arena serves as great mobile phones for professionals.

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LG KM900 Arena : An Aladdin's Cave of Features at a Reasonable Price

This phone reminds me of how Aladdin's Genie described his situation once he had been released from his prison - "All that power locked up into a teeny, weenie little space! Gives you SUCH a crick in the neck!"

The crick in the neck with the LG KM900 Arena is that it is slow. That said, we are not all hyped-up yuppies requiring instant responses from the electronic equipment we have in our hands, and if speed does not really bother you and you have a much more relaxed attitude toward life when it comes to texting and other functions, then this phone may be just the thing for you.

The handset will cost you between £270 and £350 (SIM-free), depending on where you shop - with Amazon being the most expensive we found. On a pay monthly deal it can cost you as little as £5 per month, or on pay as you go from £300.

In terms of features, the Arena knocks the spots off iPhone, however in pure functionality - it fails to hit the spot - touchscreen phones are generally slow, often sluggish in their responses, and the Arena is no different. While the new S-class interface speeds things up a little, the phone is still lethargic and will frustrate the person who requires a more instant response from their connectivity-mate.

Speed aside, the tech-spec for the LG KM900 Arena is impressive indeed. This quadband phone functions on both 2G and 3G. GSM bands include 850, 900, 1800 and 1900. 3G HSDPA 2100 is available to the UK version, with the American dedicated edition working on HSDPA 850 and 1900.

Released in February 2009, the Arena weighs in at a mere 105g, and measures a shade under 106 x 55.5 x 12mm.

The 3.0 inch capacitive S-class Touch UI screen is capable of showing 480 x 800 pixels in 16M colours. It supports Multi-touch input and has an Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate when viewing landscape or portrait pictures simply by revolving the phone.

For the music fan, the Arena has both a 3.5mm audio jack for speakerphone plus the added bonus of Dolby Mobile sound enhancement.

To run all this, the internal memory is large at 8GB, and can be boosted to 32GB by means of microSD (TransFlash) card. Photocall is available, and call records are bumped to 40 dialed, 40 received and 40 missed calls.

For data handling, the LG KM900 Arena comes with Class 12 GPRS at 32-48 kbps (high speed) and 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, capable of running 10/54 Mb. Class 10 Edge at 236.8 kbps, 3G HSDPA at 7.2 Mbps, USB and Bluetooth at v2.0 complete the package. The phone does not support HSCSD.

For those who like to record their social events, the phone contains a 5 megapixel camera, with the max picture size of 2592 x 1944 pixels being made possible by the Schneider-Kreuznach optics, autofocus and LED flash. It also features Geo-tagging and image stabilisation.

Video at 720x 480 pixels at 30fps is possible, as is VGA at 30fps, QVGA time-lapse and slow-motion video recording. A secondary camera allows videocall.

If the list above is not enough, add on the rest of the features included in this whopping handset.

Messaging capabilities are SMS with threaded view, MMS, EMAIL. It has a WAP 2.0 browser, able to display xHTML and HTML. The radio has not been forgotten, FM is taken care of, with a bonus of an FM transmitter.

For the person who likes to relax with a few games, the LG KM900 Arena handset caters for them too. Java is supported (MIDP 2.0), as is GPS with A-GPS support and Google Maps.

Other features include TV-out, MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA music player, Div/X/XviD/MP4 player, an organiser, Document viewer which caters for doc, xls, ppt and pdf, Voice memo and the all-important texter's friend - T9 text input - probably very helpful considering the slow touch screen response times.

The battery included is a standard Li-ion cell with a capacity of 1000 mAh and allows for standby time of up to 300 hours, talk time of up to 3 hours 50 mins and music play time of up to 30 hours max.

Before buying a mobilephone, especially a new release, you should wait a bit and read mobilephone reviews - customer reviews, expert reviews and even cheap mobilephone cashback offers. It's best to be informed and avoid regrets like frustratingly stuck with a 12 months T-mobile free line rental contract deal on a phone that you'd come to hate later.

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