All of the phones I have ever owned, including my iPhone, seem to have the camera added as an afterthought. The camera on most phones is junk that won’t take a decent picture, especially in low light. The crap camera is my biggest complaint on my iPhone.

Samsung has taken a different route with its new Pixon 12 camera phone. The camera is the big draw for the device with 12-megapixels of resolution and a full touchscreen. The camera has autofocus and the user can touch the touchscreen to tell the camera where to focus in the shot they frame up.

The camera has a dedicated power button and a 28mm wide-angle lens. Samsung says it is capable of shooting images every two seconds at quality levels comparable to any point-and-shoot camera on the market. The phone portion of the camera has HSPA 900/2100MHz and GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900MHz connectivity. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are integrated and memory can be expanded with up to 16GB microSD cards. The Pixon 12 will be available in late August.

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