Samsung Pixon M8800 Vs LG Renoir KC910 : A Comparative Study

Samsung Pixon and LG Renoir are two great digital cameras in a mobile phone form factor. We reviewed Samsung Pixon and LG Renoir and found both of them to be close competitors with nearly the same design, features and same price range. Here is a comparison of these two phones to help you choose one. Have a look.

1. Design

Samsung Pixon M8800 : The device looks fairly simple. The whole of the front face is acquired by the touchscreen and the 8MP camera module sticks out of the body. It measures a common form factor of 107.9 x 54.6 x 13.8 mm and weighs just right at 121g. Overall, the mobile phone looks and feels like a perfect multifunctional model.
LG Renoir KC910 : It also looks quite the same with the whole front face covered by the touchscreen. The curved metallic reflective edges add a measure of attractiveness to the body. It measures 107.8 x 55.9 x 14 mm and weighs 114g. The extra buttons on the side are also very useful.
Conclusion : Though it is quite a subjective matter to decide which one looks better, we feel that the LG Renoir has some extra bit of elegance compared to Samsung Pixon though they look quite the same and it is very hard to even distinguish them from a distance.

2. Touchscreen Display

Samsung Pixon M8800 : The front face of the face is covered by its 3.2 inch touchscreen display. It has a QVGA resolution of 240 X 400 pixels and is capable to show 262K colors. It has a brightness sensor to adjust brightness of the display according to the ambient light. The resistive touchscreen has good sensitivity.
LG Renoir KC910 : It also has its full face covered by the touchscreen. The touchscreen measures 3 inches diagonal and is capable to show 240 X 400 pixels and 262K colors. It also has a resistive touchscreen and we have nothing to complain about its response.
Conclusion : The touchscreen and the display of both the devices are the same configuration-wise but we feel that the Samsung display is a bit better than the LG display because it has a better viewability in daylight.

3. Camera

Samsung Pixon M8800 : Specwise, the camera has a decent 8MP Sensor and have features like Autofocus and LED Flash. It also supports Geo-Tagging, Face Detection, Smile Detection with Eye Blink Detection. There is image stabilization and the photos have a wide dynamic range. It can shoot videos in WVGA resolution at 30 fps and in QVGA resolution at 120 fps.
LG Renoir KC910 : It also has a 8MP Camera module with Schneider Kreuznach Optics and you can choose manual or autofocus. The camera is equipped with a Xenon Flash and Image stabilization as well as touch focus facilities. There are also other features such as Geo-tagging, face detection with smile and blink detection. It also has a unique feature called beauty shot which is supposed to remove the spots from your girlfriend’s face to look her more beautiful. It can shoot VGA Video at 30 fps and QVGA Video at 120fps.
Conclusion : Though both the camera modules are the best cameras of its class but still we think that LG has a better camera than the Samsung’s as it has a better Xenon Flash and better picture quality in most situations.

4. Multimedia

Samsung Pixon M8800 : The phone has loads of multimedia features and supports almost every format that you ask it to play. It have a 200MB internal memory and you can extend it by adding a 16GB Micro SD card which is enough to store all of your favorite music and videos. It supports MP3/MP4/AAC/WMA for the audio and also DivX/Xvid in the video player. The system provides an overall nice multimedia experience.
LG Renoir KC910 : It uses a Dolby Mobile Technology which does produce nice output sound quality. It also supports 16GB memory card to store all your favorite music and videos besides its 100MB internal memory. You can play back all common formats of audio and video and also formats such as DivX or Xvid.
Conclusion : Both systems are a multimedia powerhouse and we are unable to rank one above the other. Here is no clear winner.

5. Connectivity

Samsung Pixon M8800 : It has a quad band GSM connectivity supporting 850/900/1800/1900 frequency bands. It also supports 3G HSDPA in 2100 frequency band supporting speeds of upto 7.2MBps. It has the common GPRS, EDGE connectivity as well as the Bluetooth connectivity supporting the Stereo headsets. There is no WiFi connectivity in this phone.
LG Renoir KC910 : It is also a quad band GSM phone supporting 850/900/1800/1900 frequency bands as well as dual band 3G HSDPA Connectivity with 900/2100 bands and 850/22100 bands for the American version. There is common GPRS, EDGE and Stereo Bluetooth Connectivity as well as WiFi connectivity supporting 802.11 b/g standard.
Conclusion : LG Renoir is a winner here with its better connectivity options like dual band 3G connectivity and also most importantly the availability of WiFi connection.

6. Interface

Samsung Pixon M8800 : The device has a good interface interface seemes to be more tweaked to finger friendliness.

LG Renoir KC910 : The interface is very much similar to Viewty. The interface is very aesthically designed which looks very pleasant.

Conclusion : Samsung has a better overall interface with more features but they are perfectly arranged under menus and submenus which makes them easy to find. I will give Samsung a better score than LG in this case.

7. Overall

Samsung Pixon M8800 : This is a nice phone with standard feature feature set and above average camera.
LG Renoir KC910 : This phone is also a multimedia powerhouse with perhaps the best camera of its class.
Conclusion : The competition goes neck to neck and there is hardly a overall winner here but we would suggest you to go for LG Renoir as it wins the race by only an inch.