I would take the led flash over the xeon anyday... reason being it comes in rather handy as a torch on occasion. Also on most samsung handsets you can activate the flash as a torch by a shortcut e.g. holding the camera button with the phone locked.
Xeon definately takes better pictures but to be honest if i'm going out and expect to take pictures i'll take the digi compact or the DSLR (where approprate).

If it has processing power, know what it should do? Voice command recognition. Okay, it takes somewhat more than that...

With no decent flash, zoom or image stabilisation, a camera on a phone is a backup at best. I'd always take a real camera if I wanted to take serious snaps. We're missing the elephant in the room though: the O/S.

With a great screen and a decent chip, this phone should be running Android or Windows Mobile and not some proprietary system. Does it do exchange sync? I doubt it. How many third party apps are there? Not many I guess. Can I migrate my data (contacts, etc) easily to another O/S if I change the phone in a couple of years time - I think not.

As the previous comments say, 5MP is more than enough because it's the lens that matters more, not the pixels. The reviewer should learn more about photography and spend less time worrying about MP because it's not a valid comparison metric.

I'd prefer a 5MP camera with a good lens (my D50) over a 20MP camera with an awful lens.

In fact, 5MP is a plus point because it probably matches the lens and you don't waste 3MB per image on useless pixels: maxing them faster to take, manipulate and download.

I can agree with the above regarding 5MP. I have a Nikon D90, if I want a great Pic that's what I use. Camera phones I barely use and when I do it's for that quick snap that doesn't need to be perfect. Having said that, 5MP is more than enough for a decent quality image.

Additionally I am glad that it has more power than is needed for the stock apps. What happens when I put GPS on it? What happens when I download other 3rd party apps? Perhaps they are more CPU hungry and with this extra power the handset is still usable and not crawling to a halt. I believe it may show some insight as once in the users hands, God only knows what they may install and do on it.

I do agree however with the quick menu button, the 3D cube at the front should be the button to launch that not the side one. I did read the manual (while waiting for the battery to charge) and found that out the easy way though.

I have tried to remain unbiased given that I bought one last week when I was in the UK ... :oP ... but it's hard not to like it or be impressed with the AMOLED screens quality.

5MP a con? I'd say it's another pro considering the slow, tiny lens on that camera. You'll want all the speed you can get out of the sensor! I'm betting you're "the guy" who sends noisy 3400x2400 cell phone photos to all your friends right?

The world appears to be obsessed with mega-pixels. 5MP is enough. Going higher means the sensor sites are smaller and noise increases. That's why Nikon's top of the range cropped size sensor DSLR is "only" 12MP, whilst their top full sized sensor camera is 24MP.

Just dump the twin LED flash and give it a xeon like the Nokia N82 has. (Why Nokia went back to LED flash on the N97 is beyond me).

If Samsung will reduce the size of their logo on the items/product they sell, I might consider buying one of thier product. Why do they have to have that logo of SAMSUNG, be that BIG, and in CAPITAL letters...

I personally don't care much about how many pixels a camera has, as long are pictures are good, especially in low-light conditions.

I know evaluating that is more work than reading a datasheet to find the megapixel number, but i DO expect reviewers to do that work. The datasheet reading, I can do myself, and don't need you to do it for me.

You disappoint.

Who the hell needs more? 5MP is fine for A4 printout... good enought for family photo for sure and with those tiny lenses you're not going to get great pictures anyway. If you want to make proper photos - buy the realy thing, even 5MP seems like over the top with lenses used in phones.

"The Bad: 5 megapixel camera when it should be higher." - and you can't change the lens either. Sheesh!