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Excellent compact for on the road use

Started Apr 4, 2013 | User reviews
Ant Yeung
Ant Yeung Regular Member • Posts: 211
Excellent compact for on the road use

Samsung neglected the fact that even though the Galaxy Camera can access the Internet via 3G SIM Card, if one is using those local top-up type SIM Card (while on holidays or travelling), one cannot top-up the SIM Card via USSD code (e.g. *555*code# ENTER) because a phone keyboard is required. So when on holidays or travelling, one is restricted to using WiFi only to connect to the Internet.

Furthermore, the choice in using the lower powered battery (same as Galaxy S2 phone) can substantially reduce the number of available shots especially when one is using the Android part of the camera as well.

The camera also lags when switching between camera and Android or switching on fast, which is expected, but sometimes it is a pain. So don't expect to grab a shot of an UFO flying overhead.

Other than the above observations, this Galaxy Camera rocks in terms of functions availablility and connection to the Internet, mainly due to Android OS of course. It's massive zoom range is also amazing.

 Ant Yeung's gear list:Ant Yeung's gear list
Canon PowerShot G12 Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 Samsung Galaxy Camera 3G Canon PowerShot G15 Canon PowerShot S110 +13 more
Samsung Galaxy Camera 3G
16 megapixels • 4.8 screen • 23 – 483 mm (21×)
Announced: Aug 29, 2012
Ant Yeung's score
4.0
Average community score
4.7
bad for good for
Kids / pets
great
Action / sports
okay
Landscapes / scenery
great
Portraits
great
Low light (without flash)
good
Flash photography (social)
good
Studio / still life
great
= community average
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