A mini review of the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2

The most “sociable and smart” compact has been upgraded to its second full-featured version. The original Galaxy Camera was presented in two variations: with and without support for data transfer in cellular networks.

Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 compact camera

16.2MP 23-483mm 21x 4.8″ $560

The newcomer appeared on the market by itself, and it does not have a 3G radio module. Of course, it deprives the device self-sufficiency, because in the absence of public networks Wi-Fi without an additional mobile device – smartphone or tablet – to publish photos on the Internet on the go will not work. But the Galaxy Camera immediately hit the shelves at a more affordable price than its predecessors.

The improvements mainly affect the “smartphone” part of the package, while the photographic components remain the same. The main emphasis was placed on increasing the computing power of the device. It received a new 1.6 GHz quad-core Exynos processor and more RAM. As the operating system installed Android more recent version 4.3, which brought a number of functional improvements to the. Another important and useful change was the increase in battery capacity to 2000 mAh, so that the duration of the device on a single charge should noticeably increase.

In the software shell, which is responsible for the work of the photographic part, a number of functions have been added. For example, the camera has a mode for taking self-portraits, or as they are now called, “selfies. The device was significantly transformed externally. In particular, there is an attractive “photographic” version in black with silver.