I was completely suspicious of this thing before I bought it —at this price point I could have invested in a Canon Rebel series but my wife insisted on getting this. As I read the specs further, I was impressed by the array of social sharing options and the 21x optical zoom lens. I bought the Samsung camera and I am fairly impressed with the thing, for what it is: A consumer-friendly touch-heavy camera with some prosumer hardware.
Pros:
— Fast CPU and Android OS gives you a bunch of flexibility and apps!
— Huge, bright screen give you the full view of everything the lens can see
— 21x optical zoom; it doesn't get much better than this on a consumer camera!
— 1080p video with auto-focus and zoom while shooting!
— 4 fps photo mode at 16 MP; impressive capture speed (I'm using a 64 GB Class 10 SDXC card)
— Wi-fi, Bluetooth, GPS geotagging, and cellular data
Cons:
— Horrible ergonomics for pro camera users (it takes some getting used to)
— Daylight and action/angle shooting is tough when depending on an LCD screen
— Color: Camera tends to push red and occasionally crush dark tones
— Micro HDMI port is on the bottom: Very clunky for setting down to hook camera up to TV for viewing
— Syncing with Mac OS (iPhoto) can be a pain. Android File Transfer works better than Kies to get both photos and video off the camera. The camera's OS does not properly follow DCIM protocol so it requires third-party software to be recognized on the Mac.
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