After a slow year for camera phones in 2010, smartphone manufacturers have paid particular attention to the camera features this year. Apple continued to set a high bar with the 8-megapixel camera and backside illuminated sensor in the iPhone 4S, and HTC followed suit with the same technology in the Evo 3D and Rhyme.
But the king of the cameras in 2011 has to be the Samsung Galaxy S II. The GS2 performs superbly under a range of lighting conditions and avoids many of the common pitfalls we see with these tiny lenses and image sensors. Some might argue that the post-production algorithm Samsung uses is a bit heavy handed, pumping up colours to the verge of being unrealistic, but we think this is one of its many strengths.
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Samsung Galaxy S II
1 of 5Price:AU$899.00 | Brand:Samsung | Comments:79
Samsung builds well on the success of the original Galaxy with a fast, attractive and fully featured phone, but one that requires a lot of juice to run. Full Review »
The Good
- Lightning-fast performance, Super AMOLED Plus is fantastic, Camera is amongst the best we've seen, TouchWiz 4.0 has some neat shortcuts
The Bad
- Battery life is disappointing, Video-out requires a separate adapter
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