portability, performance, size, screen, zoom

viewfinder, exposure, shutter, focus, low-light

75% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Longer than average zoom ; Accurate GPS ; Sharp monitor ; Good battery life ; Good build quality

Image quality not quite as good as rivals ; Ugly design ; Quite heavy

In many ways the Samsung WB650 is a better camera than the Panasonic TZ10. It has a better zoom range, a more accurate GPS system, a sharper monitor and crucially longer battery life. Build quality, design and handling are all excellent, but it can't...

While we don’t feel the Samsung WB650's functionality is quite as well implemented as the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ20's, the price differential may well tip the balance in its favour for hard hit consumers.

Very affordable at current street pricing; on-board GPS and decent zoom range; colourful results straight from the camera; AMOLED back screen

Plastic-y buttons and controls; GPS map feature needs to be separately installed; drab design; pixel fringing and loss of highlight detail

At the time of writing we did find an online price of just over £180 for the WB650. That’s quite a considerable drop from its manufacturer’s £299 asking price on launch, which makes it something of a bargain in present company if you’re not fussed...

15x zoom, 3" AMOLED screen, Smart automatic mode provides decentshots

Weak low-light performance, awkward manual interface, difficultto set up GPS

Samsung's WB650 is sadly let down by its weak low-lightperformance, awkward interface on manual modes and installing andusing the GPS system is far more difficult than it needs to be.However, it provides good, crisp results in bright conditions andthe...

A compact camera that has every feature you can think of. It won't rival large-sensor compacts for image quality, but photographs from the WB650 are sharp and full of detail.

Samsung's WB650 is one of many high-resolution compacts currently available, but the 15x zoom lens and built-in GPS help it stand out from the crowd. Although a fair amount of compression artefacts are visible when zooming in on detail, we were...

A full specification, GPS on-board, excellent screen

Some performance issue, inconsistent exposures

It's simple: the Samsung WB650 is the best compact camera on the market right now that you can take on holiday. It's a powerful, solid performer, and coming in at a lower price than its close rival the Sony Cyber-shot HX5V, a must buy for anyone who...

Excellent image quality, In-camera GPS integration with Navteq map service, Very sharp 3-inch AMOLED screen, Dual digital/mechanical image stabilisation, Largest zoom range of any compact camera

Dual stabilisation only in dedicated mode, disappointing video and audio capture, a bit bulky and slippery, confusing menu structure

The GPS-enabled Samsung HZ35W digital camera produces some of the sharpest, highest-quality stills we've seen this side of a DSLR, but its confusing menu system and poor video quality knock it down a peg.