Samsung WB2000? Not Yet ...

UPDATE: One of our readers recently spotted the Samsung WB2000 on sale on Amazon UK for £300. Catch it while you can!


A reader has been in touch about a long-awaited compact digital camera, Samsung's WB2000:

Hello, For months now, I've been waiting for the Samsung WB2000 to come out, something that's been promised and subsequently put back.  It was initially set to arrive in August, I've not seen anything about it online, apart from a few sites that have it for pre-order. Until now, though, nobody (including Samsung) has been able to give me any more data. That's why I'm writing to you to find out if you know whether or not this camera has been cancelled or just put back again? Thanks in advance for anything you can tell me,

You're right: Samsung has been keeping us waiting for the WB2000, which was initially unveiled in February for the end of this spring, and then put back to August. We got in touch with Samsung, who told us that this camera won't actually be going on sale.

The manufacturer gave no reason for its decision, although it's reasonable to imagine that it's worried about cannibalising the market for its own expert-level compact, the EX1.  With support for RAW files and plenty of automatic features, it has a reasonable right to the title, and, in some areas, the WB2000's spec promised even more: Full HD video and 5x zoom.

However, in our opinion, there would have been plenty of room for the WB2000.  Smaller, with a slower lens, a fixed screen and fewer controls, the WB2000 was more of a rival for the S95 than the EX1 ...

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