Polaroid Snap Touch Review
The Polaroid brand is synonymous with cameras that spit out a finished image after you've tripped the shutter button. In the old days this meant a unique piece of photographic film that developed in front of your eyes. The Polaroid Snap Touch ($179.99) doesn't use film. It captures images digitally and prints them on demand using heat-sensitive paper, so there's no ink to worry about. The camera can be a lot of fun—especially if you want to hand out prints to friends and family—but its performance and image quality are disappointing. There are modern instant cameras that use chemical film, including our low-cost Editors' Choice Fujifilm Instax Mini 8, that are better choices for fun, instant snapshots.
Design
The Snap Touch ($364.99 at Amazon) is an attractive camera. It's very pocket friendly, measuring 4.0 by 6.1 by 1.1 inches (HWD) and weighing about 8.9 ounces. Rounded corners, a fun rainbow stripe accent running across the front, and a soft red shutter button make it easy to ...
The Polaroid Snap Touch is a fun, affordable camera with a built-in printer, but it's slow and only offers smartphone-level image quality.
Inexpensive; Selfie mirror; In-camera filters and editing tools; Doesn't require ink for printing; Smartphone printing via Bluetooth; Affordable prints
Underwhelming image and print quality; Slow autofocus; Lackluster LCD; Quirky UI