Samsung Galaxy K Zoom "- one of the most exciting South Korean company Samsung products. This handsome man is armed with 4.8-inch Super AMOLED HD display, 4 + 2-core processor, 2 GB of RAM and ... impressive 20.7 megapixel camera with a 10x optical zoom, optical image stabilization, Xenon and LED flash. This is what distinguishes this from the other phone. But is it worth buying the Galaxy W Zoom solely on the fact that he - exclusive?
It is worth mentioning that the Galaxy Q Zoom is the Galaxy S4 Zoom offspring. Galaxy S4 Zoom received a huge success because it was extremely difficult, uncomfortable, and his performance - just miserable. Use this phone was a real burden. The Galaxy W Zoom Samsung tried much more.
characteristics:
20.7MP Camera: 1 / 2.3 "sensor, 10x optical zoom (24-240mm), OIS (optical image stabilization), Xenon and LED flash;
1080p video recording at 60 frames per second;
2MP / 1080p front camera;
4.8-inch Super AMOLED 720 x 1280px resolution display protected by Gorilla Glass 3 "glass;
Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS with the latest TouchWiz user interface version;
"Exynos 5260 chipset with dual-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15 and the quad-core 1.3GHz Cortex-A7 processors;
"Mali-T624 GPU
2GB of RAM;
8GB of internal memory with the option to expand the memory card;
2,430mAh battery.
Nowadays, people rarely have the pictures to make your physical albums - usually a photo is uploaded to the Internet
(more specifically - social networks), as soon as it is recorded. With a normal camera that is not possible, while called "smart cameras" can not compete with smart phones.
Of course, the usual smart phones, and even the most recent (Galaxy Note 4, iPhone 6+, etc.), their quality can not be compared to the cameras. They do not have high-quality zoom, a good flashlight, only the best models have OIS. And here comes the help of Samsung with its Galaxy K Zoom - this phone with an impressive camera, but at the same time, the device is almost as good for most smart phones these days. Do not believe it? After reading this review, speak otherwise.
design
Galaxy K Zoom Dimensions - 137.5 x 70.8 x 16.6mm and weighs 200g the phone. It is the weight and thickness of the main disadvantages of this phone. For comparison, the Samsung Galaxy SIII with the same screen size is 67 grams lighter and even thinner 8mm. So extraordinary camera phone adds ~ 70g weight and almost doubles the thickness.
In front of the "K Zoom looks like a regular Samsung phone. Sensors, front camera, even the buttons are arranged in the same way as other company products S. Korea. Nothing special.
Meanwhile, the rear part of the phone not even recalls the phone - a huge camera sensor is quite sharp and projecting it on the phone admitted it back to normal is possible. In addition, the end of the phone has the same texture as the Galaxy S5 rear section. OK it or not, you can argue long and pointless - a matter of taste.
Galaxy K Zoom - extremely thick and heavy phone, but if you think that the grip is uncomfortable - you're wrong. Thus, the thickness of the first looks acceptable, but slightly curved phone housing, the sensor in the right place and slightly rounded corners makes this phone much to keep this in mind. How much more weight is a problem - with one hand for a few hours, it can get tired. But as they say - beauty demands victims.
Display
Galaxy K Zoom has 4.8-inch HD (1280 x 720) Super AMOLED display. The one inch of the screen is 306 points, but on PenTile arrays, they are a little bit better. Screen viewing angles are excellent, in addition to sun screen nenublanksta. However, the Samsung Super AMOLED color display once again disappointing - they are far too bright. In particular, it can be seen by looking at the red, orange, yellow colors. And, no, the display mode as the Galaxy S4 or S5 Galaxy, this phone does not have, so it's still quite a serious problem.
camera
Normally, your camera will discuss an overview of overviews going to end, but this time in the case - different. Galaxy K Zoom is the most important aspect in particular camera because without it, it is a simple mid-range Samsung phone. I want to remind you that I am not an expert or specialist in cameras and all this is just my opinion. However, the Galaxy W Zoom and is designed for photographers - it's more phone photography lovers. Having had this unit I realized that I love to amateur photography.
The camera features already discussed - the phone - it's really impressive. It is also worth noting that the K Zoom has two microphones to filter - one for the sound of the wind to remove the other - zoom sounds removed.
This phone is not a professional DSLR camera, it is more suitable for ordinary people-amateurs than professionals, so the camera control is not very complicated, and I loved it. Basically, everything is focused on the mode button - clicking on it, as you would expect, you will see a number of modes - from personal photos to panoramas and virtual tour mode. If the mode is not enough for you, there is always the opportunity to go to a special Samsung Store and download them over.
Of course, if you have the desire and experience, you can change the settings yourself manually. But I, as I said, I'm not the cameras and the expert settings, so there's even Nelinda.
As far as the quality of camera phones by standards, it is good, very good. But not great. Sometimes the photos lack sharpness, but it is not very visible. Happy with the noise level is just great - even capturing pictures in poor conditions, proper image in focus, there is almost no noise. Fantasy!
Zoom is also happy, although photos that have been used to zoom, and you can see the edges of the minimum convergence, it is so very little that even interfere. The detail in bringing almost losing it quality deterioration is felt only when the captured image is strongly Artin.
OIS works great, even zoomed 10 times the image remains stable. Having tested the camera with OIS bothered to take a picture with the device without these features.
All photos taken with the camera models here.
video recording
Video recording is not the strongest Galaxy K Zoom place - if you zoom during recording is not strictly necessary, the fact that the Galaxy S5 filmed a little bit better. Noise is not much, but the level of detail to be, and more.
A few examples:
Sound quality of the recording will not record a studio recording, but the quality of everything else really fits. Noise filter is running fine, the wind is not usually heard.
Audio recording filming an example:
User interface
Samsung Galaxy K "using virtually the same TouchWiz version, which uses the Galaxy S5, and it has been discussed hundreds of times, everything is known and familiar. But the changes are small, but they are - just for the camera. It is these changes and we will discuss.
Camera Studio controller. Camera Studio Controller, in fact, only a link to a set of widgets that are associated with the picture / video. And nothing special at all, even anything useful.
Ability to turn on the camera does not need to unlock the phone. You can turn on the camera by holding down the increase of the sound and camera buttons. Great, that is such a feature, but can turn on the camera and a little bit faster.
And ... that's it? .. Unfortunately, yes. Samsung has the software side too had not been recorded as it was with the Note or the Galaxy S series. No special Galaxy K Zoom apps you will not find in a drawer. Just an ordinary Samsung phone.
Operation
The first days of Samsung Galaxy K "worked well. The first days. Later, he started a little stuck, but nothing else, and I did not expect - Samsung still not configured with its own TouchWiz "optimization problems. Both HTC, Sony and Motorola have already solved this problem quite some time ago. When will Samsung's turn?
If you like games, "Galaxy K (surprisingly) a good fit for you. I had to try more than one, and even quite discerning game (such as "NBA 2K14") - everything worked very smoothly and even smoother than my LG Optimus G (quad-core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, 2 GB of RAM, HD resolution screen, Adreno 320 GPU).
Summary
Want to enough high-quality camera, but a good phone, but the space in your pocket / purse you only have one? Galaxy K Zoom - an excellent choice. Surprised not only the camera phone, but it is quite comfortable and the design capacity.
Camera control and its software is designed well, Samsung has everything in place correctly. However, I missed a little more software for editing photos or other exploitation of the camera - the Galaxy Note's effort has been once more.
But perhaps that is normal - after all, this is a very niche product, which will require only a very narrow range of people. The only advantage - Samsung's equivalent to almost no competitors here. Perhaps it is worth mentioning the Nokia Lumia 1020, but this is quite an old phone, and besides - it is a Windows Phone OS agent and this OS is not suitable for a very wide audience.
Do you need this phone? Depends - on your needs, preferences and wallet size. One answer is not here. This is one of those cases where the choice requires considerable thought. But had the Galaxy W Zoom two weeks I can safely say that at least in your considerations, this phone really worth it.
