The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom a smartphone / camera hybrid with zoom lens will be available in few days. Pre-booking have already started for a price of Rs. 29,390. As per the offer users will also free flip and lens cover, EMI options are also available.

Galaxy S4 Zoom is a single SIM handset (Micro SIM) running Android 4.2.2. The touch screen with corning gorilla glass 3 protection is 4.3 inches supporting qHD resolution (960×540 pixels). This handset is powered by 1.5GHz dual core processor (cortex A9). The hardware is powerful enough coupled with Mali 400 GPU. It can easily record and play full HD videos.

The key feature is not the handset but the camera that is of 16 Megapixel resolutions with Xenon flash and 10x optical zoom. You can shoot wide angle shots or close ups, the output is as good as seen with high end cameras. The rear camera (16MP) is with BSI CMOS sensors and there is a front camera or secondary camera with 1.9MP resolution.

It’s a hybrid handset (SM-C1010) the rear side looks like camera and the front of course like a phone. RAM is 1.5GB and internal storage is 8GB of which 5GB is available for user.  S4 Zoom SM-C1010 comes loaded with 3G (21.1Mbps), 2G, Wi-Fi (a/b/g/n), Micro USB 2.0, 3.5mm jack, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS.

 Dual core Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom handset

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom camera

Handset is 15.4mm thick and weight is about 208 grams. Battery is of 2330 mAh capacity. The handset is expected to hit the stores in early August. Pre-Order via Flipkart White S4 ZOOM | Black S4 ZOOM.

By Rajeev Rana

Founder and Chief Editor - gogi.in