Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

Samsung just outed the rumored Galaxy S4 Zoom camera phone  and it is every bit as resemblant to the Galaxy Camera concept as on the leaked pictures before. The main differences are that it is more compact, achieved by limiting the zoom level to 10x instead of the 21x on Samsung's Android camera, and it has voice calling functions, not only data connectivity. At the front it resembles a Galaxy S4 Mini, with the same 4.3" 540x960 pixels Super AMOLED display, but is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Exynos 4212 processor, aided by 1.5 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal storage plus a microSD slot for expansion, and, of course, that sweet 16 MP camera with 10x optical zoom on the back and optical image stabilization. Android 4.2 is running the show, and the phone packs a 2330 mAh battery to power it all up. The body is officially 15.4mm thick, yet in the camera lens part, which has a zoom ring, that goes to 25mm, and the typical grip bulge is here as well, so it is more of a compact camera with phone functions than anything else. Still, it is the first phone with 10x optical zoom, Xenon flash and all the bells and whistles of manual control over your photos and videos, like aperture, exposure and white balance settings, as well as no less than 26 preset shooting modes, including exotics like Baby, Golf and Smart Suggest, where the camera app tells you which shooting modes are suitable for the current scene.

DESIGN

• Device type:
  • Smart phone
• OS:
  • Android (4.2) TouchWiz Nature UX UI
• Dimensions:
  • 4.94 x 2.50 x 0.61 inches (125.5 x 63.5 x 15.4 mm)
• Weight:
  • 7.34 oz (208 g)
    the average is 4.4 oz (127 g)

DISPLAY

• Physical size:
  • 4.3 inches
• Resolution:
  • 540 x 960 pixels
• Pixel density:
  • 256 ppi
• Technology:
  • Super AMOLED
• Colors:
  • 16 777 216
• Touchscreen:
  • • Multi-touch
• Features:
  • Light sensor, Proximity sensor

BATTERY

• Talk time (3G):
  • 13.00 hours
    the average is 10 h (627 min)
• Stand-by time (3G):
  • 23.8 days (570 hours)
    the average is 19 days (465 h)
• Capacity:
  • 2330 mAh

HARDWARE

• System chip:
  • Samsung Exynos 4212
• Processor:
  • Dual core, 1500 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9
• Graphics processor:
  • • ARM Mali-400 MP4
• System memory:
  • 1536 MB RAM
• Built-in storage:
  • 8 GB
• Maximum User Storage:
  • 5 GB
• Storage expansion:
  • microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 64 GB

CAMERA

• Camera:
  • • 16 megapixels
  • Flash:
    • LED, Xenon
  • Aperture size:
    • F3.1-F17.8
  • Optical zoom:
    • 10.0 x
  • Features:
    • Back-illuminated sensor (BSI), Auto focus, Optical image stabilization, Face detection, Exposure compensation, ISO control, White balance presets, Burst mode, Geo tagging, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR), Panorama, Macro mode, Night mode, Scenes, Effects, Self-timer
• Camcorder:
  • • 1920x1080 (1080p HD) (30 fps), 1280x720 (720p HD) (60 fps)
  • Features:
    • Optical image stabilization, Continuous autofocus
• Front-facing camera:
  • • 1.9 megapixels

MULTIMEDIA

• Music player:
  • Filter by:
    • Album, Artist, Playlists
  • Features:
    • Album art cover, Background playback
• Speakers:
  • Earpiece, Loudspeaker
• YouTube player:
  • Yes

INTERNET BROWSING

• Built-in online services support:
  • YouTube (upload), Picasa

TECHNOLOGY

• GSM:
  • 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• UMTS:
  • 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz
• Data:
  • LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s, LTE Cat3/4 Uplink 50 Mbit/s, HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS
• Positioning:
  • GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
• Navigation:
  • Yes

CONNECTIVITY

• Bluetooth:
  • • 4.0
• Wi-Fi:
  • • 802.11 a, b, g, n, n 5GHz
• USB:
  • • USB 2.0
  • Connector:
    • microUSB
  • Features:
    • Mass storage device, USB charging
• Other:
  • Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

OTHER FEATURES

• Notifications:
  • Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
• Sensors:
  • • Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass
• • Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

AVAILABILITY

• Officially announced:
  • 12 Jun 2013

This device is also known as Samsung SM-C1010, Samsung SM-C101

Alternative variants

We list only the specs that are different than the main variant

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom HSPA+

(HSPA+ only)

Differences:

• Data:
  • HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS