Why would you buy the new Samsung Galaxy K Zoom smartphone?

It has been a few days since Samsung announced the Galaxy K Zoom, a 20.7mp camera centric smartphone.

But these are the reasons why you should think about before your purchase.

1. The K Zoom comes with 8gb storage, which has 5gb usable plus expansion for media/photos using a micro sd card. Bear in mind of that 5gb, burst mode will save to that memory and not the micro sd card. Plus you will need to install apps and games within that allowance and it will be very tight. This really should have been 16gb out of the box, like the S5. The previous model, the S4 Zoom also only had 8gb so I would have thought this would have at least been increased this year.

2. The K Zoom has a 20.7mp ISOCELL lens, but it is the same pixel quality as the S4 Zoom which costs half as much, albeit just 16mp. So maybe save some money and buy the older model.

3. The K Zoom has AE/AF separation to the auto functionality making it more flexible with shots.

4. The K Zoom Pro Suggest smart mode gives you different picture options depending on the photo you are about to take. This will help you take better pictures. You can also download many more shooting modes and those created by other users too. You can also save your own modes. For amateurs this really might allow you to create a great photo.

5. K Zoom can record at 1080p video at 50/60 frames per second which is better than the Galaxy S4 Zoom manages only 30fps. Neither record at 4K.

6. Shape. The K Zoom is a much slimmer and more desirable shape versus the S4 Zoom.

7. Screens. The Galaxy S4 Zoom has a 4.3-inch 960 x 540 super AMOLED screen, while the Galaxy K Zoom has a 4.8-inch HD 1280 x 720 super AMOLED display. 256ppi versus 306ppi on the K Zoom.

8. The Galaxy K Zoom has a Samsung-made Hexa core Exynos processor (1.3GHz quad-core and 1.7GHz dual-core processors combined). There’s 2GB of RAM on board too. The Galaxy S4 Zoom has a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 1.5GB of RAM.

So all in all, the K Zoom is improved, by the optics still have smaller pixels which are actually the same size as the Sony Xperia Z2. It is odd that Sony has a 20.7mp lens the same as the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom. Coincidence? Not really. Most cheap point and shoot cameras have this size of lens.

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