THE EXCESS AND WEAKNESSES OF SAMSUNG GALAXY 4S ZOOM

The Excess and Weaknesses of Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

One of the factors that Samsung Galaxy Camera may not be successful in the market because there is no telephony features on Android-based camera pioneer that launched at the end of last year. Even so, Samsung does not stop to innovate in the delivery of hybrid products between the two mainstay products such as cell phones and pocket cameras. And this year, Samsung presents Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom that use the camera sector as the mainstay feature.

Sales Package & General Features

In the sales package of Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom you can get a Handset, Charger, Data cable, Headset, User manual, warranty card and Cleaning Cloth. While the common features that you can enjoy such as 3G, HSDPA, WiFi, A-GPS, Bluetooth, Data Cable, Internal GPS, navigator Applications, Open OS, Browser, Modem, Music Player, Video Player, Video Recorder, Game, Photo Editor, Video Editor and External Memory.

Design

The concept of fusion or a combination between compact cameras and mobile phones can be directly seen from the physical look of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. From the front side, the phone looks similar to the Galaxy S4 with length and width dimensions are smaller. While on the back side, the Galaxy S4 Zoom featured as a pocket camera with a big lens and focus ring, lights flash and extends the camera grip. On sides around the phone, you can find a number of ornaments for the needs of mobile phones such as volume control buttons, power / lock, audio port and an infrared transmitter.

While as a pocket camera, you can find the shutter button and the hole for tripod mounting. When compared with the galaxy camera, S4 Zoom is more compact but less convenient to put in your pocket. Although it has a grip that is used as a camera accessories, but finishing hyperglazed make Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom grip was slippery and is safer be used with two hands.

Display

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom using the display panel of the same size as the Galaxy SII with better resolution QHD than the WVGA. Level of pixel density Galaxy S4 Zoom is also fairly well to the screen with a size of 4.3 inches and can display sharp graphics.

On the features, this smartphone comes with 4 screen modes such as Standard, Dynamic, Professional Photo and Movie. But you can also enable Adapt Display that will automatically optimize the color settings, screen sharpness, saturation for some applications such as Gallery, camera, video, S Browser, ON Watch, Samsung Books and Play Books. But, Adapt Display feature does not work for third-party applications.

Operating System and UI

With the latest UI TouchWIX display, Galaxy S4 Zoom is similar with latest Samsung Galaxy Series. As Jelly Bean Android-based smartphone, the Galaxy S4 Zoom is equipped with a multi-panel lock screen but, by default the feature can not be activated so that the lock screen only displays an information panel time. In addition to multi-panel display, you can also arrange to bring up the shortcut icons of some apps on the lock screen.

In addition, the 5 default Home Screen panel has been equipped with a shortcut or widget applications that the average large as S Travel, Samsung Hub, Briefing, Flip board and Story Album. App Drawer displayed with split applications, widgets and applications downloaded by the user in 3 different tabs that can be selected in the upper area of ​​the screen. And by doing Pich Zoom on the home screen or app drawer Zoom, will appear overview which displays multiple panels owned by the Home Screen or App Drawer in one screen.

Hardware

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom only use a relatively outdated chipset, even the processor used only level that is owned by the Samsung Galaxy SII, Cortex A9. Samsung just increasing processor Clock Speed ​​by 50 percent from the previous 1 GHz only on galaxy II. In addition, the capacity was enlarged to 1.5 GB of RAM.

From the internal memory of 8 GB, you can use only about 3 GB. So, the addition of external memory via Micro SD card will be required, especially if you do a lot of shooting with the camera. For performance, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom as Android smartphones did not disappointing and were able to be superior to class Dual Core.

Connectivity

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom comes with a fairly complete connectivity options and has a infrared transmitter that can be used as a remote control for a variety of devices such as Set Top Box, TV, DVD Player, and others.

For connectivity using cable, available USB port supports MHL technology version 2.0, which can work as a connection to the smartphone charger or computer. The USB port can also used to connect the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom to a display device through a special converter cable MHL to HDMI.

Camera

Camera is a fascinating part of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. In general, the camera feature has a choice of 4 modes like Auto, Expert, Smart and My Mode. Smart Mode has 25 modes are largely already exist on the Samsung Galaxy S4.

One interesting feature is the Smart Suggest Mode. When enabled, this mode will give you 3 options mode that can used in accordance with the condition of the object. For Expert Mode, you can specify all the important settings manually like Shutter Speed​​, ISO, WB and some other settings.

Another superiority of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom camera is the ability to perform image magnification using lenses or up to 10 X Zoom Lens Like a pocket camera, the shutter button can be pressed half to run the Auto Focus. In addition, you can record slow motion video up to 1/8 X at 720p resolution because this Smartphone can record video at 120 fps.

The Excess & Weaknesses

• The Excess: Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom has a superior camera for the smartphone class, 10X Zoom lens, reliable performance for the Dual Core and has telephony features.

• Weaknesses: The design of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is too thick for the size of the bag in general, no special screen and internal memory capacity is very small.
   

Conclusion

Combining the two into a single gadget can give you more benefits. You only need to carry one device for two different functions, and only pay for one device. If you have plans for buy a pocket camera and a middle-class Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom could be an alternative option. Because it offers the capabilities of a pocket camera with features that are fairly complete. Moreover, as an Android smartphone, the Galaxy S4 Zoom has a performance that can satisfy most of your needs in terms of communication and entertainment.