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.

LG OPTIMUS L4 II DUAL E445

Cheapest Smartphone From LG Optimus L Series

 

LG Optimus L4 II Dual E445

LG adapting smartphone marketing strategies undertaken by Samsung when released Samsung Galaxy Young which updated, with the release of the LG Optimus L4 II Dual E445. Besides updating some capacity, LG sell this smartphone products at lower prices compared to the previous LG Optimus L4.

Sales Package & General Features

In the sales package of LG Optimus L4 Dual E445, users can have the a Handset, Charger, Data Cable, Headset, User Manual and Warranty Card. And for common features, users can enjoy HSDPA, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, Browser, Java MIDP, Internal GPS, Application Navigator, Camera, Video Call, External Memory, Email, Music Player, Video Player, Video Recorder, Open OS and FM Radio.

Design

LG Opimus L4 II Dual E445 implement Smartphone design as full bar touch screen and not designed unibody or removable battery. This smartphone has a dimension of 112.8 x 64.7 x 11.9 mm and weighs 125 grams. Looks quite ergonomic, although not exactly thin and slightly wide. Material coated with a plastic material, ranging from the screen to the casing using Glossy motif that could leave fingerprints. This Display of smartphone from LG Optimus also gives the impression of slippery when held. On body detail, there is a hole just above the display earpiece, proximity sensor and LED lights for various notifications. Moreover, the Home button at the bottom of the screen has also been equipped with LED background lighting that quite unique and rarely found in smartphone design. Provision of LED lights will help users to find the phone while in the dark.

At the bottom of the screen there are 4 touchpad like Back, Home, Recent Apps / Menu and Dual SIM settings. In the top view, there are only 3.5 mm audio jack and on the bottom there is a microUSB port and a microphone.

Placement of the ON / OFF is on the left side of the body and can act as a Lock Screen button. As for the volume control, located on the right side. There are also chrome trim which adds elegance to the design. Back Cover only found the camera lens and flash light.

When opening the lid back cover, you will see two SIM card slots which not use the concept of SIM Card hotswap because the path is blocked by the battery. Meanwhile, MicroSD slot can be operated to insert a MicroSD hotswap even have to unscrew the back casing first.

Screen & Interface

For visual display, this cheapest LG Optimus L4 uses a type of display called IPS or In Plane Switching with that look sharp and save battery power with the support capacitive technology such as the iPhone. Depth of 16 million colors display with 320 x 480 pixels, 3.8 inches wide with a pixel density of 152 ppi so the display screen of this LG smartphone looks normal.

But, LG Optimus L4 screen is equipped with an accelerometer sensor allowing the user to play a motion game. There is no problem when opening and viewing a variety of applications, the experience to do the swipe, screen zooming and movement was light and did not experience any lag.

Although sold at cheap prices, specifications offered by LG Optimus L4 II Dual E445 is quite reliable. Feauture performance is quite good, not found serious problems in the use of a wide range of applications and features. In general, the specification of which is owned by this LG smartphone is not much different from the old series like LG Optimus L5 Dual II. Single processor 1 GHz Cortex-A9 with MT6575 chipset and 512 MB ​​RAM can give good performance despite the processor and RAM specs not too big. Users also can add a MicroSD up to 32 GB. For graphics performance, the LG Optimus L4 using Graphic Procesing Unit or PoweVR SGX531 GPU.

Dual SIM

With the identity of Dual SIM, This Cheap Smartphone rely Dual ON GSM-GSM Connections. Both cards can be run well and can run 3G or HSDPA connection. But to be able to use a 3G connection, the user must select one card to access. And the choice is easy enough channeled via Soft Switch mode. Although there is no SIM option button, all the controls in the Settings Menu Dual SIM can be accessed from the shortcut touchpad located below the screen. In the settings menu found choice of color theme for SIM Card 1 and 2 so that the user can distinguish the SIM is being used and can be replaced.

Audio

Music Player that are used by LG Optimus L4 II Dual E445 is not different with Music Player from earlier LG Optimus. There are Equalizer music settings to adjust the songs played rhythm ranging from Rock to Classical. However, the audio quality for music player and FM radio depends on Earset used and for Music Equalizer settings can only be accessed when the smartphone is connected to the earset. Likewise, when will listen to FM radio, users must use the earset first and serves as an antenna. Fm radio not have recording feature. But this smartphone has a Sleep timer feature that allows the user to set the OFF time and FM Radio users can use this feature just before bed while listening to the latest songs from the FM radio.

Other Features

LG Optimus L4 II Dual E445 has Quick Memo feature that could allow users to note something quickly. Just press Quick  Button on the notification tray that located at the top left. On the screen will appear a few panels that can be used stationery, text color and the thickness of the handwriting. This feature allows the user to strike any page freely. Results can be saved or can be shared directly to the Picasa, WhatsApp, Google +, Gmail, Email, MMS or transferred to the other devices via Bluetooth.

Benchmark

When tested using Quadrant, LG Optimus E445 Dual L4 scored 2973 and put this smartphone in top position of the Samsung Nexus S, HTC Desire HD, LG Optimus 2X, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Motorola Atrix 4G. But the position of LG Optimus Dual L4 is under Asus Transformer Prime TF 201 and HTC One X.

While the test results by using Antutu, LG Optimus L4 II Dual E445 scored 6542 and get a spot on the top of  Amazon Kindle Fire and Samsung Galaxy S. But, this smartphone is under Google's Nexus 7, Asus Transformer Prime, Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy SII and Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

Excess & Weaknesses

• Excess: LG Optimus L4 II Dual E445 using Android OS v4.1.2 Jelly Bean, Dual SIM standby feature, has a lot of features, 3G network support, Auto Detect MicroSD, and the important thing is sold at a chep price.

• Weaknesses: This smartphone battery capacity is small for the number of a lot applications, the size of the RAM and processor features including small for Jelly Bean OS, does not have a secondary camera, the camera is less satisfactory, the casing is made of slippery material and less comfortable when held.

Conclusion

In general, is not much change of LG E445 Optimus Dual L4 from previous series such as the LG Optimus L5 Dual. Especially in terms of performance, Dual SIM, internal memory capacity and design. The Increase only in the camera resolution and features improvement. But, more interesting is, this smartphone from LG is cheaper than the LG Optimus L5 Dual.

LG E445 Optimus Dual L4 Specifications

• Dimension: 112.8 x 64.7 x 11.9 mm.

• Weight: 125 grams.

• Display: IPS LCD, capacitive touch screen, 16 million colors, 320 x 480 pixels, 3.8 inches, 152 ppi pixel density.

• Hardware: Android Jelly Bean OS v4.1.2, MTK6575 1GHz Chipset, 4 GB internal memory, 512 MB RAM, external memory, MicroSD up to 32 GB.

• Dual SIM: GSM 2G 850/900/1800/1900-SIM 1 & SIM 2, 3G HSDPA 900, 2100, Dual SIM, Dual Standby.

• Audio: MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC + Player, FM Radio.

• Other Features: Document Viewer, Organizer-Clock, calendar, news and weather, alarm, calculator, task, Voice Memo / Dial, Maps Navigation Resources, Polaris Viewer 4, LG Smart World, Voice Search, Voice recorder, Memo, Google Chrome, Cell Broadcast, remote Call Service, Google Play Store, Opera Mini, Safety Care, Quick Memo, Guest Mode.