CamerasNow: Samsung launches the camera centric KitKat running Galaxy K zoom smartphone-camera hybrid

Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy K zoom camera phone, a successor to the Galaxy S4 zoom launched last year. Not unlike its predecessor, the Galaxy K zoom combines a front face regular smartphone with the hardware of a point and shoot camera slammed on the back

Speaking about the camera, the Galaxy K zoom has an optically stabilized (OIS) 20.7 megapixel 1/2.3 BSI CMOS sensor and a 10x, 24-240mm F3.1-6.3 zoom lens. The phone has a xenon flash with an LED autofocus assist. On the front is a relatively humble 2 megapixel camera.

Coming back on the front smartphone side of the hybrid, the Galaxy K zoom has a 4.8-inch, 1280x720 HD Super AMOLED display, Exynos 5 Hexa SoC with four Cortex A7 @ 1.3GHz and two Cortex A15 @ 1.7GHz, along with a Mali-T624 for graphics, 2GB RAM, 8GB internal memory with microSD support up to 64GB,4G LTE, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, NFC, 2,430mAh battery and Android 4.4 KitKat.

The Galaxy K zoom will be available in May in black, white and blue for €499 (Rs. 41881)