Samsung Galaxy Camera Zoom 2 or Galaxy K: Which to Choose? - Panorama

Galaxy K Zoom (on the right) and the Galaxy Room 2

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Roberto Catania

Why should we change one smartphone that we purchased a few years ago or even a few months ago? Because the new generation of smart phones, it is evident, have something more than most of their predecessors. In terms of power, display, battery and especially photographic performance . Just compare a picture taken with a cell phone five years ago with a baked by a device of the present day to understand that time, in this field, has not gone in vain. Progress, in short, you see; especially on those devices that have made digital imaging a real flag to wave to all lovers of photography.

This is the case, for example, the new Galaxy Room 2 Zoom and Galaxy K , both of which bear witness once more the interest in the so-called Samsung camera-phone. What are we talking about? The soul of a camera with an Android device and a smartphone that he wanted to be a camera. Two sides of the same coin? Yes, even if, on closer inspection, there are differences. And they are not negligible.

SAMSUNG GALAXY ROOM 2: THE CAMERA WITH IN ANDROID
Samsung Galaxy Room 2 takes some concepts already seen on Galaxy Room before: that from the outside looks like a regular compact digital camera with 21x zoom , hides under the hood a soul of a true smartphone. There is a Quad-Core 1.6 GHz, a 2 gig Ram but especially an operating system Android , which gives the device the ability to open up to all the hundreds of photographic applications (not) available on Google Play Store: DropBox (pre-loaded with 50 gigs of space tribute to two years) in Instagram, Facebook and Flickr. The connection to the Internet or third-party devices is guaranteed by the presence of Wi-Fi and an NFC module; unlike the first Galaxy Room, though, here is missing the slot for the insertion of a Sim Card , which means that the Samsung Galaxy Camera 2 can not even make phone calls and connect to the Internet in all areas having no fixed or mobile hot-spot.

Samsung Galaxy Room 2

SAMSUNG GALAXY K ZOOM: A REAL SMARTPHONE WITH AMBITIONS PHOTO
Basically reverse the path followed by the new Galaxy K Zoom , a real smartphone with a license to photograph (with a capital F, s ‘of course). We could almost consider it a S5 Galaxy depowered in terms of overall performance (4.8-inch Super AMOLED display with 1280×720 pixel resolution, Hexa-Core CPU, 2GB of RAM, 2430 mAh battery and Android 4.4) but suitably reinforced to the front photo. About a series of grafts – CMOS sensor with 20.7 megapixels , Xenon flash, telescopic lens system capable of zooming up to 10x – which usually are part of the equipment of a compact digital camera. Being a smartphone, also, the Galaxy K then zoom features of connectivity in the round to make phone calls and connect to the network (via 3G, 4G or LTE ) in addition to various communication standards (Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS and NFC).

Samsung Galaxy K Zoom

MAKES A DIFFERENCE (ABOVE) THE SIM CARD
The foregoing helps us to understand why Samsung Galaxy Camera Zoom 2 and Galaxy K are ultimately two devices winking at the same fringe of users but with different intentions and results. While Galaxy Room 2 is basically a compact digital “smart”, that is capable of opening up to the world of Android apps, the Galaxy K Zoom want to be a all-in -one that will appeal to all those who can no longer stand the idea of ​​carrying around a second device (in this case a camera). In this respect, the lack of a slot for inserting a Sim Card castrates a bit ‘the ambitions of the Galaxy Bedroom 2, a device that still need to have a smartphone next (or a hot-spot Wi-Fi) to connect to the Net

Samsung Galaxy Room 2

Sure, compared to Galaxy Galaxy K Zoom Camera of the second generation has a better pedigree photo (zoom is more powerful, lighter lenses and the grip is much more reassuring to handle horizontal), but are we really sure that this is enough to convince the demanding amateur photographer (let alone the professional photographer)? The price seems to provide a good incentive to buy ( 399 € compared with 450 the previous model), but perhaps not yet enough to make the Galaxy Bedroom 2 a product of mass diffusion.

Samsung Galaxy K Zoom

In this respect the Galaxy K Zoom , though less astonishing in terms of optics, it is a more complete and far more versatile. If the cost (not yet announced) will be equally tempting, Samsung may end up with really sharp weapon to deal with the Nokia Lumia 1020 and all the various smartphone with outstanding photographic ambitions.