Samsung Galaxy S5 ZOOM: Rival for Nokia Lumia 1020

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Last year Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom was launched by the company which was one of the best mobile phone with higher photography abilities. Now, after the success of Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, Samsung company is going to launch Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom which will give a good competition to Nokia Lumia 1020. It is also known as Samsung Galaxy K Zoom. It looks similar to Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom but there are so many updated features and applications in it.

Samsung had already announced Galaxy K zoom smartphone last week. Its release date has been announced which will be mid of May and its price will be € 519 in Germany which is very high, while its price should be similar in the rest of Europe. But in other countries its price will be announced later.

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Specifications:


Body
Weight
200 g
Dimensions
137.5 x 70.8 x 16.6 mm
Memory
Internal
8 GB, 2 GB RAM
Card Slot
Up to 64 GB
Camera
Rear Camera
20.7 MP (10x optical zoom)
Front Camera
2 MP
Video recording
1080p @60fps
Features
1/2.3 inch sensor size
HDR
Panorama
Auto-focus
geo-tagging
face and smile detection
Data
EDGE
Yes
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0
GPRS
Yes
NFC
Yes
Display
Size
4.8 inch, 720x1280 pixels
Multi-touch
Yes
CPU
Quad-core (“1.3 GHz” Cortex A7) & dual-core (1.7 GHz Cortex)
OS
Android v4.4.2 Kit-Kat
Battery
Li-Ion 2430 mAh

So, this is a great smartphone with a super 10x camera. If you noticed Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom has Hexa-core processor as it has a 1.3 GHz quad-core and 1.7 GHz dual core processor. And it also has 2 GB RAM which makes it very fast. So don’t worry about lagging if you want to buy this smartphone.

Have a look to this official image of Samsung Galaxy K Zoom:

Official-image

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Comparison with Nokia Lumia 1020:


Samsung Galaxy K Zoom is a good competitor for Nokia Lumia 1020 as it has a 20.7 MP Camera with 10x optical Zoom whereas  Nokia Lumia 1020 has 41 MP Camera with no Zoom. Nokia Lumia 1020 has a camcorder speed 30 fps whereas Galaxy k Zoom has 60 fps, so Samsung wins this race . If we talk about price then both mobiles are very expensive.

The hardware on the Nokia Lumia 1020 is better than Samsung Galaxy K Zoom, running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core 1.5 GHz processor, 32GB internal storage and 2GB RAM.  But it runs on Windows 8.1, which some people don’t prefer whereas Galaxy K Zoom runs on Android version “4.4.2 KitKat”.

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Nokia Lumia weighs 158 g whereas Galaxy K Zoom's weight is 200g, So Nokia is better if you don’t want a bulky smartphone. If we talk about screen size then Samsung is better than Nokia as Galaxy K zoom has Screen size of 4.8 inch whereas Nokia Lumia 1020 has screen size 4.5”.

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Official Video:



Conclusion:


Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom is the best smartphone for photography enthusiasts. I think this will give a great competition to Nokia Lumia 1020 which has 41 MP camera. 

So according to you which one is best among these two (Samsung galaxy K Zoom and Nokia Lumia 1020)??

Tell us by commenting below and share your views about this article. 




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