Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom preview: First look

12 June 2013
Just taking the photo won't do these days - you'll want to edit and share it, then rake in the likes. Except most cameras pretty much bail out at the snapshot. Not the Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom though, a hybrid of a point-and-shoot with...

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  • t7X
  • 14 Jun 2013

I will not consider this phone as replacement to my Nokia 808 Pureview. I bought an SG Camera recently and Im not totally satisfy. Too strong flash, A little blurry when no flash was used and too delicate body parts.If they will use the same SG camera hardware, i will not definitely buy this. Why Samsung using so much plastic materials nowdays?

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    • Anonymous
    • 4QS
    • 14 Jun 2013

    AnonD-10874, 13 Jun 2013You better show somedamn RESPECT for NOKIA 808 PUREVIEW and... moreFirst of all completely unrelated and ranty
    Second the Purview is not that old..still newish and not a grandfather
    Third yes Nokia deserves mad respect....But guess what.
    For many years Samsung has rivaled them in camera tech and beat them numerous times. Nokia was not the best or first to every camera. Take the Pixon12 for instance. Still one of the best around. The N8 didnt come out til almost a year later and was not even truly and fully superior.

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      • Anonymous
      • 4QS
      • 14 Jun 2013

      Tux, 13 Jun 2013It's a shame that the Zoom cannot match the 808's picture q... moreIt's a shame you would post that without actually knowing if it's true or not.

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        • Anonymous
        • 4QS
        • 14 Jun 2013

        Anonymous, 13 Jun 2013Touche! Another Samdung fan bites the dust.wow....trolls

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          • Anonymous
          • 4QS
          • 14 Jun 2013

          AnonD-81729, 14 Jun 2013This is going to crash and reboot daily because it runs AndroidWhen is the last time you used Android? On an old cheap one a couple years ago? And you must not have used any smart phone in general because they all crash.

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            • AnonD-77380
            • 7Xb
            • 14 Jun 2013

            Nokia's 808 Pureview doesn't have optical zoom. Get your facts straight.

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              • Anonymous
              • PvY
              • 14 Jun 2013

              only if the lens were better.

              but the camera quality is decent even compared to mid size cameras.

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                • XMi
                • 14 Jun 2013

                Anonymous, 13 Jun 2013N93 announced in 2006, was not a smatphone iboy. Take it d... moreTake it deeper LOL, n93 might not meet the requirements to be called a smartphone these days, but u have to know that it was a smartphone at the time

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                  • kg3
                  • 14 Jun 2013

                  This is going to crash and reboot daily because it runs Android

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                    • AnonD-32581
                    • 2CE
                    • 14 Jun 2013

                    the nokia pureview beats this hands down, and it is two years old

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                      • Justpassingby
                      • vjw
                      • 13 Jun 2013

                      Sharp was the first to came up with optical zoom - V602SH
                      Then Samsung introduce SPH-2300 in 2004 as well. Then introduce SCH-B600 in 2006. =)

                      http://www.gsmarena.com/the_first_optical_zoom_camera_phone-news-43.php

                      http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_32_mp_3x_zoom_camera_phone-news-56.php

                      http://sammyhub.com/2006/10/11/worlds-first-10mp-phone/

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                        • Justpassingby
                        • vjw
                        • 13 Jun 2013

                        Nokia's N93 is not a full screen bar cameraphone... =)

                          Haha what a pathetic thing. A camera with smarthphone ambitions. Crappy screen, dual-core processor with Android with means it will be slow and laggy. Huge optical lens on the back, which makes it very uncomfortable to use. This is a camera, with smarthphone ambitions. Not a smarthphone with a good camera on the back. Face it, it's just the way it is. Sorry for samsung, but another failure trying to compete in the camera phone market.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • m}e
                            • 13 Jun 2013

                            Anonymous, 13 Jun 2013Touche! Another Samdung fan bites the dust.N93 announced in 2006, was not a smatphone iboy.
                            Take it deep. LOL

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                              • Anonymous
                              • m}e
                              • 13 Jun 2013

                              ''It all comes down to pricing - the S4 zoom needs to be priced around the S4 mini ''

                              GSMArena, are you insane ?? LOL

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 4Zm
                                • 13 Jun 2013

                                Hahha too bad Samsung has best CAMERA as deemed by camera tests and BEST SCreen as deemed by dxolabs

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • E0m
                                  • 13 Jun 2013

                                  15 mm thickness? Maybe on 1/3 of the device... Come on GSM Arena,be objective. You had it in your hands, don't tell me you didn't measure real thickness?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • McW
                                    • 13 Jun 2013

                                    Rif, 13 Jun 2013Nokia already made a cameraphone with optical zoom (N93 ann... moreTouche! Another Samdung fan bites the dust.

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                                      • Rif
                                      • XMi
                                      • 13 Jun 2013

                                      Nokia already made a cameraphone with optical zoom (N93 announced in 2006) before Samsung W880 (announced in 2009)

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                                        • Tux
                                        • sXF
                                        • 13 Jun 2013

                                        AnonD-147377, 13 Jun 2013Nokia 808 and EOS look like toys infront S4 Zoom. It's a shame that the Zoom cannot match the 808's picture quality though, isn't it? :)