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My first impressions of the Galaxy K Zoom

So, I got the Galaxy K Zoom on launch day and my first impressions are WOW! It has far exceeded my expectations in many ways.

The build quality is really good, it feels solid and it looks really nice (I have the black one). I thought the screen might be sub standard being only 720p but it really isn't. It's sharp and bright and although super AMOLED, the colours are not saturated at all. They have got the balance right in my opinion and the size is right too. It doesn't feel particularly bulky or heavy and the casing is grippy. Software wise i haven't experienced any lag or crashes, I have added quite a few apps and they all seem to be behaving with each other.

I didn't have a lot of time but I did a quick comparison test with photographs taken from it in the same spot along with my Galaxy S4 Zoom and the Galaxy Camera. I have to say the shots on the K Zoom at 10x optical were on a par with the Galaxy Camera and better than the S4 Zoom. I also tried 20x zoom that's 10 optical +10x digital and the results were far better than I expected, actually they were great. Low light level shots came out better than the Galaxy Camera as did the video recording.

There are tons of scene modes and not forgetting the excellent AF/AE mode
 
You can tell of the exclusivity already even from the sparsely forum on the K Zoom, that a beautiful for someone like me who gets tired of devices quite easily... smiles

I only wish the device internal memory was larger considering the number apps that you cannot remove and cannot be moved to external storage. Asides that it is a great device and i am loving it.

Please do not hesitate to share new discoveries. Cheers
 
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