Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom review Comments
- AnonD-81934
- sp2
drog, 24 Jul 2013Again, you can't rate this S4 Zoom like it's a professional DSLR. Yes, the zoom will reduce th... moreYeah, I understand there is a niche for this phone too, but it is not formed from photography enthusiasts, which will normally prefer the bigger sensor/better lens/bigger aperture from 1020 (or 808) ... and if you are not a photography enthusiast, why would you buy a "monster" like this? The target is people who don't know enough about photography but need zoom and do not want to carry two devices. Probably travelers who want to travel light but are not too strict on image quality.
S4 zoom is comparable to a cheap superzoom compact (small aperture, lens quality not so great, small sensor), 1020 is comparable to a premium compact (big sensor, high quality lens, big aperture, small zoom). There is a market for both.
- AnonD-8044
- TkN
AnonD-21645, 24 Jul 2013You know what is tiring on all of these comments pages... People with no social skills trying... moreYes someone who thinks the same,good comment.
- AnonD-21645
- Gjj
You know what is tiring on all of these comments pages...
People with no social skills trying to feel better about themselves whilst trying to fly the flag of their favourite manufacturer...
People need to grow up and have an intelligent debate about technology as opposed to "Nokia rules" or "Sammy rules" or "dang that's so ugly lmfao"
REALLY?!?!
We should be celebrating handsets like this and like some of the more 'wacky' designs...
The worst thing to hit mobile phones over the last 5 or so years is that every single one virtually looks the same, the same featureless slab, whether it's made out of plastic, glass and metal, whatever, it's still generic at best...
This is at least something fresh and different! Reminds me of the N92i(?) the old Nokia transformer "first phone to ever feature optical zoom" - it was chunky, and never took off - but kudos for a company who tried to do something different...
In terms of phone specifics, I can see this hybrid being REALLY fun - something daft happens at home with the pet or out and about, and it requires a decent zoom (let's not get too hung up over exact picture quality) - it's a real fun device.
Sure it's chunky (so what?) sure it certainly looks different (isn't that a good thing? remember the original HTC Hero with the 'chin' - at least it looked different!)
Let's all celebrate new tech - the first real camera-phone (in the traditional sense) - what an achievement!
- AnonD-58186
- v0q
AnonD-63735, 24 Jul 2013I'm no camera expert. I hope Gsmarena will do a photo quality comparison between the S4 Zoom, ... moredefinitely they wont do that for some reasons i think,.. But if they does, bring it on gsmarena...
- z
- J5s
AnonD-167223, 24 Jul 2013people who want optical zoom would by some compact camera which are much cheaper,(for example ... morenobody carrys digital camera every day like phone
- Cris
- PUm
Ugliest phone and the most pathetic camera. Either ways it's a loser!lol
- exxix
- N9@
It is my firm belief that unless Samsung can match or exceed the specs and hardware of the Galaxy S4, it should stop calling or classifying the mini, active, zoom and/or whatever as Galaxy S4 ........
It is a cheat when a lesser product gains credibility from using the name of a higher product while not matching it credibly.
For any phone to be called a mini of a higher phone, it should match it in all but size. What nonsense?! There is a limit to desperation to making money.
Nuff Sed!
- mir
- sxt
If you want the zooming capabilities then just get a proper camera. This S4 zoom even has less details in images than what the flagship S4 can produce. Check it out on the comparison tool.
- Anonymous
- mjP
Anonymous, 24 Jul 2013The lumia 1020 is pretty DOA., and the galaxy s4 zoom is the true camera phone king. It alread... moreyawn...another useless trollcomment
- Anonymous
- v0X
The lumia 1020 is pretty DOA., and the galaxy s4 zoom is the true camera phone king. It already sold millions
- AnonD-167223
- XuC
drog, 24 Jul 2013Again, you can't rate this S4 Zoom like it's a professional DSLR. Yes, the zoom will reduce th... morepeople who want optical zoom would by some compact camera which are much cheaper,(for example you can buy two pentax optio rz18 in price of one s4 zoom rz18 has 18x optical zoom unlike the 10x on zoom)....
- AnonD-167223
- XuC
purenoise_BS, 24 Jul 2013The 10x Optical zoom + Optical Image Stabiliser will put all Pureview (808 & 1020 includes... morehaters gonna hate...trollboy does'nt even know nokia 1020 has 3-axis OIS unlike 2-axis OIS,has zeiss lens,even zoom.does not feature real bokeh,the only phone with real bokeh is also by nokia i.e. 720...there is no comparison b/w 1020 and any other phone in the market for image quality,BTW your opinion about wp8 being inferior to anyone does not matter,it wont change the fact that s4 zoom with a worse cpu,gpu and ram will lag miserably because of it's resource hungry os....
- Anonymous
- mjP
Anonymous, 23 Jul 2013looks like a 20 bucks cheap chinese cameraglued onto a 20$ cheap chinese lagdroid...
- Anonymous
- mjP
purenoise_BS, 24 Jul 2013The 10x Optical zoom + Optical Image Stabiliser will put all Pureview (808 & 1020 includes... morefirst learn some basics in photography and then speak or else people won't take you seriously but more like a troll...
- drog
- uCk
AnonD-81934, 24 Jul 2013Compare the image quality with Nokia 808 in the image compare tool (set them both to 12 MP) an... moreAgain, you can't rate this S4 Zoom like it's a professional DSLR. Yes, the zoom will reduce the aperture & affect the image quality. The point for this product is, it's not purely marketed to "camera enthusiast" or people who is obsessed with pixel peeping. Try think for people who will have the advantage offered by this 10 optical zoom. They can shoot subject (i.e small animal like bird, duck, squirrel etc at the back of their garden) that they can't do before with their smartphone. Your Lumia 1020 can't do that LOL. Do this people care about how "pro" this image will turn out? No! They mostly want to capture something that they encounter that previously they can't do with the current smartphone. Understand??
- AnonD-27765
- t7X
Can't wait for the Lumia 1020 to shame this camera/phone hybrid in their comparison.
- NiGhT
- 35U
Checkout Photo compare tool
http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=2&;idPhone1=5447&idPhone2=4577&idPhone3=4910
No one can Beat nokia 808..only nokia can beat because Nokia Lumia 1020 Launched now...
- purenoise_BS
- uCk
The 10x Optical zoom + Optical Image Stabiliser will put all Pureview (808 & 1020 includes) to sleep. Look at that zoom in & panning video. 1020 can't do it. 808 too.
Coming with Android, it's miles better than any Pureview bullsh*t. Look at the 1020 images, they cannot match a DSLR in noise & ISO perfomance. No Bokeh too! What's the point again comparing 1020 to DSLR????
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