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Samsung's Galaxy S4 Zoom, the point-and-shoot smartphone (pictures)

The Korean electronics company unveils its attempt to wed an Android smartphone with a point-and-shoot camera. Here's a look at the device.

Stephen Shankland
Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D printing, USB, and new computing technology in general. He has a soft spot in his heart for standards groups and I/O interfaces. His first big scoop was about radioactive cat poop.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

The Galaxy S4 Zoom runs Android 4.2 and has a 4.3-inch touch screen.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom lens

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom has a 10x lens that ranges from the 35mm equivalent of 24-240mm. Its aperture ranges from f3.1 at the wide end to f6.3 at full telephoto.
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Galaxy S4 Zoom, lens extended

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, shown here with its 10X zoom lens extended, looks more like a conventional point-and-shoot camera than a smartphone. Samsung is trying to blur the boundaries.
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Galaxy S4 Zoom, lens contracted

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is shown here with its lens contracted. It's certainly not nearly as slim as a conventional smartphone.
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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom marries an Android 4.2-based smartphone with a 16-megapixel camera that uses a 10x zoom lens.
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Galaxy S4 Zoom, Android 4.2

Look familiar? Held the right way, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom looks like any other Android 4.2 phone running Samsung's TouchWiz user interface.

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