Testseek.co.uk have collected 215 expert reviews of the Samsung SM-C111 Galaxy K Zoom and the average rating is 75%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung SM-C111 Galaxy K Zoom .
June 2014
(75%)
215 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(86%)
6 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
750100215
The editors liked
Much slimmer than before
Camera obviously
Zoom
10x optical zoom
Refined design
Powerful innards
Powerful 10x zoom lens
Comprehensive camera app
Dazzling xenon flash
Last year's Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom had plenty of things right with it
But it was simply far too big to really fit in your pocket. This time around
The South Korean giant has slimmed things down with the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom
Making it much more capable
The Samsung Galaxy K Zoom's impressive 10x optical zoom gets you up close with your subject without losing image quality. It has plenty of power for most tasks and it has the latest Android software too
4G connectivity for fast and direct sharing
Android is a great operating system
Full phone with all the apps you'll need
More slender than S4 Zoom
Image quality about on par with equivalent compact
Big zoom
Excellent camera for a phone
Good build and general specs
Great snapper with amazing zooming capability
Bright
Crisp screen
Battery is removable
Storage is expandable
A lot more comfortable to hold than its predecessor
Good midrange features
The phone's overall fluidity and responsiveness
Overall picture quality
Full HD @ 60 fps filming mode
The abundance of different camera modes
Superb camera with unrivalled zooming capability
Sharp and bright display
Removable battery
Expandable storage
Packed with camera features
Processor handles general tasks well
Optical zoom is great for photo composition
High customisable software
Advanced camera
Decent processor
Expandable memory
The editors didn't like
User interface has issues
Design isn't great
Lower resolution screen
Still chunky
Low
Res screen
Poor storage and battery size
Heavy and bulky
Soft 720p display
Jerky video
Samsung's slimmed down last year's model with the K Zoom
But it's still very bulky. It measures up a hefty 20mm at its thickest point
More than double LG's flagship G3
And it also weighs up at 200g
So it's not the easiest blower to cart around. Thanks
It's bulky and heavy
Making it awkward for everyday use
While its overall image quality doesn't particularly impress and it has a disappointingly low resolution display
Camera components still make it feel horrible as a phone
Mere 8GB internal storage
Zoom button placement feels off
Some image processing and lens sharpness issues
No aperture/shutter priority modes
Very bulky
Not ideal ergonomics for a camera
Chunky build
Excessive camera features
Screen resolution lower than others
Poor internal storage
No UHD/4K video capture
It's all a bit bulkier than an average smartphone
The loss of picture quality in the corners of photos
Heavy and bulky, Awkward to hold, Bad battery life
6.5 The Galaxy K Zoom features an impressive camera, and offers robust optical zoom, but suffers from being the sum of its parts and having less than stellar battery life....
Published: 2014-06-30, Author: Jim , review by: techworld.com
By no means the perfect combination of a smartphone and zoom lens, the K Zoom isn't half bad. It's capable of great photos and videos in the right conditions. This isn't a device for everyone, but if the “zoom camera with a built-in smartphone” concept ap...
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Published: 2014-06-27, Author: Daniel , review by: phonearena.com
10x optical zoom lens, Good picture quality, Steady and fluid 1080p video, recorded with 60fps, Xenon flash, Clean call quality
Quite a bulky and heavy phone, No 4K video recording, Dim and very colorinaccurate display, Only 4 GB of useravailable storage out of the box
One chief cause for concern with a phone that carries 10x optical zoom lens, is a potentially bulky chassis, and unfortunately the Galaxy K zoom is not an exception. It's still as butch and hefty as its predecessor, yet the dimensions are bearable, especi...
Abstract: Last year, Samsung decided to create another new market niche, outing the first handset equipped with a 10x optical zoom – the aptly named Galaxy S4 Zoom. It had a 16 MP sensor, protruding lens, and a bulky body, making it more of a camera with phone fun...
4.8″ HD Super AMOLED screen is bright with vibrant colours, MicroSD card slot up to 64GB, Great point-and-shoot camera with various modes, Android 4.4.2 KitKat out of the box
Only 8GB on board storage, Device is slippery and a bit top heavy, Doesn't sit flat due to camera lens, Navigation keys are reversed
The Samsung Galaxy K Zoom is a solid hybrid camera/smartphone for taking great photos and video whilst also having smartphone technology built in. It would be a fantastic device to take with you on holiday to capture those special moments as well as keep ...
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Published: 2014-07-18, Author: terry , review by: dpexpert.com.au
Image quality is good, albeit with visible noise reduction effects. Dynamic range and auto white balance are excellent. Good editing apps are built in to the system. And the Android OS is the best, with the promise in the near future of RAW capture of ima
The big question here is the size and weight of the K Zoom. It is a little too large and heavy to be carried in a pocket
And that is the marketing problem for Samsung: is the picture quality so much better than that from a conventional smartphone that the extra bulk is an acceptable trade-off? In our comparison with the iPhone...
One of the most versatile smartphone cameras you'll find today; Looks more phone-like than the last Samsung camera-phone hybrid; Supports fast 4G connectivity;
Chunky; No infrared; The odd performance glitch here and there holds up the phone; Shutter button doesn't go right into the camera like it does on other phones;
Samsung's update to its hybrid Galaxy S4 Zoom camera phone is, like that model, an interesting beast. On the one hand, it provides one of the best pocketable cameras you can find around, and pairs it with some otherwise decent smartphone innards, most of ...
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Published: 2014-06-13, Author: Andrew , review by: cnet.com.au
The Samsung Galaxy K Zoom's impressive 10x optical zoom gets you up close with your subject without losing image quality. It has plenty of power for most tasks and it has the latest Android software too
It's bulky and heavy, making it awkward for everyday use, while its overall image quality doesn't particularly impress and it has a disappointingly low resolution display
If you absolutely must have a phone with an optical zoom, the K Zoom is basically your only option. It's bulky though, and the pictures it takes aren't any better than the Galaxy S5's. You'll be far better off with a cheap Android phone and a decent comp...
Still chunky, Lowres screen, Poor storage and battery size
The Samsung K Zoom is the sort of device that's hard to categorise. The best thing about the Samsung K Zoom is the camera, which won't surprise anyone. But I'm not talking about the quality of the pictures - which, in the pre-production sample I played w...
Abstract: Is the Samsung Galaxy K Zoom the ultimate all in one phone camera for the discerning photographer or just another toy?When I received the Zoom, I thought it was just a Samsung Camera. Samsung have been making some strong inroads into the camera market wit...
