The S5 Zoom, or as it may be known K zoom, is what happens when a mobile phone and a camera love each other very much. By that I mean Samsung make something half way in-between the two.
We’ve already seen details of the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini, and now the Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom has been leaked on a Blog called K zoom, it’s unclear if this will be the name of the phone and we won’t know until its official.
It is likely though to be a follow-up to the Galaxy S4 Zoom; the phone is designed for camera enthusiasts and is probably great for selfies, combines mid-range phone hardware with a huge optical camera lens complete with zoom.
The camera has been upgraded on the new model, with leaked specs pointing to a 20MP CMOS sensor and 10x optical zoom. Other specs are less impressive, but consistent with what’s been revealed about the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini – a 720p display, 1.3GHz processor, 2GB RAM and Android 4.4.2 KitKat, as well as with Samsung’s TouchWiz.
The Galaxy S4 Zoom came with a lot of the features you’d expect from a camera, such as a Zoom Ring interface, letting you access different camera modes by twisting the zoom ring. Expect the Galaxy S5 Zoom to come with a similar list of camera features and probably a few more on top, though no specifics have been revealed as yet.
The Galaxy S5 Zoom appears to be considerably thinner than its predecessor; the S4 Zoom was more camera with phone features than phone with camera features. The Samsung Galaxy S5 is due to arrive on UK shores on 11th April expect the variant models to follow soon afterwards.