Samsung Galaxy Camera is Galaxy S3 without phone capability

It may not match a DSLR photography capabilities, nonetheless it is a great camera. To be true, Samsung Galaxy Camera is Galaxy S3 without phone capability says Abdul Vahid V
Tech buffs are really dumbfounded to see a fashionable Android 4.1 Jelly Bean-based digital camera from Samsung. The South Korean tech firm has put on display the largely unexpected camera at IFA 2012 in Berlin. The pics of the cam show that it is a dream come true for photography aficionados; indeed, an extra pleasure if they are already Android fans. The magical Android camera is thriving with lots of breathtaking features and capabilities. We just go through the major specialties of the camera below.

16MP camera: The Galaxy Camera shows off a 16MP autofocus sensor with 21x optical zoom. The point-and-shoot camera has pop-up Xenon flash, AF light and wide-angle 23mm lens as key features. The device can capture video at multiple resolutions; 1080p@30fps & 720×480@120fps. The device has been designed using the same technology of the point-and-click cameras in market. You can enjoy geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection and optical image stabilization in the camera.

4.8-inch HD display: On the opposite side, the Galaxy Camera sports a magnificent and large 4.8-inch Super Clear LCD touchscreen that packs a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels at 306 ppi. Akin to Samsung’s top-end Android handsets, the screen is secured against scratches with the Corning’s Gorilla Glass 2 and it has TouchWiz UI with the capability to run all apps that you can find on Google Play.

Highly powerful: Can you envisage of a quad core processor inside a digital camera? Well, Samsung has realized this in its Galaxy Camera. The gadget is equipped with the same innards of its flagship Galaxy S3 handset. That is, the camera comes with a 1.4GHz Cortex-A9 quad core CPU that encloses the company’s own Exynos 4412 Quad chipset. The camera also integrates a Mali-400MP graphical processing unit, plus 1GB of RAM.

Unluckily, as per reports, the camera has only 8GB of physical memory. But, it mounts a microSD slot that you can use to put in external memory cards up to 32GB. Further, since the device is connectable to internet via 4G LTE or Wi-Fi, users can rely on various cloud storage services to store their pictures. Fine, the camera comes with 50GB of free storage space on Dropbox.

Android Jelly Bean: It is certainly one of the revolutionary things with the Galaxy Camera. The idea to operate Android on a camera has been there for a while. It has now come to reality with a matchless device from Samsung, the leading handset maker in Android market. What is unique with the camera is that you can run any Google Play apps on it. You can stay connected to the world via social media sites and surf web on the device as it is with a smartphone. Sharing snaps with friends and uploading to cloud storages are no more complex jobs now.

Web connectivity: You can connect the camera to internet either via 4G or Wi-Fi. It also highlights smart connectivity features like Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0 and microUSB 2.0. Thanks to net connectivity, users can’t only surf web on the device, but also they can instantly share images with friends on various web communities.

Amazing editing tools: As per Samsung, the Galaxy Camera packs an incredible set of 65 powerful editing features. It gives great prospect for professional photographers to ease with their task of editing and sharing images on web on-the-go. The gorgeous HD Super Clear Touch Display gives users access to various editing features like Auto Face Calibration that you can use to edit snaps in precise detail and with smoothness.

Price and availability: Samsung is yet to say about the price and release date of the magical digital camera. Quite possibly, it will go for sales late this year. Well, we can wind up the article with a glance to the words of Samsung spokesperson Robert King at its launch in IFA 2012. “Samsung’s Galaxy Camera marks a breakthrough in convergence technology, combining the leading edge design of our Galaxy mobile products with high performance photographic capability.”