Friday, January 3, 2014

The Samsung Galaxy Camera II


Ahead of CES 2014 in Las Vegas, Samsung announces, finally, the next-gen Samsung Galaxy Camera II. This camera apparently succeeds on the success of the original Galaxy Camera. The one thing I immediately noticed with the Galaxy Camera II is it's width. Samsung has done a good job in actually making this camera thinner than what it succeeds. Design-wise, the GCam2 does not really go far away from it's older brother which is nice because we want this line of camera from Samsung a bit noticeable. Once you get to see that aesthetics, you'd immediately identify it as the GCam2. Like almost all of Samsung's announced devices, the Galaxy Camera 2 does not come with information regarding when and where this camera will be sold. But taking note of the original Galaxy Camera, expect this to be sold around the world.




As we all know, this camera will be running on Android and to be more specific it will be running on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean (the latest version of Android from Samsung). Of course, expect the specs too to be mind blowing since the last GCam did blew me away with it's specs. Since this is a successor, also expect that the camera's lens and whatnot are also improved. Without any further adeu, here are the specs.

Samsung Galaxy Camera II
Operating System
Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
TouchWiz UI
Display
4.8” (1280x720) HD Super Clear Touch LCD display
306 ppi
Corning Gorilla Glasss 2
Processor
1.6GHz Quad-core processor
GPU
Undisclosed
RAM
2GB RAM
Memory
Internal: 8GB
External: Up to 64GB via microSD card
Camera
Rear: 16.3MP 1/2.3" BSI CMOS Sensor
Lens:
21x Optical Zoom
23mm Wide Angle
F2.8(W) - 5.9(T)
ISO:

Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
Pop-Up Xenon Flash
AF Light
Wide Angle Lens 23mm
Optical Image Stabilization
1920x1080 Full HD video recording @ 30fps
1280x720 Full HD video recording @ 60fps
Slow Motion Movie (720x480) @ 120fps
Multi Motion Video
Front: N/A
Connectivity
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0
GPS with aGPS + GLONASS
NFC
Sensors
Accelerometer
Gyroscope
Geo-magnetic sensor

Gyro-sensor (for OIS)
Digital Compass
Interface
3.5mm headset jack
microUSB 2.0
Network
N/A
Dimensions
Height: 132.5mm
Length: 71.2mm
Width: 19.3mm
Weight: 283
Battery
2000 mAh
Other Features
Samsung Link
ChatON

Story Album
Xtremera
Paper Artist

S Voice
Group Play (Share Music, Share Picture, Share Document, Play Games)
Google Mobile Services

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