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In the decade or so since camera phones first appeared, manufacturers have tried all manner of tricks to convince us that they constitute a genuine replacement for our dedicated point-and-shoot hardware. From the first sub-VGA offerings to the more recent megapixel behemoths touted by the likes of Sony and Nokia, we've seen convergence in action - but the results haven't always been encouraging.The need to cram optics into increasingly thin frames means that trade-offs are inevitable; although mobile image capture has come on leaps and bounds of late, no photography expert would ever seriously recommend picking a phone over a proper camera. That's something which Samsung wants to change.
The Korean giant dipped its toe into these waters with last year's Galaxy Camera, which ran Android and boasted a 4.8-inch screen but could only connect via Wi-Fi and couldn't make calls. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is the next logical step; this is a camera with full cellular capability, meaning that it's connected at all times. That of course opens up all kinds of possibilities, such as photos instantly being uploaded to the cloud, or high-quality snaps being pushed to the likes of Instagram and Twitter in double-quick time.
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