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many people probably wish their smartphone had a zoom lens but they're not willing to sacrifice mobility and usability to get it that unfortunately was what Samsung offered up with the Galaxy s4 zoom and hopefully changes with the Galaxy K zoom I'm Josh Goldman with CNET and while the galaxy K packs a similar 10x zoom lens with optical image stabilization as the bulky and awkward s4 zoom Samsung redesigned the internal lens components so there's no more protruding lens barrel and its large hand grip is gone too behind the lens is a 20 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor that's physically larger than most smartphone sensors and the same size is what you get an appointment shoot Samsung added new camera options - such as the capability to set separate focus and exposure points a selfie alarm that lets you position yourself and alert you before it shoots and a pro suggests feature that gives you a selection of scene shooting options depending on your subject there's a pro suggest market as well so you can download and use settings others have created as well as create your own setting combos to share as for the smartphone bits it's running Android 4.4 KitKat with Samsung's TouchWiz interface on top and is powered with the company's six core Exynos 5 hexa processor and two gigs of memory it has a four point eight inch Super AMOLED HD 720p screen so overall the phone is a bit more mid-range than the galaxy s5 but a definite improvement over the s4 zoom and if you want a smartphone with a 10x zoom lens it might be worth the sacrifice the K is expected to come to Asian markets first but there are currently no plans to bring it to the US