Galaxy K Zoom review: A camera-phone hybrid with a 20 MP sensor and 10× optical zoom.
A real 10× zoom on a smartphone.
Galaxy K Zoom packed a 20.7 MP sensor with a 10× optical zoom lens and a Xenon flash into a phone-shaped body. Thick and heavy, it was a genuine cameraphone hybrid in an era before periscope lenses made the idea practical.
01Display
70/100At 70/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2014 — 6 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
76/100At 76/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2014 — 20 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
54/10054/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2014.
04Battery
60/10060/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2014.
05Build
62/10062/100 trails the 65-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2014.
06Value
56/10056/100 trails the 59-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2014.
- 20.7 MP sensor with 10× optical zoom.
- Xenon flash for proper photography.
- 24–240 mm focal range.
- microSD + removable battery.
- Thick 20.2 mm camera hump.
- Heavy 200 g.
- Tiny battery.
- Compromised as both phone and camera.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 33-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .