Samsung launches Galaxy S4 mini and S4 Zoom in India

Samsung today launched two new versions of its flagship device the Galaxy S4 in India: Galaxy S4 mini and the Galaxy S4 Zoom. The S4 mini is priced at Rs 27,900 while the S4 Zoom is priced at Rs 29,900. Samsung is also offering free 50 GB Dropbox space and a Flip Cover for S4 Zoom buyers. As an introductory offer, users of Reliance network will get 2GB data free on 3G for three months should they buy either of these phones. Samsung also announced that they have sold nearly 15 million Galaxy branded devices in India till date and said that the Samsung Galaxy Grand has been one of the best selling devices, outselling even low-end budget smartphones in India. Key features of the Galaxy S4 Zoom:  The 6 Megapixel rear camera with a powerful CMOS Sensor, 10x Optical Zoom, OIS and Xenon Flash. Samsung says that this feature makes it only the smartphone in the world with a 10x Optical Zoom.  It pretty much looks like a regular digital camera from the back and the phone is big and heavy, at 208 grams and 15.4 millimeters thick — almost double the thickness of the original Galaxy S4. At the demo station, the phone did feel rather heavy but there is no doubt that the picture clarity on this phone is quite good.  It might appeal to those who like to whip out their smartphone every now and then for a photo. [caption id=“attachment_942087” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom and S4 mini in this product photo[/caption] The smartphone also has a new feature that allows users to share photos while in the middle of a phone call. Samsung has called it the Zoom Ring: Simply put, if you are in the middle of a phone call and you want to share something that instant, you can twist the Zoom Ring which will activate the In-Call Photo Share feature, letting you capture and send an image directly via MMS to whoever you are talking to. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom has a 1.5GHz dual-Core Processor, runs Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) has a 1.9 Megapixel front camera, 4.3-inch qHD screen with 960x540 resolution. It has 8GB Internal memory (User memory approximately 5GB) and microSD slot with 64GB as the limit and 1.5GB RAM. Key features of Galaxy S4 Mini: This has a 4.3-inch screen qHD Super AMOLED display and a 8-mega pixel rear-facing camera. The processor is 1.7 GHz dual-core, 1.5 GB of RAM, and 8GB internal storage which can be expanded to 64 GB via microSD card. It also has a 1.9 MP front camera. While the S4 mini has some features of the original S4 such as the Sound&Shot, (which allows sound to be captured while shooting pictures,) Story Album, S Translator it does not have any of the gesture features that the original S4 does which is a little disappointing given the price of the phone.