Samsung Electronics, the global leader in technology has launched a new mobile device called the Galaxy K Zoom in Accra, which comes with a 24 month warranty. Building on from last year’s Galaxy S4 Zoom, the Galaxy K Zoom offers a slimmer body with most of the smartphone components built from the Galaxy S5, as the Super AMOLED screen has grown from 4.3 to 4.8 inches which makes viewing more pleasurable. Jaspreet Singh, Business Leader for Handheld Products, Samsung said, the K Zoom has been crafted for portability, fun, ease and captures brilliant images and videos.
He said, the device is also stocked with the best apps and functions for dynamic consumers and can capture moments with an amazing 10x optical zoom and still stay connected and productive. “The device, which is designed to offer the best camera experience in a mobile phone, is armed with a 10x optical zoom that retracts into its remarkably slim body and a 20.7 megapixel BSI CMOS sensor. The Galaxy K zoom captures crisp, sharp images, as well as Full HD videos at 60p, even when zoomed in,” he said. Mr Singh said, the features available in the K Zoom make it perfect to serve the everyday photography needs of journalists, students, and corporate individuals among others to run their day to day lives while capturing the best of very important moments. “As part of activities marking the launch of the Galaxy K Zoom in Ghana, Samsung will be giving users and hopeful users of the phone the opportunity to become famous in a competition dubbed ‘ru K Zoom Selfie Ready’ and will make use of the Selfie Alarm feature on the Galaxy K Zoom. The competition will require participants to take beautiful selfies of themselves and post on to Samsung Social Media platforms to stand the chance of featuring on a Samsung billboard. Mr Singh has however called on the media to help combat the influx of fake Samsung products in the market which is affecting mobile phone producers world over. “We entreat the media to work with us, make us their first point of contact and help us flush out these fake goods so that our cherished customers can enjoy authentic, genuine products,” he said.