The smartphone has claimed many scalps - the portable games console, the MP3 player, the satellite navigation system - but the point-and-shoot camera has clung to survival because a large, zooming lens doesn't sit neatly with smartphone designers' lust for thinness.

Superb camera with unrivalled zooming capability; Sharp and bright display; Removable battery; Expandable storage

Chunky compared to regular smartphones; More camera features than most will use; Lower screen resolution than others; Poor internal storage

It's probably a long time since you owned a phone as chunky as this, so it will take a bit of getting used to. Because of its size, it feels like a step backwards in terms of design, but if it means you don't need to take a camera everywhere you go, perhaps that's not such a problem.

Big zoom; Excellent camera for a phone; Good build and general specs

Very bulky; Not ideal ergonomics for a camera

: The Galaxy K Zoom has a proper zoom lens. If you want an excellent snapper with great zooming capabilities this could be the one.

My first impressions are WOW! It has far exceeded my expectations in many ways. The build quality is really good, it feels solid and it looks really nice (mine is black). I thought the screen might be sub standard being only 720p but no, it really is sharp and bright and although super AMOLED the...

Cameras and phones have well and truly merged by now, but has the phone really replaced the camera? Not yet, as far as Samsung is concerned, but that could change with its latest release, the K Zoom, which integrates a 10x optical zoom 20 megapixel camera with - you guessed it - a phone.

One of the most versatile smartphone cameras you'll find today; Looks more phone-like than the last Samsung camera-phone hybrid; Supports fast 4G connectivity

Chunky; No infrared; The odd performance glitch here and there holds up the phone; Shutter button doesn't go right into the camera like it does on other phones

K Zoom is not only a camera with decent zoom capability but is also a phone with decent innards that performs well, almost as well as its slimmer, costlier water resistant sibling. With a single button the phone transforms itself into a digital camera.

High zoom with Xenon flash; TouchWiz works lag-free; Decent built

Bulky; Not high-end as a point and shoot

After the Galaxy S4 Zoom, Samsung Mobiles have launched the Galaxy K Zoom (SMC-111) in India. This is a smartphone that comes with 20.7MP rear AF camera with 10X optical zoom. This single SIM handset runs on Android KitKat and is loaded with Exynos 5260 hexa core chipset.

This was the lowest price around for this phone. Love the zoom. Pictures come out really nice and there are a lot of different camera options, as many as I would use on a regular camera. The rest of the phone works well for messages and apps. Good battery life if you're not on apps all day.

I bought this phone as I was looking for a mobile with excellent/very good camera; this made more sense as it came with 10x optical zoom and less than 25,000 without compromising on hard-ware. >It is a bit chunky by current standards and weighing at 200 gms you can feel the bulk. With 4.8 " screen.

Samsung has been trying to blend a proper point and shoot camera with a powerful smartphone for a while now. How close does it come to making a perfect match with the Galaxy K Zoom?

Good camera; 10X Optical zoom; Decent hardware

Expensive Bulky; Low resolution display