The phone-camera hybrid that is the Galaxy K Zoom may seem like the photography enthusiast's dream device, but it's far from perfect. Its bulky size means it's impractical for everyday use, and its images, while far from poor, don't match the Galaxy S5's.

The Samsung Galaxy K Zoom's impressive 10x optical zoom gets you up close with your subject without losing image quality; It has plenty of power for most tasks and it has the latest Android software too

It's bulky and heavy; making it awkward for everyday use; while its overall image quality doesn't particularly impress and it has a disappointingly low resolution display

Samsung makes plenty of quality electronics products and we've been taken by many of its smartphones and cameras over the years. Now it's condensed much of that expertise into one phone-camera (or should that camera-phone?): the Galaxy K Zoom.

4G connectivity for fast and direct sharing; Android is a great operating system; full phone with all the apps you'll need; more slender than S4 Zoom; image quality about on par with equivalent compact

Camera components still make it feel horrible as a phone; mere 8GB internal storage; zoom button placement feels off; some image processing and lens sharpness issues; no aperture/shutter priority modes

The curious case of the phone-camera crossbreed

Optical zoom is great for photo composition; High customisable software

Screen not pin-sharp; Bulky and heavy; Oversaturated display colours; Poor battery life

The Samsung Galaxy K Zoom is the sort of device you might imagine resulting if you put a compact camera...

The Samsung Galaxy K Zoom's impressive 10x optical zoom gets you up close with your subject without...

Screen not pin-sharp; Bulky and...

The Samsung Galaxy K zoom moves the concept on from its last incarnation with 4G connectivity and a beefed up camera spec, though it's now lost the bulge grip. It's still very much a low to midrange digital camera masquerading as a mid- to high-end mobile phone, but if you need a phone with a...

Advanced camera; decent processor; expandable memory

Screen doesn't do the pics justice; bulky and heavy; battery life not as good as it could be

Here is what we know; this is a phone made for photography fanatics who want to have a serious camera and a smartphone all at once so if you can handle the size and build of the phone, keep the Galaxy K Zoom in mind.

Superb camera with 10x optical zoom; Android KitKat and decent processor

Limited internal memory and bulky design

¿Es posible meter una cámara compacta en un smartphone, con un flash potente y un zoom suficiente como para compararse? Samsung, por segunda vez, cree que sí. Este segundo intento se llama Galaxy K Zoom. Lo hemos tenido, lo hemos probado, y estos son los resultados.

Cámara, claro ; Su calidad, y sobre todo su zoom óptico, hacen justicia sobrada a su tamaño (otra cosa es si compensa el grosor) y no tendremos un zoom igual en cualquier otro smartphone, Empieza a parecer un smartphone .

Tamaño ; Aún siendo mucho mejor que el del S4 Zoom, no puede considerarse un smartphone normal por su grosor (no hablo del objetivo extendido); 16 milímetros son más del doble de lo que tiene cualquier smartphone actual, Construcción ; ¿Te gusta su parte trasera?

The cameras on our smartphones have come a long way over the past several years, and have undoubtedly contributed to making point and shoot cameras obsolete . An important feature from these cameras that aren't easily found with smartphone camera tech though is optical zoom.

10x optical zoom; Solid build quality; Optical image stabilization

Heavy and bulky; Awkward to hold; Bad battery life

Are you ready to ditch your point and shoot for just a cameraphone? Samsung's betting on you carrying around only one gizmo that does it all with its lens-heavy, camera-orientated Galaxy K Zoom, the successor to last year's Galaxy S4 Zoom.

Most contemporary flagship smartphones contain solid cameras. High-end  handsets such as the and all have powerful snappers with solid image editing features. All of them, however, offer limited zoom functions. None of them matching a compact digital camera.

10x optical zoom; Packed with camera features; Processor handles general tasks well

Hideous design; Large dimensions restrict mobility