KATHMANDU, OCT 29 -

International Marketing Services ( IMS ), the sole authorised distributor of Samsung Mobiles in Nepal, is all set to introduce the Samsung Galaxy camera. According to IMS , it is likely to hit store shelves by the third week of November.

The new Samsung device is being introduced to fit the changing ways of communication, said IMS . The Samsung camera has been mated with Android 4.1 platform Jelly Bean and wireless network connectivity making it a unique one in its league. It has Cxynos 4412 Quad chipset, Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU and Mali-400 MP GPU.

The Samsung Galaxy camera is equipped with a 16 mega pixel camera with features like auto focus, 21x optical zoom, pop-up Xenon flash and AF light. Other features include 23 mm wide-angle lens, geo tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection and optical image stabilisation. The device also features Smart Pro technology, a series of modes that make professional-looking photography easy for anyone to achieve.  

“This is a new kind of device and we are excited to bring it to the Nepali market,” said Deepak Malhotra, president of IMS . “The new device has won fans wherever it has been launched so far, and I am sure it will be successful in creating a niche for itself in the domestic market as well.” Malhotra added that users could access the internet with the camera using a SIM card, however, they cannot make phone calls.  Samsung has targeted people who want to shoot, edit and share quality photographs easily and spontaneously from wherever they are. The product is likely to cater to the needs of people who have to travel and share images frequently.

Like any smartphone or tablet, the Galaxy camera has access to all the applications in the Google Play store enabling users to download applications to upload images to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, among others. The Galaxy camera comprises a super clear LCD capacitive touch screen along with multi-touch functionality. The LCD’s screen has Corning Gorilla Glass 2 and TouchWiz UI protection. As for the memory, the camera has an internal memory storage of 8 GB and 1 GB RAM. Its memory can be extended up to 32 GB through a microSD card.

For data, the device offers WLAN, Bluetooth and a USB port. Other general features include messaging options like SMS, MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM and RSS, GPS with A-GPS support and GLONASS, Java, Dropbox with 50 GB storage, MP4/MP3 player, organiser, image/video editor and document editor.

The Samsung Galaxy camera will be available in two colour options — black and white. IMS stated that the device would be priced at around Rs 50,000.