Samsung's 3G-compatible camera
Samsung's 3G-enabled digital Galaxy Camera has social-network lovers filling its frame. "The Galaxy is the new segment in the digital-camera market. |Its main functions are similar to an Android phone without the phone function," Wichai Pornpratang, vice
“Consumers’ needs are the reason Samsung introduced this product. It’s set for the premium market,” he said.
The 16-megapixel camera runs on the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. It is designed as a quality digital camera that can connect directly to social networks via third-generation wireless broadband. It will be available here and around the world by November 23. It is priced at Bt16,900.
Samsung has earmarked 7-10 per cent of total net sales as the marketing budget for all products including the Galaxy for this year.
The Galaxy will be available at 50 Samsung brand shops and the stores of mobile-phone chains.
Advanced Info Service customers who buy a Samsung Galaxy Camera can get an AIS Net SIM card with 50 megabytes for free.
The Galaxy family also includes Galaxy S smart phones, Galaxy Note notebooks and Galaxy Tab tablets. All are based on the Android platform.
“We are the market leader that always brings new, innovative products to the market. We focus on both hardware and software to make our devices easy-to-use for consumers,” Wichai said.
The Galaxy is ready for more than 600,000 applications available from the Google Play Store. About 8,000 of the apps are related to photo editing so people can share their photos on their networks as soon as they snap them.
The camera comes with 21-times optical zoom, BSI (back-side illumination) CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) sensor, Smart Pro technology, 4.8-inch high-definition display, and Smart Content Manager for photo organisation.
