The Samsung Galaxy NX is an interchangeable lens camera that serves as the "pro" model to last year's Galaxy Camera. It has a 20.3-megapixel APS-C sensor, a 4.8-inch touchscreen and 16GB of internal storage, runs Android 4.2.2 and has a micro SIM card slot for 3G/4G LTE connectivity. It costs $1,600 for just the body and $1,700 with an 18-55mm lens.
Unlike DSLRs or other mirrorless cameras, you won't find many buttons on the Galaxy NX. From left to right you have the flash button, power button, control wheel, HD video recording button and shutter button. Depending on your shooting style, that's either a pro or a con.
On the back of the Galaxy NX is a large 4.8-inch 1280 x 720 resolution touchscreen. It looks and feels like a smartphone screen was yanked off and glued to the back of a DSLR. There is also an electronic viewfinder, but it's nowhere near as sharp as the screen since it only has an 800 x 600 resolution.
The Galaxy NX is a relatively slim and light camera. As you can see here, the 18-55mm lens actually drags the Galaxy NX's body down.
Inside of the camera is a 20.3-megapixel APS-C "DSLR-class" sensor that lets you take pictures that have a higher resolution with sharper details than a smartphone or point-and-shoot camera.
Instead of a clunky and slow custom camera interface, Samsung chose to use Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean as the Galaxy NX's operating system. This means you'll get access to the full library of apps on the Google Play store and 3G/4G LTE connectivity.
The 4,360mAh is an absolute beast and lasted over 10 hours in my daily tests. One annoying thing is the micro SD card slot and micro SIM card slots are recessed, which makes swapping them out tricky if you don't have fingernails.
Surprise Voice Commands: One cool little feature I found on the Galaxy NX was the inclusion of voice commands. It doesn't understand natural language, like Siri or Google Now, but the list of voice commands are easy to remember and useful (when they work). And, knowing the limitations of voice recognition, I didn't expect much from the Galaxy NX. At close range, most of the voice commands work, but step back to around five feet and the camera has a hard time picking up your voice.
Samsung Galaxy NX Specifications:
Display: 4.8” HD scLCD, 0.46” SVGA EVF
Chipset: Pega-Q + DRIMe4 + MDM9215(XMM6360)
Bearer: LTE 800/850/900/1800/2100/2600
HSPA+ 850/900/1900/2100
Memory: 2GB(RAM)+ 16GB(eMMC)
MicroSD (up to 64GB)
Camera / Flash: 20.3MP APS-C CMOS w/ Flash
Connectors: microUSB, USB 2.0
Wireless Connectivity: BT 4.0, WiFi a/b/g/n HT40 2.4G/5GHz
GPS: A-GPS + GLONASS
Dimension: Weight136.5 x 101.46 x 56mm (TBD)
Battery capacity: 4360mAh, 3.8V
OS / Upgrade: Android JB MR1
Messaging & SNS: ChatON(D/L)
Augmented Reality: D/L from Play Store
LBS: Google Maps (Turn-by-turn Navi.)
Other Services & Applications: Trouwrist, Trip Advisor, Panoramio (TBD)
PC Applications: Kies (Windows & Mac), Lightroom
UI / Web Browser: TouchWiz for Android / Chrome
Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, RA
Video: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, RV, VD-1
Recording/Playback: 1080@30fps
Image: Samsung