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New video! Samsung Galaxy camera is part point-and-shoot, part smartphone

What do you get when you marry a smartphone with a digital compact cam? A gorgeous Android-powered camera-come-smartphone, that's what

From the front it looks like a high-end digital camera. From behind, Samsung’s Galaxy camera takes on the guise of a smartphone. It may not be the first Android-powered camera to hit the market – Nikon’s S800c beat it to the punch – but it looks like this new breed of category is going to be one to watch this year. But can adopting Android save point-and-shooters from being overrun by smartphones? Watch our video preview and find out.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home