Samsung Galaxy ALPHA: All metal body. Review, benchmark, Hardware specifications, features, price

The Galaxy Alpha is a new approach in design by Samsung over the previous ones. The older models were made of plastic bodies but this is designed with a metal body.

The handset will release from Autumn 2014 to markets including Latin America, Asia Pacific and Europe.

Key Features of Galaxy Alpha :

  • 4.7" HD display
  • Octa core or 2.5GHz Quad core
  • 12MP rear camera
  • 2GB RAM
  • Android 4.4.4 KitKat
  • 1860 mAh battery

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[The all new Galaxy Alpha]

Full hardware specifications :

DISPLAY:
    - 4.7" HD Super AMOLED display
    - HD display resolution (1280x720)

CPU: Exynos Octa Core (Quad 1.8GHz + Quad 1.3GHz) or Qualcomm Quad Core 2.5GHz

RAM: 2GB

STORAGE: 32 GB Internal and no External SD slot

CAMERA:
    - 12 MP Primary
    - 2.1 MP front camera

H/W and WIRELESS NETWORKING INTERFACE:
    - NFC
    - Bluetooth 4.0 BLE/ANT+
    - WiFi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac HT80, MIMO(2x2)
    - v2.0 High Speed USB and USB on the go
    - 3.5mm audio jack
    - Power lock button and the volume rocker buttons

4G LTE DATA SPEED:
    - HSPA+: 300Mbit/s download speed
    - HSPA+: 50Mbit/s upload speed

BATTERY: 1860 mAh Li-ion

The look and appeal of the device:

With a dimension of 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm (Height x Width x Thickness) it looks really very slim and attractive and it weighs only 115 grams. 4.7 inch display is quite handy and the HD resolution is also quite OK. Overall the look, appearance of this phone is quite appealing and the design is really good.

Camera details:

It has a 12MP primary camera.
Supports UHD 4K video Recording(3840 x 2160) @30fps
Other camera features include: Beauty Face, Dual Camera, HDR (High Dynamic Range), Panorama, Selective Focus, Shot & More, Virtual Tour

Multimedia features:

VIDEO:
    It is capable of playing UHD 4K resolution videos.
    It supports the following Video codecs: H.263, H.264(AVC), MPEG4, VC-1, Sorenson Spark, MP43, WMV7, WMV8, VP8
    And following Video Format : MP4, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM

AUDIO:
    Following audio codecs supported by this device: MP3, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC
    And following Audio formats: MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA


Sensors:

- Accelerometer
- Gyro Sensor
- Geomagnetic Sensor
- Hall Sensor
- Light Sensor
- Proximity Sensor
- Gesture Sensor
- Fingerprint Sensor
- HR Sensor





[Galaxy Alpha Youtube video]


Reference links:

Galaxy Alpha press release link




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