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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Samsung Galaxy S5 Alpha: 4.7-inch iPhone killer is introduced in August … – CNET.de

With the Galaxy S5 Alpha Samsung will introduce a direct competitor to the Apple iPhone 6 on August 13. The metal housing of the smartphone should be 6 millimeters thick and the display like the iPhone 6 4.7 inches tall.

Samsung is with the Galaxy S5 Alpha in August to present a direct competitor to Apple’s upcoming iPhone 6. The modification of his featured in February Android flagship is a similar thin metal housing and an equally large display like the Apple Smartphone have. The report, the Korean websites ETNews and The Korea Herald.

Samsung Galaxy S5 Alpha: 4.7-inch iPhone-killer to be unveiled in August

With the Galaxy S5 Alpha Samsung will introduce a direct competitor to the Apple iPhone 6 on August 13. The metal housing of the smartphone is 6 millimeters thick and the display like the iPhone 6 4.7 inches in size (Photo: Josh Miller / CNET.com).

initiates sources, Samsung plan, the to reveal said smartphone on August 13, and also to bring before the launch of the Apple iPhone 6, which is currently expected in early September, in the trade, so ETNews. The hardware configuration of the Galaxy S5 Alpha apparently aims to make Apple’s new iPhone competitor. The Galaxy S5 Alpha to as the smaller Apple iPhone 6 come with a 4.7-inch Super AMOLED display and be equipped with a 6 mm thick metal housing. Due to its low height it is to be referred to as “card-phone”. Is powered by the new Samsung smartphones reportedly from the eight-core CPU Exynos 5 Octa. The Korea Herald also writes, citing sources from the industry that Samsung will release the smartphone soon in Korea and some other markets.

This would Samsung after Galaxy S5 and S4, an the 5.1 – respectively 4.99-inch display feature, even in the high-end sector again return to something smaller diagonal. Many users who smartphones with 5 inches or larger are too unwieldy, it should welcome because devices are often equipped with smaller displays even with weaker hardware. An exception is, for example, the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact.

Galaxy S5 Alpha is one of many names for a smart phone from Samsung which is speculated about for quite some time. After the expected for June Galaxy emerged as Prime S5 Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A, it was last traded as Galaxy F. According to information dated June but it should be equipped with a 5.3-inch qHD display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 CPU, 3 GB RAM and a 16 megapixel camera. A Samsung device with the model number SM-G901F has already obtained the certification of Bluetooth Authority. In the nets already circulating various images and photos to show the unit. The website PhoneArena has published, for example, alleged shots of the smartphone.

Whether and under what name the Samsung Galaxy S5 alpha or F brings out remains to be seen. The fact that this already is the official name, is certainly not say that.

The release of the iPhone 6 is similar to last year, taking place on September 19. A sales start in September would show also the presentation of the iPhone 6 this month as most likely. According to some rumors, Apple should be the keynote for the launch of the iPhone 6 might already hold in August. The Apple iPhone 6 is in two different versions with 4.7 – appear and 5.5-inch display. The display cover is to use Apple sapphire crystal. Apple’s new A8 processor, as before be equipped with two cores, but work a clock rate of more than 2 GHz. The iPhone 6 (4.7 inches) to provide Apple with a 1,800 mAh battery. The 5.5-inch iPhone 6 is supposedly powered by a 2,500 mAh battery.

The case of the Apple iPhone 6 is again a bit thinner than the fail of the iPhone 5S. A wide development of the in-cell touch screen technology to allow an extremely thin design. The screen resolution should Apple also increase. According to rumors, Apple is testing ads with 1704 x 960 pixels. Other rumors about the Apple iPhone 6 Those interested can find elsewhere.

So the fight goes to the smartphone crown to the next round. Recent figures, one based in Hong Kong, according to market research firm, the Apple iPhone 5S sold in the month of May the world be better than the Galaxy S5, which is in second place. But Samsung has with the Galaxy S4 and Note 3, the third and fourth place, while the iPhone 4S 5C and rank 5 and 6.

In June, Samsung with the Galaxy Tab S already an attack on the Apple iPad launched. Both models are both thinner and lighter than the competition from Apple, although they have larger screen sizes. The Galaxy Tab S offers a choice of a 10.5-inch or 8.4 large display and costs $ 399, respectively, with 499 as much as the iPad Air or the iPad Mini with Retina Display. It is officially since July 11 in Germany for sale. Whether Samsung with its featured high-priced tablets and the upcoming smartphone can gain market share, but it remains to be seen.

[Using material from Don Reisinger, CNET.com]

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