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Samsung Galaxy Alpha: Android smartphone officially launched – COMPUTER BILD

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From Przemyslaw Szymanski, Malte Mansholt, Rainer Schuldt and our author Markus Schmidt, 13/08/2014 , 11:45 clock

Now the cat is out of the bag: Without fanfare Samsung released the new smartphone “Galaxy Alpha”. COMPUTER BILD presents it.

Smartphone Samsung Galaxy Alpha © Samsung
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Samsung launches the Galaxy Alpha a stylish smartphone with a rock-solid technology on the market.

Specifications

B eim Samsung Galaxy Alpha is an Android smartphone with LTE and a 4.7-inch touchscreen (resolution: 1280×720 pixels). It is powered by an eight-core processor (clock speed: 1.8 GHz four times and four times 1.3 GHz). Installed are two gigabytes and 32 gigabytes of working memory. A slot for external memory card does not exist.

4K camera on board

The rear camera has a resolution of twelve megapixels, while the front camera offers 2.1 megapixels. Video records the Samsung Galaxy Alpha in 4K (3840 x 2160 pixels). The operating system “Android 4.4.4″ is installed. Facilities on offer include wireless ac, Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC. Additional facilities include a heart rate monitor and a fingerprint sensor, which can be found already in the Galaxy S5 on board. The battery has a capacity of 1860 mAh.

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Availability, Price

The Samsung Galaxy Alpha is available from September in black, white, gold, silver and blue. An official retail price lists of manufacturers not

Valuation:. Samsung Galaxy Alpha

Crass course correction at Samsung: So now there is actually a Galaxy-top model with metal frame, rectangular design and without expandable memory. These changes Samsung first introduced by Apple on the nano-SIM format. The message is clear: Look, iPhone fans, we can also stylish – there is an Android alternative with all the things you like on the iPhone. In return, Samsung has adopted some of what constituted previous top models like the Galaxy S5: Instead of Full HD resolution, there are only simple HD, instead of memory card slot only internal memory. Otherwise, the innovations on board, which can also be found in the Galaxy S5: fingerprint sensor and heart rate monitor. Only waterproof, it is not unlike S5 / S5 mini.

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No S5-replacement

Thus, the alpha is not a competitor for the Galaxy S5, but the attempt to develop new Apple-oriented target groups to which the giant plastic smartphones like the Galaxy S5 or simply chic enough for everyday use were not. That the screen is not extremely sharp crack, only a few should stand out in everyday life. For the Alpha scores with chic design, handy size and extremely thin and lightweight design. More serious since even the abandonment of the memory card. After all, remains an important advantage over the iPhone: The battery is interchangeable according to Samsung, like all other Galaxy models. Caution: The battery capacity is significantly below that of the S5 (2800 mAh), so the Alpha should not much longer hold than the iPhone

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