Samsung has his long-awaited Android smartphone Galaxy Alpha now officially launched. It will come in Germany in early September for a suggested retail price of 649 euros in the trade. Models are planned in the colors black, white, gold, silver and blue, but their availability may vary by region.
As many have suggested leaked photos, the Galaxy Alpha has a frame made of metal. The plastic back is that of the Galaxy S5, unlike the flagship Galaxy Alpha is not waterproof. The housing falls from relatively thin with a height of 6.7 millimeters. In height and width, it measures 13.2 times 6.6 centimeters. With a weight of 114 grams, the Galaxy Alpha is significantly lighter than about the Galaxy S5 (145 grams) or the HTC one M8 (160 grams).
The other features of the new Samsung model largely corresponds to the pre- become known technical data. The smartphone comes with a 4.68-inch AMOLED display with an HD resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. This corresponds to a pixel density of 317 ppi. This can not One M8 keep up with current Android top models such as the Galaxy S5 or HTC coming to 431 respectively 440 ppi the new presentation. There is almost on the same with the iPhone 5S (326 ppi).
is powered by Samsung’s Galaxy Alpha eight-core CPU Exynos Octa (5430), consisting of two quad-core units with 1.8 and 1.3 GHz clock is. The faster chip is designed for performance-intensive applications such as games, the slower for less demanding tasks. The RAM is 2 GB in size. For data available 32 GB of internal memory available, which as expected can not be expanded via MicroSD card. The battery has a capacity of 1860 mAh.
For pictures and videos a rear 12-megapixel camera and a front webcam with 2.1 megapixels are integrated. The main camera captures video in Ultra HD resolution at 30 frames per second and comes with the usual Samsung features such as “Beauty Face”, “Dual Camera” or an HDR mode.
In terms of communication Galaxy offers Alpha LTE by category 6 with download rates of up to 300 MBit / s. Including UMTS HSPA + is an alternative of course also supported. In addition, Bluetooth 4.0 are (LE, ANT +), GPS, USB 2.0, NFC and Wi-Fi integrated IEEE 802.11ac.
From Galaxy S5 Galaxy Alpha also takes on the fingerprint scanner as well as the heart rate monitor. The operating system is the latest Android 4.4.4 KitKat is preinstalled. This adds Samsung to its TouchWiz interface and familiar features “Ultra Power Saving” mode, Download Booster and Quick Connect.
Samsung Galaxy offers Alpha in the color combinations Colours “Charcoal Black” “Dazzling White”, “Frosted Gold”, “Silver Sleek” and “Scuba Blue” on (Photo: Samsung).
[with material from Christian Schartel, CNET.de]
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