Samsung Galaxy Alpha: iPhone 6 competitor disappointed in battery test – Chip Online

Samsung’s previously noblest phone has arrived in the CHIP Test Lab: The iPhone-6 competitor has passed through the first battery and display measurements. However, our preliminary conclusion falls from ambiguous, especially since the talk time is below average

Samsung Galaxy Alpha. Schicker iPhone 6 competitor …

 Visually, the Galaxy Alpha can be no doubt see: Samsung has taken in the case of the iPhone 6 competitors in a metal frame, the fancier lot. The ground edges of the frame attest to the outstanding quality of workmanship. Samsung users must, however, only a bit of the square and hard metal used.

The back is made of slightly rubberized plastic and also leaves a high quality impression. The Alpha Galaxy is probably the fanciest so far Samsung mobile phone

Samsung Galaxy Alpha:. … With very short breath

 But it is not just on the outer values:. One of the main features of a cell phone is its battery life, and here the Galaxy Alpha can not convince so pretty in the first Test

In our speaking test with maximum transmission power, it only lasted 6 hours and 7 minutes – compared to other leading devices like Sony’s Xperia Z3 (12:52 h), HTC One M8 (9:08 hours) and Samsung Galaxy S5 (7:57 hours) which is below average

The main competitor of the Galaxy Alpha but is the iPhone 6 and with weak 5:15 hours offering an even shorter talk time. In return, the Galaxy Alpha requires only short 1:53 hours to recharge the 1860 mAh battery. However, we will repeat the talk time measurement of the Galaxy Alpha shortly definitely again to check the disappointing outcome.