Samsung Galaxy Alpha With 4.7-Inch Display and Metal Frame Launched

Samsung took the wraps off its latest Galaxy
smartphone, the Galaxy Alpha. The South
Korean electronics giant is calling the
Galaxy Alpha"the evolution of Galaxy
Design", touting its "metal frame, elegantly
curved corners, and a tactile soft back
cover".
The South Korean manufacturer has
announced that the Galaxy Alpha will be
globally released sequentially starting
September in over 150 countries, but the
company did not officialy reveal the pricing
of the device. However, a report pegged the
off-contract price of the device at $689
(approximately Rs. 42,250).
Samsung says the newly-unveiled Galaxy
Alpha with metal frame is built using
"sophisticated and compact construction
techniques." The Galaxy Alpha was
previously previewed by the company at a
yachting event in Moscow.

The Samsung Galaxy Alpha runs the latest
Android 4.4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box. It
features a 4.7-inch HD (720x1280 pixels)
Super AMOLED display. The handset sports
a sleek profile with dimensions
132.4x65.5x6.7mm and weighs 115 grams.
Much like recently released high-end
smartphones - LG G3 Cat.6 , LG G3 A , and
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A - the Samsung
Galaxy Alpha also comes with the LTE Cat.6
support denoting LTE-A speeds of up to
300Mbps (peak download rates).
The Galaxy Alpha is powered by an octa-
core chipset, most probably Samsung's
Exynos SoC, with quad-core 1.8GHz and
quad-core 1.3GHz. The smartphone also
comes in a quad-core variant with a clock
speed of 2.5GHz, presumably the
Snapdragon 805 SoC the other LTE-A
smartphones are carrying.
Considering that Samsung launched the
octa-core variant of the Galaxy S5 in India,
we can expect the company to announce the
octa-core variant of the Galaxy Alpha, and
may bring the LTE-A version later.
There is 2GB of RAM and 32GB inbuilt
storage, which is non-expandable. The
Galaxy Alpha sports a 12-megapixel rear
camera and also includes 2.1-megapixel
front-facing camera. It packs an 1860mAh
battery.
Apart from LTE, other connectivity options
include Micro-USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPRS/
EDGE, 3G, and NFC. The Galaxy Alpha, much
like the flagship Galaxy S5, comes with
fingerprint scanner.
The company notes that the Galaxy Alpha at
launch will be available in Charcoal Black,
Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Sleek Silver,
and Scuba Blue colour variants.