Samsung Galaxy Alpha specification and prices
The Galaxy Alpha by Samsung was announced on August 2014 and the first offers appeared on September 2014. This device belongs to the middle price range: the lowest Samsung Galaxy Alpha price in USA for now is $320.00
The phone runs on the most popular operating system in the world for today - Android OS. Galaxy Alpha was produced with the already out-of-date for now Android version: 4.4.4 (KitKat). It means that the phone owner will not be able to play the newest games and run the newest apps with this default OS version. The cell phone has Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) CPU which provides an outstanding performance. The model has 2 GB RAM which is a common amount of memory for normal usage.
This device has amazing 12 megapixel primary camera. It will produce great photos and videos. The camera has aperture size 2.2. It is a not very large aperture for a smartphone and it will allow the Samsung Galaxy Alpha to let in more light to get good photos in dark rooms. It can capture 4K high definition video with its primary camera. 4K is the highest resolution that mobile phones support for today.
The Samsung Galaxy Alpha has an average 4.7 inch display size. It means that most part of users will not experience difficulties use the cell phone with one hand. Such screen size has cool benefits in compare to the smaller display: it's more handy for making pictures , better for video chatting and amazing for quick typing.
Galaxy Alpha has removable Li-Ion 1860 mAh battery, which can guarantee up to 350 hours of standby time, about 11 hours of talk time and up to 37 hours of playing music. It is typical battery life results.
The mobile phone's weight is 115 grams (4.06 oz), it is 132.4 mm (5.21 in) high, 65.5 mm (2.58 in) wide and has a 6.7 mm (0.26 in) depth what means that this phone is thin.
You can buy Galaxy Alpha in Charcoal Black, Sleek Silver, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold or Scuba Blue colors.
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- 2014, August
- Available. Released 2014, September
- Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
- Exynos 5430 Octa
- Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7)
- Mali-T628 MP6
- 12 MP, f/2.2, 31mm, autofocus, LED flash
- 2.1 MP
- 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps
- Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
- 4.7 inches
- 720 x 1280 pixels (~312 ppi pixel density)
- Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4
- Yes
- Removable Li-Ion 1860 mAh battery
- About 350 h
- About 11 h
- About 37 h
- 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm (5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
- 115 g (4.06 oz, 0.25 lb)
- Nano-SIM
- Charcoal Black, Sleek Silver, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Scuba Blue
- 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
- No
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
- v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
- Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
- Yes
- No
- microUSB v2.0
- Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, heart rate
- SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
- HTML5
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- Yes
- GSM / HSPA / LTE
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
- LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G850F LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - SM-G850M
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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