Apple
hasn't even announced the iPhone 6 yet, but Samsung is already poised
to attack it with a new smartphone design: the Galaxy Alpha.
The
Samsung Galaxy Alpha, which has been rumored for a while, has excellent
specs as well as a new design that brandishes a chamfered metal edge,
just like the current iPhone 5S.
The
one feature that doesn't make sense on its own is the screen size;
Samsung opted to give the Galaxy Alpha a 4.7-inch HD (1,280 x 720)
display, which is a little on the small side when stacked against
today's flagships like the LG G3 and Samsung's own Galaxy S5.
However,
it looks like a more logical choice when you factor in rumors about the
coming iPhone 6, which is predicted to have a 4.7-inch display as well.
Samsung's
mobile product designs are becoming more directly comparable to Apple
equivalents, seen most recently — and plainly — in the company's iPad
rivals, the Galaxy Tab S tablets.
Apple
is also rumored to have another size iPhone in the works, of course, a
5.5-inch "phablet" iPhone, but Samsung has more than enough plus-size
phones, including the coming Samsung Galaxy Note 4, to take on any
biggie iPhone that comes to pass (and it may be a while).
The
Galaxy Alpha has most of the bells and whistles that first appeared on
the Galaxy S5, including a download booster for combining Wi-Fi and LTE
connections to transfer files quickly, an Ultra Power Saving Mode that
can squeeze every last watt-hour out of the battery, and a fingerprint
sensor built into the home button.
The
display is a SuperAMOLED screen, and the 12-megapixel camera in back
can even capture 4K video (at 30 frames per second). It's powered by an
octa-core processor (quad 1.8GHz and quad 1.3GHz) and ships with Android
4.4.4 "KitKat."
The
phone will be available in five pretentiously named colors: Charcoal
Black, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Sleek Silver and Scuba Blue. No
word yet on the launch date or whether it'll ever be for sale in the
U.S.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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