With Alpha Galaxy, Samsung finally heal finishes – Challenges.fr

Finished finishes polycarbonate cheap. Place the metal! If until now you were reluctant to acquire a Samsung smartphone because of its design rather “blockhead”, maybe the Galaxy Alpha will make you change your mind.

The Korean group did announce a new benchmark in its range of mobile device. And not just any since it wants to compete with the iPhone 6 Apple unveiled yet, playing card quality finishes.

A first for the largest public electronic group that hitherto reluctant to use premium materials for its devices, when Apple and HTC for example have made them truly trademark.

All metal is still out of place

“Its new development on elegance and performance design that this is the outline with aluminum, its thin and light design or features high-end users that can wait a Galaxy, “said JK Shin, President and CEO & amp of the IT industry; Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics.

Specifically, it has an aluminum contours, lines of rather contemporary, chic and glam colors (Silver Moon and Golden Sun). But fans back polycarbonate reassures. He is always there. With a footprint metal look great we are assured it. The all metal is far from being applied in the world number one. Too bad …

side dimension, it will delight lovers against a lightness and finesse with its 6.7 mm thick and 114 grams. This is mainly due to its size of 4.7 inches and back plastic … A format that strangely wife the iPhone 6 and Fire Phone Amazon … Well, well.

No technological miracles

Now do not expect to technological revolutions. The Galaxy Alpha must not kill the goose that lays the golden egg which is the Galaxy S5, the flagship brand, sold over 10 million copies in three weeks …

And that’s the rub. The device has an HD screen resolution 1.280×720 pixels, a Octa Core 1.8 GHz processor, a camera 12 million pixels, 2GB of RAM and a maximum storage of 32GB with no possibility of external expansion. Its battery also displays a limited range … (1860 mAh).

However, it embeds S-Health Ultra energy saving and fingerprint reader … fashion features found on the Galaxy S5 .

For the price, either, no miracle. It is positioned in the high end. If it has not yet been announced, it will be above the 600 euros we are assured. The question is therefore whether a substantially equivalent price, potential buyers do not fall-back finally on the Galaxy S5 … and finish plastic.