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Samsung Galaxy Alpha (S801)

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Samsung Galaxy Alpha (S801)
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  • Released 2014, September
    115g, 6.7mm thickness
    Android 4.4.4
    32GB storage, no card slot
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  • 4.7"
    720x1280 pixels
  • 12MP
    2160p
  • 2GB RAM
    Snapdragon 801
  • 1860mAh
    Li-Ion
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Versions:
G850A for AT&T
G850W for Canada
G8508S for East & Southeast Asia

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 TD-SCDMA
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - G850A, SM-G850W
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G8508S
  LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - G850A, SM-G850W
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Launch Announced 2014, August
Status Available. Released 2014, September
Body Dimensions 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm (5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM
Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches, 60.9 cm2 (~70.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~312 ppi density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Platform OS Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), planned upgrade to 5.0 (Lollipop)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801
CPU Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
GPU Adreno 330
Memory Card slot No
Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Camera Primary 12 MP (f/2.2, 31mm), phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps
Secondary 2.1 MP
Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
Radio No
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, heart rate
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
 - ANT+ support
- Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
- MP4/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1860 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 312 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h (3G)
Music play Up to 59 h
Misc Colors Charcoal Black, Sleek Silver, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Scuba Blue
SAR 1.25 W/kg (head)     1.05 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.40 W/kg (head)     0.27 W/kg (body)    
Price About 450 EUR

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Samsung Galaxy Alpha (S801) - user opinions and reviews

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  • 09 Sep 2017

Great smartphone. Incredible camera quality. Amazing performance. Really bad battery life. The battery it just sucks. This phone deserves a better battery pack.

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  • 19 Jul 2017

I would like to see new Alpha, same size, desine but new bigger battery. Love this phone.

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  • 10 Jul 2017

I have using this galaxy alpha for almost 2 years since 2015 and it's fit me well. With its metallic exterior design and super-slim-light make it more convenient for daily use. About the camera nothing problem at all eventhough the tech is a bi...

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