In the most recent four years, Samsung has propelled many Galaxy telephones. Some of these like the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 have been blockbusters. The Galaxy gadgets have likewise made Samsung the world's greatest cell phone producer, equaling Apple in just about all business sectors.
Anyhow every one of these telephones, even the most extravagant ones, has likewise been scrutinized for utilizing modest looking outline and plastic body. The accord has been that Galaxy telephones have great form quality however customary outline and back spreads made of shoddy looking gleaming plastic. In the interim, organizations like Apple, HTC and Sony have fabricated telephones utilizing metal and glass.
With Galaxy Alpha, Samsung needs to transform it. It needs to demonstrate the world that it can likewise make an excellent telephone.
Anyhow every one of these telephones, even the most extravagant ones, has likewise been scrutinized for utilizing modest looking outline and plastic body. The accord has been that Galaxy telephones have great form quality however customary outline and back spreads made of shoddy looking gleaming plastic. In the interim, organizations like Apple, HTC and Sony have fabricated telephones utilizing metal and glass.
With Galaxy Alpha, Samsung needs to transform it. It needs to demonstrate the world that it can likewise make an excellent telephone.
Then there is the challenge from the iPhone 6. Until now, the iPhone had a small 4-inch screen and hence Samsung could always compete on the basis of the bigger screen. But now with iPhone 6 coming with a 4.7-inch screen, which is big enough for most consumers, Samsung has to match or at least challenge Apple in terms of design. The Korean company is hoping that Alpha will be challenger for the iPhone 6.
Lots of expectations from the Alpha? Does it meet them? We tell you.
Design
Lots of expectations from the Alpha? Does it meet them? We tell you.
Design
The first thing you notice when you pick the Alpha is its weight. Or rather lack of it. For a phone with a 4.7-inch screen, the Alpha feels very light. When we first picked the review unit, it felt so light that we popped off the back cover and checked if the battery was there or not. It was. Although, the size of the battery is smaller than what you normally get in the high-end Galaxy phones (more about battery later). So, next we checked the specification sheet. Well, this IS a light phone and weighs just 115 grams!
It is also quite compact. Despite packing in a screen with similar size, the Alpha is more compact -- but not thinner -- compared to the iPhone 6. If you like your phones small and cute, you will love Alpha.
It is also a design that feels familiar. Reason? The Alpha shares a lot with the iPhone 5S in terms of its design. Not only the shape, with rounded corners, looks similar to the iPhone 5S, the device also has a metal frame with chamfered edges, something that Apple's phone popularised.
But there are a few differences. The metal frame around the four rounded corners has been given a subtle cut, that creates a bit of break between the straight left and right sides. This adds to the design. Then, the metal around the headphone jack on the top has been gently curved and the volume rocker on the left has been carved to make the buttons more prominent.
The big difference, however, between the iPhone 5S and the Alpha in terms of design is that the Samsung's phone is not an all-metal phone. It still uses the plastic back cover. This is the main reason why the phone is so light. Another good bit about this back cover is that it is unlike the plastic back covers used by Samsung on its previous phones. It has a very fine texture and soft-to-touch feel similar to what we get on devices like the Nexus 5 and the Moto X. And it doesn't have -- thank god -- the shiny plastic finish that most Galaxy phones have.
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