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Lovely design
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Posted: 2014-08-13 14:59:41
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Try this page: http://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/aspect_ratio/
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Posted: 2014-08-13 15:12:45
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Area of the screen divided by the area of the phone (width x height), I think.
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Posted: 2014-08-13 15:17:30
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Sorry I think we have our wires crossed I mean screen to bezel ratio. The Galaxy Alpha's main rivals are likely to be the iPhone 6 and the Xperia Z3 Compact. With the increasing demand for smaller bezels it would be interesting to to find out what the Galaxy Alphas screen to bezel ratio is.

the Z3 Compact comes in at 69.85% (Z1 compact is 61.7%)
the iPhone 6 comes in at 64.83% (iPhone 5s is 60.6%)

Both have improvements over their previous models in that area which is good to see as the overall footprint in a compact flagship is vital to the user.



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Posted: 2014-08-13 15:34:10
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It's super thin, made of metal and is far more compact than most other phones with the same specs and most importantly it is a Samsung, it is going to fly off the shelves if it is getting a truly global release.

I hope the Galaxy Note 4 has the same metal frame even more excited for the Note 4 now as this is a step in the right direction for Samsung.
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Posted: 2014-08-13 15:36:03
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Battery is too small but given the thickness of the device, it was going to be a compromise anyway. This like the Z1C will be great in terms of benchmark scores because of the 720p screen so that's all good stuff. Lack of expandable storage is a mistake considering people can easily use that up and a SD card in no time, I've nearly filled my 64GB card on my Z1C since getting it in February!

The design. Looks like an iPhone but the raised corners of the metal frame will keep them out of court. It looks nice in gold but they need to get rid of that band aid pattern from the front and back. Every Samsung is cursed with that horrible pattern. How hard would it be to put a brushed metal front and back plate?

This is going head to head with the small sized iPhone and I'm sure the iPhone will be prettier plus with that fanbase.... If the Z3C is like the Z1C in terms of putting a flagship into a small body then that will probably beat everyone on specs. That puts the Alpha nowhere. Galaxy S and Note is what they do best and what they should focus on since they had a *relatively* poor sales year. Nobody will get this over an iPhone and will think twice when they see the Z3C.
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Posted: 2014-08-13 15:46:47
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I love Samsung but I doubt this will steal any sales from the iPhone 6. A bigger iPhone screen is what many want and it's going to be a huge seller. I don't think this Alpha will sell huge
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Posted: 2014-08-13 15:56:00
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Question here for anyone who has a Note 3 or S5. How much storage does the average 4K video take say over 3-4 minutes? I've read elsewhere that it's approximately 350MB per minute of video. If this is the case the Alpha may struggle with fixed memory once you start adding apps, music, photos and videos.
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Posted: 2014-08-13 16:07:47
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http://www.phonearena.com/new[....]accurate-AMOLED-screen_id59303
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Posted: 2014-08-13 16:18:31
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http://www.phonearena.com/new[....]camera-samples-surface_id59298
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Posted: 2014-08-13 16:22:19
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