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what's going on guys a mark on second from technobuffalo and today we'll be talking about the Samsung Galaxy alpha you saw John in boxes a few weeks ago and we've been using it ever since so let's see how same things new design language holds up the Galaxy alpha is noteworthy for being a first samsung phone we've seen that uses of metal casing it's the most attractive smartphone Samsung has made thus far add until the note 4 becomes available the metal signs with chamfered edge is similar to Apple's design looks beautiful and feels great in the hand the plastic back meanwhile has a soft touch quality to it that's somewhat similar to the galaxy s5 is plastic back which I really like for some odd reason hardware-wise the phone features a 4.7 inch 720p display it's 2.5 gigahertz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with 2 gigabytes of RAM it packs a decent sized battery at eighteen sixty milliamp and a non expandable storage at 32 gigabytes there's a heart rate sensor beside its 12 megapixel camera in the back which is capable of recording 4k videos as well as a 2.1 megapixel front-facing camera that can film in 1080p there's also a built-in fingerprint scanner which samsung has been improving quite a lot recently and the Galaxy alpha is running Android 4.4 point for kid cat out of the box of course with Samsung's TouchWiz get over it the Galaxy alpha will say you buy for 199 dollars with a two-year contract through AT&T or six hundred twelve dollars and ninety-nine cents off contract it is a bit more expensive than the galaxy s5s off contract even though it doesn't have the very latest specs though it does support a better design which might account for the higher price tag the 4.7 inch Super AMOLED display is color rich and vibrant with good contrast wide viewing angles and a pixel density of 312 PPI while it is sharp for reading text and viewing photos it is noticeably less clips in the galaxy s5s 5.1 inch 1080p screen would 432 PPI nonetheless the screen is very bright and has extremely rich colors which is great for watching movies on Netflix or videos on YouTube of course with some of Samsung's latest software tweaks you can change the screen modes if you prefer a more natural screen tone performance wise the alphas plenty fast the 2.5 gigahertz Snapdragon 801 processor is abby's and can handle pretty much anything you throw at it whether you're just browsing the web playing games or watching movies it hasn't really slowed down on me during the weeks tested it battery life on the other hand isn't all that impressive it lasts about a full workday with medium to heavy usage that's about it I would have to charge the phone every night which could be fine for the average person but I was expecting something better from Samsung and it's two hundred dollars price tag in terms of software android 4.4 point for comes with the same touch with skin as you'll get on s5 as much as I want to like TouchWiz on a phone samsung stock apps like their web browser calendar app store and more are inferior to google's version and always have been there are some pretty cool software tweaks that samsung included that a lot of people could find useful like private mode which lets you protect files behind a password or fingerprint easy mode which is great for parents or grandparents and there's also multi window which you can run two apps at once to get a feel for a true multitasking feature but since the galaxy alpha only features a 4.7 inch screen it's not all that great on this phone but nonetheless the feature is still present so let's talk about cameras cameras are probably one of the most important feature that a lot of people look for in a smartphone a lot of people say the best camera is the one in your pocket and a lot of companies like HTC Samsung LG and app will really try to emphasize on how great their cameras are the camera on the Galaxy alpha is good it's not the best it's just good I noticed what a lot of Samsung devices they tend to over sharpen the image and the images tend to be a bit too Chris for my taste but nonetheless or a ton of built in software tweaks Samsung included with all of their devices to make your shots better and when it comes to build quality it's well-built the Shan furred edges the metal buttons it's the very first samsung phone design-wise that i love and i can't wait to see what samsung has in store for us when the note 4 is available so to wrap things up for you guys i'm giving the galaxy alpha a TechnoBuffalo score of 7 point 5 out of 10 it's one of the best-looking galaxy phones around right now and the camera is good and is plenty powerful for the average person but I just wish the screen battery was just a bit better especially for the price you're paying anyways that's it for this video guys if you guys have any questions just let us know in the comments down below and as always a märklin sanger from TechnoBuffalo i'll see you guys in the next video thank you guys so much for 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