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LTE-A Galaxy Alpha variant expected as well

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Last updated: August 13th, 2014 at 06:58 UTC+02:00

These past few weeks have all been about Samsung's upcoming smartphone called the Galaxy Alpha. Specifications of the Alpha have been leaked time and time again apart from a plethora of pictures that have appeared online. There's some new information today regarding the device, it appears that the company will offer a LTE-Advanced variant of Galaxy Alpha in certain markets.

The existence of at least five Galaxy Alpha models has been confirmed already, the SM-G850A, SM-G850H, SM-G850M, SM-G850T, and SM-G850F. It has now been discovered that the SM-G850F has LTE Cat. 6 support. This means that the LTE-Advanced variant would be powered by a Qualcomm chip, its not known for sure which one, but presumably it might be the Snapdragon 805.

Other variants of the Galaxy Alpha will be powered by Samsung's Exynos chip. Completing the package is a 4.7-inch Super AMOLED display, 2GB RAM, 32/64GB internal memory, heart rate sensor, fingerprint sensor and a 12 megapixel rear camera.

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