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[carver]

Moto be havjg great battery life for its size..no doubt the x+1 will be great and super affordable

 

[whywesteppin]

i use ~5 gb of wifi for google play each month. it works out to about an hour per day (each song is ~10 mb).

 

[lazy]

 [h1]Samsung Galaxy Alpha video hands-on[/h1]
16 hours ago by  Peter57  comments

The Samsung Galaxy Alpha  branches off the Galaxy S line. It brings the same flagship experience but in a more compact and, more importantly, a more premium body. The Galaxy phones (all of them) use practical plastic instead of expensive and heavy metal.

The Galaxy Alpha has a metal frame and still manages to be surprisingly light – just 115g.

That’s iPhone 5s territory and the Apple flagship has a 4″ screen versus the 4.7″ screen of the Alpha. It’s a Super AMOLED with 720p resolution, which is enough for a 300+ ppi pixel density. A 1080p screen would have helped seal the premium position of the Galaxy Alpha but even now its screen still has plenty of positives like excellent sunlight legibility and color rendering.

Unfortunately, the Alpha didn’t stray very far from the Galaxy tree – its back panel is made of plastic with a pattern very similar to that of the Galaxy S5, which really hampers the premium feel. We guess that’s part of the secret to making it light but we would have accepted a few grams more for a metal black.

Still, the Galaxy Alpha is the thinnest Galaxy phone yet. It measures just 6.7mm thick, which combined with how light it is gives the impression of a tiny phone. It’s not tiny though, the 4.7″ screen is roomy enough – Motorola, HTC and soon perhaps Apple will call it the perfect size.



The metal-clad Samsung borrows a good deal from the Galaxy S5 – the entire TouchWiz stack, the fingerprint reader and heart rate monitor but it did not get a water resistance certification. That’s something that could have really helped it in its fight against the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact and the upcoming Z3 Compact.

The Samsung Galaxy Alpha got a bespoke camera too – a 12MP shooter with a 16:9 sensor. Little is known about the camera though (ISOCELL? Sony?) but it can record 2160p video. The Z1 Compact can’t, even the HTC One (M and Nokia Lumia 930 flagships are 1080p only.

It’s going to be a battle on two fronts for the Alpha, the new iPhone on one side and the new super mini from Sony on the other. We’re busy working on the review to find out just what the Galaxy Alpha has in its war chest and we’ll be publishing it soon on our homepage.

 

[stay lurkin]

So is the Alpha more focused on performance or something!? I actually like it a lot and feel I would choose it over the S5.

 

[luckyluchiano]

So is the Alpha more focused on performance or something!? I actually like it a lot and feel I would choose it over the S5.

Alpha is a underperforming S5 with a metal band,

 

[stay lurkin]

Is it? It is pushing less pixels and seemed reall smooth based off of that video. Smoother than the S5

 

[big j 33]

While I'm tempted to look at one of the high end flagships, I'm going to be strongly considering the Moto X+1 when it comes out.

 

[iheartboost]

Meizu is in bed with designers of the iPhone :x

 

[jewseejay]

Na

Meizu is in bed with designers of the iPhone :x

Nah papi. they got AApl ppl on their payroll. Jus like Samsung and OPO does. There are no secrets anymore barely. Nobody tryna let anybody have somethin new and innovative they haven't at least thought about yet.

I do wonder when android phones will adopt a reversible charge port tho. Is the new USB double sided?

 

[carver]

Everybody copies each other its nothing new. But that meizu is a direct rip of the iPhone

 

[stay lurkin]

The alpha looks like it too. I like the alpha though

 

[Rootin4EverybodyBlack]

I'm wondering why anybody would buy the alpha with that small *** battery tho

 

[whywesteppin]

lol Samsung and meizu are just saying $%&+#' it and making direct replicas of the iPhone.

 

[ncvikingx97]

If that alpha was water proof I would be all over it.

 

[stay lurkin]

I'm wondering why anybody would buy the alpha with that small *** battery tho

The battery will be fine. Different processor and 720p

 

[lazy]

From what I understand meizu started out as a iphone clone company and got popular.

 

[spidermachine916]

so anyone know why i have to battle with my s3 for sound supremacy? when i go jogging it decides that i have heard enough music and turns down the volume... then when it wants to scare me it turns it up all the way, it gets frustrating... i'm holding the "+" and the phone says no, go back down to nothing.... >:

 

[shimmyhendrix]

so anyone know why i have to battle with my s3 for sound supremacy? when i go jogging it decides that i have heard enough music and turns down the volume... then when it wants to scare me it turns it up all the way, it gets frustrating... i'm holding the "+" and the phone says no, go back down to nothing.... >:

But seriously tho lol, sounds like your volume buttons are shot

 

[shimmyhendrix]

 
[h1]Moto 360 shows up on Best Buy's website for $250[/h1]

NEWS
By Joseph Keller  | Aug 17 2014 | 2:20 pm  | 76 COMMENTS

The Moto 360  has made an appearance on Best Buy's website, complete with a price and specs. According to the retailer, Motorola's Android Wear-powered device will retail for $249.99. While this could be the final price, there's also a decent chance that it's merely a placeholder.

Best Buy also lists the apparent specs of the Moto 360. First, it seems that the device will be powered by a Texas Instruments processor. The Moto 360 will also apparently be water resistant up to 3.3' and the back will evidently be plastic, which makes sense for wireless charging. Best Buy's listing does not include a release date, saying only that the device is "coming soon". Check out the video of our hands-on  with the Moto 360 below.

Will you pick up a Moto 360 for $250? Let us know below in the comments.

Source: Best Buy

Thanks to Tom and Greg for the tip!

 

[concordefliteschool]

that moto 360 looks sic

 

[iamdef]

^^^ it did but for $250? Smart watches don't do enough yet to justify that price

 

[carver]

Yeah looks cool but doesn't do much

 

[carver]

Anyone with the opo know why after the update the screen shut off animation ain't there no more the TV turn off style animation..that was my favorite **** I just realized it was gone

 

[stay lurkin]

I still don't know what I think about wearables

 

[Nawzlew]

$250? Nah.

Sick watch tho.