Samsung took a big step toward being able to sell its smartphones as the way to control a smart house. Samsung officially purchased SmartThings for $200 million. The company produces devices that can be controlled using apps installed on a smartphone. Imagine controlling the lights and locks in your home by tapping on certain buttons on your phone. You should be able to spook burglars casing your house, by remotely turning on or off the lights inside or outside your home.
Samsung plans on keeping SmartThings open, thus allowing developers and producers of hardware to write software, and produce devices for the platform. Samsung rival Apple will also be offering a similar technology for a connected home with the launch of HomeKit. The latter will be featured on iOS 8, and will allow iPhone users to turn on or off smart home devices using their handset.
"We will continue to run SmartThings the way we always have: by embracing our community of customers, developers, and device makers and championing the creation of the leading open platform for the smart home. Our growing team will remain fully intact and will relocate to a new headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. In short: SmartThings will remain SmartThings." - Alex Hawkinson, CEO, SmartThings
Samsung has just officially announced the Samsung Galaxy ALPHA, a premium device that has a Metal Frame on all sides with a leather back. The Galaxy Alpha is a preemptive strike against a bigger iPhone, it measures just 6.7mm thick and weighs 115g. This device has the Highest build-Quality among all Samsung devices.
The ALPHA flagship packs a larger screen, however, a 4.7" Super AMOLED with 720p resolution. The phone's heart is an Exynos 5 Octa built up of four Cortex-A15 cores (1.8GHz) and four Cortex-A7 cores (1.3GHz). There's 2GB of RAM and 32GB of non-expandable storage.
It will run Android 4.4.4 KitKat with TouchWiz on top including S Health and Ultra-low power mode. The phone will pack a fingerprint reader, heart-rate sensor and will be compatible with the Samsung Gear smartwatches.
The Samsung Galaxy Alpha boasts LTE Cat. 6 connectivity, dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0 . All of that will be powered by a relatively small 1,860mAh battery. Color options include White, Silver, Gold and Blue.
This smartphone will launch in 150 countries during September. It will launch at $690 - €515 price tag.
Finally, Samsung announced the long-rumored long-waited Galaxy ALPHA. The Samsung Galaxy Alpha is Now Official is Russia, it was released on a glitzy yachting event in Moscow. The Alpha is supposed to be revealed on an event this month to go on sale during mid-September to compete with the iPhone 6 on the markets.
The announcements was not very public, the original images from the event were taken down but we managed to get some photos. We also got a poster of the final official specifications of the this premium Metallic "Alpha" phone.
Samsung Galaxy ALPHA will pack Exynos 5 Octa chipset, 4.7" 720p display, 32GB of non-expandable memory, and Android 4.4.4 out of the box. A 12MP camera, 2.1 selfie front-camera, and 1,850 mAh battery are also tipped to be on board. All this laong with a full metal premium Quality body. Check the hands-on Photos below.
Samsung Galaxy ALPHA Photos
Surprise, Samsung Galaxy ALPHA SM-G850F paid a visit to the FCC today and its First live-photos. This Premium handset has a premium high-quality build with a metal body.
According to the Federal Commission, the Galaxy Alpha measures 133 x 67 mm, thus being smaller than the Galaxy S5 (which measures 142 x 72.5 mm). This makes perfect sense, because the Alpha reportedly sports a 4.8-inch 720p display, not a 5.1-inch 1080p one like the S5. While the FCC doesn't say how thick the Alpha is, we know that the smartphone should be about 6 mm thin hence thinner than Apple's iPhone 5s.
The SM-G850F that was tested by the FCC features Bluetooth 4.0 LE, NFC, dual-band Wi-Fi, and LTE (bands 2 and 5). This is a model that's not made for North America but that doesn't mean the Galaxy Alpha won't be released in the US. Most likely, the handset will be available via AT&T and T-Mobile.
Amazingly, The Samsung Galaxy Alpha is Now Available for pre-order in the UK by Mobile4Fun.com, the phone is not officially released yet. The Galaxy Alpha has a high price tag to match its metallic body £549. The listing doesn't indicate when the phone will become available, but it does give some specs about the device. However, after view hours, the website took the page down.
It should come with an Octa-core Exynos 5 processor, a 4.7" 1280x720 Super AMOLED display, and on the software side, Android 4.4.2 KitKat. It'll pack the same fingerprint scanner that the Samsung Galaxy S5 does too, along with a 12mp primary camera and a 2.1MP selfie unit. It also supports LTE data speeds, Bluetooth 4.0, and 32GB of internal storage, sans SD card slot.
The Galaxy Alpha is supposed to hit retailers on September 13th, and the official announcement will on September,3rd.
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