Samsung Galaxy Alpha (S801)

  • Released 2014, September
    115g, 6.7mm thickness
    Android 4.4.4, up to 5.0
    32GB storage, no card slot
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  • 4.7"
    720x1280 pixels
  • 12MP
    2160p
  • 2GB RAM
    Snapdragon 801
  • 1860mAh
    Li-Ion

Samsung Galaxy Alpha (S801) - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 TD-SCDMA
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - G850A, SM-G850W
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G8508S
  LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - G850A, SM-G850W
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch Announced 2014, August
Status Available. Released 2014, September
Body Dimensions 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm (5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM
Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches, 60.9 cm2 (~70.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~312 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Platform OS Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0 (Lollipop)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)
CPU Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
GPU Adreno 330
Memory Card slot No
Internal 32GB 2GB RAM
Main Camera Single 12 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), PDAF
Features LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps
Selfie camera Single 2.1 MP
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
Radio No
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, heart rate
 ANT+
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1860 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 312 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h (3G)
Music play Up to 59 h
Misc Colors Charcoal Black, Sleek Silver, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Scuba Blue
Models SM-G8508S, SM-G850W
SAR 1.25 W/kg (head)     1.05 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.40 W/kg (head)     0.27 W/kg (body)    
Price About 450 EUR

Samsung Galaxy Alpha (S801) - User Reviews

  • god phone but terrible battery life, only last 4 hours aftar full charge with usega such as light browsing and chatting

  • Great smartphone. Incredible camera quality. Amazing performance. Really bad battery life. The battery it just sucks. This phone deserves a better battery pack.

  • I would like to see new Alpha, same size, desine but new bigger battery. Love this phone.

  • I have using this galaxy alpha for almost 2 years since 2015 and it's fit me well. With its metallic exterior design and super-slim-light make it more convenient for daily use. About the camera nothing problem at all eventhough the tech is a bit backward but just fine for me. For overheating problem yeah all samsung device did the same. Nevermind there were many apps to cool your phone. About the battery yeah it cant last long for heavy user. But if you just a simple user it suits you. I got battery replacement just once and it works well. I am not changing to other brand unless the phone had slice into two lol. Love alpha !

  • Bro there is not root for snapdragon galaxy alpha yet ! I searched for my friend to root using cf auto root but couldn't find any.. i think there won't be any official or unofficial root for snapdragon variant

  • How to root AT&T Alpha? I have searched the net for a while but couldn't find any root method for this variant.

  • The Samsung alpha is a great phone, very practical gets everything done quite well in an easy way,not heavy actually very light and slips into your pocket with ease, but I must say Samsung never worked on this phones battery, the battery sucks!!! I've bought a pair of new batts but I get only 5 hours of batt life when fully charged. Phone 95% awesome, batt 95% bad

  • The Samsung alpha is a great phone, very practical gets everything done quite well in an easy way,not heavy actually very light and slips into your pocket with ease, but I must say Samsung never worked on this phones battery, the battery sucks!!! I've bought a pair of new batts but I get only 5 hours of batt life when fully charged. Phone 95% awesome, batt 95% bad

  • U have to root your phone ..

  • How can we delete at&t apps. These apps can be deactivated but cannot be removed permanently. Kindly tell if I know method to delete at&t apps.

  • To stop lag, I deleted all AT&T apps. Afterward the phone works perfectly. Its an amazing phone and s worth every penny. Camera is great but doesn't have any low-light adaptivity. but again, for the price, its great.

  • which version is the best with brilliant camera dose not lag while playing game and good battery

  • Regarding people complaining about the battery lasting just 6 hours. Mine with a 100% charge is easily last the whole day with heavy internet and.web browsing still have enough to last me all day. This is an amazing phone in my opinion. It's like a mini flagship phone in its time with a premium design n body. Light weight. I love this phone soo much that I have decided to buy another 2 new of the same phone which I've done before. The new s7 /edge are great. But there as long as there is no mini version ill be sticking to the alpha for a year or even 2.

  • Phone iS Awaousome But Its Batery Is So Bad

  • good phone but very, very, very bad battery. 6 hours only. wake up samsung!

  • Mine do this too

  • AT & T Announces 6.0

  • battery not good, need to charge every 4 hours.

  • My galaxy alpha sometimes hang and need to reset...or it will reset by itself but the process normally incomplete, so i have to remove the battery. I had send to Samsung Service Center but after 2 weeks its happen again. Anybody can help me on this?? Thanks in advance.

  • the phone is good at all, but it's camera isn't sharp, more especial front camera

  • your right muzaamil, the camera is not sharp....... SO!?????

  • Camera is not good the zoom is there but quality is not i really like the camera of htc one m8 but i need pocket size mobile so i sell it

  • This phone is amazing but i really dont like its camera i dont no why its camera is soo poor in just normal low light when i enter in to thw normal room it camera is soo mussy

  • S5 mini is different.

  • Amazing phone its a s5 mini. With s5 spec. But how to update it on 5.0 i m in pakistan and using atnt alpha any help. And where can i get 2500 mah battery?

  • Samsung galaxy alpha is a really good device. Samsung shouldn't discontinue it as it's fast and pocket friendly. Shouldn't be discontinued just because of the internal memory of 32 gb and battery.

  • Best phone on the market for the money. Camera is excellent. Video player is excellent and music player too. Easy to pocket and excellent craftsmanship.

  • I got it for $219 open box like new! Just install a new launcher and get easily rid of touchwiz. Without a doubt the best option for the money!

  • Hidden gem. Got for 270$ usd. S801 at that price beats all midranger out there. Touchwiz is not as lag as rumored. Overall good phone for under 300. Will recommend

  • Phone has excellent performance and so is its build quality. Camera sucks.

  • Why no Micro sd card .......why ..... but still a nice phone

  • Anyone can help me to upgrade my samsung galaxy alpha to android 5.0.2 Please send me email [email protected]

  • Then get the 2500 mAh battery (Samsung official) and you'll get the perfect phone. I don't need it (for my use, the battery is ok), but if you do, you can get it.

  • Then get the 2500 mAh battery (Samsung official) and you'll get the perfect phone. I don't need it (for my use, the battery is ok), but if you do, you can get it.

  • How Can I Root Galaxy Alpha SM-G850A?

  • I am in te dame problem. The banda are equal

  • It will be the perfect phone if it had bigger battery . You charger him at least 2 times on a day

  • I'm thinking to buy this phone.Should i buy it or not??

  • any one facing restarting and heating issue in lollipop?

  • Everyone is looking for this phone after it make an appearance with record breaking score on antutu today. Now we know it is a fake.

  • Hello In your opinion, can the phone rom(lollipop) g850w I install on the handset g850a Please Help Me Thank You

  • its really amazing phone

  • Samsung Galaxy Alpha this phone is very slim body and good fecturtes for all smsung handsett. So I like this phone .................................

  • s801 have LTE CAT4 ( 150 MB ) S805 have LTE CAT6 ( 300 MB )

  • this is niceeeeeeee is a good fecturtes

  • That is how price is lowered, by pulling features...

  • which color of galaxy alpha is attractive more??

  • WHOA. This thing puts out almost as much radiation (SAR) as the iPhone 6. This is the highest SAR I've ever seen from a Samsung phone. No thanks.

  • hi why this mobile have not infrared ? its perfect for me if has infrared .

  • make double sim spotted .

  • note 4 Samsung Galaxy Alpha A5 chose 1 option ?

  • Are you sure...?

  • Are you sure..? For korean version it is SM-G850L, G850K and G850S. You should aware what model do you have. To make sure if they wanted to buy original samsung galaxy alpha then they should go to tha samsung store or samsung authorize outlet. What do you mean by ehwwwww...?

  • Naw is legit and the difference is that one is quad next octacore. As well as the speed the quad faster clock speed and octa core slower speed. Is a matter of perspective

  • Alpha(s801) or alpha(805) wich better?

  • No!! It's Fake! It was made in CHINA!! Ewwwww.

  • yup! i'ts original..

  • samsung alpha made by korean its orginal or not ?

  • galaxy alpha 801 and 805 which is better and best ?

  • nothing exept processor.

  • What is differance between galaxy alpha and galaxy alpha s801

  • it is a best mobile phone

  • from where can i buy galaxy alpha s801?

  • Hi Samsung Team, Galaxy Alpha series is amazing design, do not stop this models instead same design continue with 4.7" & 5.1". am using Alpha 801, it's amazing, look/design & specs / performance too. DON'T STOP THIS MODELS MY DEAR SAMSUNG TEAM.

  • Ryt bro

  • The Alpha has all features like smmart stay,scroll, air gestures and air view. It lacks of fm radio and ir port.

  • Hi..not recalling, but stopping the production of this phone already. ammny shops sell this phone, maybe the last batch of shipment from Samsung. Why they stopped, maybe to give way to S6, maybe..??

  • I have been using alpha for nearly two months now. More than the specifications this phone us about quality. Eg it's 12 mp camera is better than many other 16 mp camera's. Or its 1800 mah last enough for the day.. It's a perfect alternative to those who want apple like quality in android. It doesn't have external card slot but it has enough 32 gb internal memory... It doesn't have radio that you have to consider before purchase

  • Great phone good specs Samsung for ever

  • they say that Samsung is recalling the alpha! any1 knows anything pls?

  • M8 is better eavaea

  • hTC one m8 is the better phone on the basis of overall hands-on experience

  • Galaxy Alpha is the best rather than HTC

  • which is better ? Samsung Galaxy Alpha (S801) vs htc one m8 ?

  • which is better ? samsung galaxy alpha (s801) or htc one m8 ?

  • I really like Samsung AMOLED display which is much better than the Z3C. But no SD card slot and the protruding camera is the deal breaker for me.

  • Of course the S801

  • SAMSUNG GALAXY ALPHA (S801) or samsung galaxy alpha ? Who is better?

  • It was released in Malaysia about a month before you wrote this....

  • Does this Alpha (having Snapdragon 801 chipset) have ISOCELL image sensor technology?

  • samsung galaxy alpha is good but it has not radio !!!! whatsssssss!!!!!!!?????? check this out

  • For battery life with a 2500 Mah battery, just add about 35% to any time with normal battery. So people averaging 3.5 hours of SOT would get about 4 hours 45 min.

  • nice phone but the most disappointing thing is that it does not have a card slot

  • Yes. I agree. I wasted money on alpha yesterday.

  • Why the camera of Alpha is better and fast compare to Galaxy s4. No slow movement of vision when you shake the phone during camera is On.

  • Unfortunately, It seems that Samsung needed a thin low capacity Battery in order to achieve 6.7mm thin Device. I don't know about everyone else, but I do NOT care if a Phone is 7 mm or 10 mm thick, I would much prefer a strong battery and SD Card. Samsung will soon have a 2500 Mah Battery Kit for Alpha with Backplate, ( slightly thicker). I HOPE Samsung makes a 4.7" screen Pro Device with similar features to Note 4.

  • Unfortunately, It seems that Samsung needed a thin low capacity Battery in order to achieve 6.7mm thin Device. I don't know about everyone else, but I do NOT care if a Phone is 7 mm or 10 mm thick, I would much prefer a strong battery and SD Card. Samsung will soon have a 2500 Mah Battery Kit for Alpha with Backplate, ( slightly thicker). I HOPE Samsung makes a 4.7" screen Pro Device with similar features to Note 4.

  • Unfortunately, It seems that Samsung needed a thin low capacity Battery in order to achieve 6.7mm thin Device. I don't know about everyone else, but I do NOT care if a Phone is 7 mm or 10 mm thick, I would much prefer a strong battery and SD Card. Samsung will soon have a 2500 Mah Battery Kit for Alpha with Backplate, ( slightly thicker). I HOPE Samsung makes a 4.7" screen Pro Device with similar features to Note 4.

  • Lack in many specs if campared 2 galaxy s4 no air gesture,no sd card,low capacity battery,expensive.Better go4 galaxy s4

  • They are making a 2500 Mah Battery/backplate for Alpha so, they are responding.

  • OK I will pay $ 750 for these specs ! Go call Samsung it can be their new phone for December, or December 15 , or this two weeks. Lol.

  • Samsung will be making soon a 2500 mah battery and backplate Kit , a little thicker. What will battery life be with 2500 mah ?

  • Hi Dear There is only one thing bad about samsung phones its Battery timing & also some ladies are getting hot very quickly. Make some improvements Buddies. Regards User

  • Wow, extremely bad battery life. Too bad, because it is a very beautiful phone and I was thinking to buy it before I saw the battery details...

  • samsung has a negative impression for its worst designs in the past... that thing is still affecting this awesome device... this is much more beautiful than many top end devices...

  • i am planning to buy this masterpiece but wanna know one thing... which version is available in india?? as i want the exynos version.. not that friendly wid snapdragon

  • Just bought. Regret buying. Bad battery. No fm radio.

  • Yeah only the looks of it stands out.

  • When this little fella come over to Malaysia? I'm waiting anxiously for this babe!!!

  • wel its battery backup is worst i have ever come across to any samgung phone. not worth buying. i just wasted my whole sum money on this cel and regretting it.. 20 min earlier it was showing full charged and now its 60% ..hell no to this galaxy alpha..

  • Does it have two processors?

  • is not it octa core ?

  • This phone is the best looking samsung's phone why design got a 6.9? Haha the voting is just a joke.

  • it's a very XTREME alfa !! hello when available to alfa dous

  • Nice good looking phone with all the latest spec. but the battery power of 1860Mah is not enough to resist it. should have been at least 2500Mah

  • best

  • Low battery back up of 1860 mh

  • nice phone and nice specs that's enough hardware to handle may apps including my games games.

  • No external memory slot, Low Battery MaH

  • Samsung has provided nice handsets but what about gorilla display,almost hin handsets they haven't given cratch resistant display even if charged huge amount. for eg Galaxy grand 2 And Motorola n others provides gorilla display in low prices

  • This phone has charger?

  • Nice but than ficture bad

  • No SD card ..stupid error for phone this price .What was Samsung thinking

  • that's is new thinner hignest desing of smartphone, but why not to do another thinner samsung smartphone with new Exynos 5433, how have to be FHD and contain this specs: 1.Display.- 5"inches FHD - LTPS - 441 ppi 2.Memory.- 3 GB RAM 3.Chipset.- Exynos 5433 4.Battery.-2400mAh

  • Is it nice ??? Bcoz i am thinking to buy this...

  • you can download a radio app !!!

  • Galaxy S5 is better See Link!

  • low battery backup

  • no radio, no buy, Not everybody has unlimited data and coverage. and sometime is nice to have some music or local news @local radio. i'll buy other brand with radio lg or sony

  • bcz its having that much space and Samsung is trying to make itself apple

  • cost-cutting

  • what about usb otg ?

  • one do clerifed plz why doesn't avilable External Memory card slot? Thank You!

  • Nexus 6

  • consider Nexus 6

  • wooooow super speed mobile fhn for iternet.......very super faaaast.......but bttry pik up ......is not gooood .....othrwise mobile speed is super very super.....

  • Thermal barrier coatings (TBC) lol , i like that one you are a genius man

  • you serious brother?? TBC is simply to be confirmed not thermal barrier coating.

  • TBC = To Be Confirmed (lol)

  • Thermal barrier coatings (TBC) are highly advanced material systems usually applied to metallic surfaces, such as gas turbine or aero-engine parts, operating at elevated temperatures, as a form of exhaust heat management. These coatings serve to insulate components from large and prolonged heat loads by utilizing thermally insulating materials which can sustain an appreciable temperature difference between the load-bearing alloys and the coating surface.[1] In doing so, these coatings can allow for higher operating temperatures while limiting the thermal exposure of structural components, extending part life by reducing oxidation and thermal fatigue. In conjunction with active film cooling, TBCs permit working fluid temperatures higher than the melting point of the metal airfoil in some turbine applications.

  • What is "protection TBC " ?

  • What is "protection TBC " ?

  • but htc has good price now.look at desire 816 and 820 and 310 one and dual sim all of them.M8 is pretty expensive just for body and as you know lg said if they made G3 with metal body it would be 200$ more.and now we see htc has good price and some expensive prices in htc are for high quality(vetu uses better quality than htc and it is very very expensive but it is not unreason).htc is mini version of luxury not as luxury as vertu .... now htc has many gadget and some of them have equal quality or a little higher and price is equal or lower,maybe. look at htc new gadget and compare specs/price balance with other brands.

  • iphone also have 6 hour battery backup sir

  • cost 24990 rub here... nearly twice more expensive than meizu mx4... i was thinking about a proper size phone, but not in that price... with that kind of pricing policy samsung will follow htc pretty soon.

  • Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400 backed up by 1860 mAh -_- Why Samsung !!

  • good observation

  • do u work for samsung???????????

  • Yes, a lot of futures, but what about whith this battery? It seems that I need to charge it every 6 hours. Samsung has to think again!

  • poor battery life

  • Samsung is making ridiculous compromises with Alpha to achieve 6.7 millimeter Thin Device that weighs about 4.5 ounces. Does ANYONE want to lose SD Card and larger Battery for Thin Device ?

  • A lot of good points here. I need a smaller powerful phone so am following Galaxy Alpha and the A 300 A500 and A 700 hoping these issues will be solved. Battery 1860 Mah will be even worse with Qualcom chip compared to Exynos 20 nm technology . A version of Alpha could be made thicker , 9 or 10 millimeters instead of 6.7 and could have the Camera from Note 4 with OIS , 2500 Mah Battery, more powerful SOC, 3 Gigs RAM, SD Card. DONE. Price about like Note 4 but fastest phone yet and 4.7" Compact size. Forward to Samsung , lol.

  • not even this model dedicated for SE ASIA doesn't have radio? guys do u all have unlimited free internet and coverage? i need a fm radio. i need to look at lg or some xperias

  • Its kinda ok with the screen, camera but the battery...emm....

  • Samsung please make same phone (design) with 5.2 inch ..and take my money

  • Ram-2.5Gb Battery-2800mAh Diagonal-4.7/470ppi Camera-13megapixel Frontal-5megapixel Ip58 Protection-Gorilla Glass3

  • Can it be wirelessly charged ????

  • i like it

  • More liked if this phone have this specs: 1.Display.- 4.7" QHD - LTPS or IGZO - 600 ppi 2.Memory.- 3 GB RAM 3.Chipset.- Exynos 5433 or Snapdragon 805 4.Battery.- 3000mAh

  • Coping of iPhone 5s- No micro sd slot 1860 mah battery Aluminium body

  • Does the camera have Image stabilization?

  • in these days who can live with

  • I am telling everybody that says this phone is inferior. This is a flagship device it isn't any worse than S5 actually this is better than S5.

  • I think battery power 1860 mah is not enough as I have experience from other smartphone. Samsung company can better increase the battery power.

  • Oh man the battery.....

  • if it cost lower than Mi4 then i can consider it. otherwise why buy an inferior phone with higher price tag?

  • 1860!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Exynos is more power efficient and also has 20 nm arhitecture... This CPU will kill the battery very fast

  • I liked the alpha but it should have some more special like water and dust ressitant so it will be superb

  • Definately if u want more portable and practicle device cause less size and resolution refers to better performance with s801 processor .But in terms camera , bigger screen note wins hand

  • What is your idea about alpha`s cost? and galaxy alpha is beter than note 4 , is not it?

  • Its going to be successful in long run.

  • Yaa its fast enough,but touchwiz UI sucks

  • My dream come true first snapdragon 801 with 720 hd super amoled display its break antutu records .... due it doesn't have useless 1080p screen so its drain less juice .... perhaps its doesn't available in south east countries so willing to buy it from UK

  • it has a good body but features wise it is stupid s5 is just the fone

  • omg, S801 + 720p screen? that would break record in Antutu :D

  • i like the specification of the phone except for the battery, is there a reason why is it below 2000mAh?... a quad-core phone with low battery???

  • this version is more interesting !!!

  • At least, Asia will not get those exynos version instead of Qualcomm and I'm happy at all.

  • samsung probably have a deal with qualcom for either cheaper prices or chipset timed exclusivity.

  • I can understand the dual (Exynos/Snapdragon) version strategy before LTE support in Exynos. Now that Exynos supports LTE, why? Moreover, why the Snapdragon version in the Far East/SEA where there are tons of China/India made devices running Snapdragon. Samsung is trying very hard to commit suicide...

  • 2.5 Quadcore.. 1860 mAh battery!! Are u kidding me!! :-(

  • GUYZ Don't underrate it!! Give 10,10,10!! COZ sony phones blaze)heat0 up like hell and they are number 1!! Shame on u ppl!!

  • really? just for fm radio?

  • Great smartphone, but low on battery capacity, hope, got low price in Malaysia

  • If you dont buy, 10 milions buy this bussines smartphone ;)

  • body metal to late. iphone rullz !

  • Exynos looks more power efficient.

  • Only 1800 mAh battery on a brand new phone with SD 801?! No thanks, no can do.

  • What is iphone 6?

  • Three Phones in competition Lumia 830, Galaxy Alpha, iPhone 6

  • Amazing!

  • No Fm Radio , No Buy