Since I have never heard of this smartphone and the price - in my opinion - is quite cheap (to buy time 349), I was initially quite skeptical whether it can convince me. This then also a lot of criticism has been practiced on the battery, made my skepticism not better.
Nevertheless, I bought it and regret this purchase for a second !!
Here the points that I find positive:
+ Very bright screen and razor sharp!
+ System is very responsive and very fluid
+ Metal frame makes the phone look more stable
+ Is very good in the hand and is easy
+ At the keyboard, the numbers are now directly above in the first row above the normal letters. So if you still need to text, numbers, does not have to switch back and forth to. Even the "ä", "ü" and "ö" are directly on the keyboard with present.
+ Menu is much more appealing designed as the S3 was
+ Camera makes very good and detailed images! For all Selfie lovers there is even a portrait mode in which small bumps are equal laminated. Even there is a panorama function (I've already tested, works great!)
+ Battery will last very long! Criticism of the battery I can not understand, for me it lasts much longer than the S3! And the S3 I was at the end of the day very often at the limit! Has not yet happened to me with the Galaxy Alpha! So a clear "+" for the battery!
+ Finger scanner can be very easy to operate and is also recognized directly without problems
+ My standard widgets like weather, alarm and flashlight are also available and work as they should :)
+ LTE device is "capable"
What can be seen as negative, but for me does not matter:
- Nano-Sim necessary (I had to re-request, is yes but no drama ...)
- Memory is not expandable, there is no slot for Micro SD (hand me the installed 32 GB but from)
As you can see my review determines you that I am not a technical expert sees, because the precise technical details, I did not go into. To be honest, because I know myself and not good enough to be able to judge a book by. However, I can evaluate what I see. And Samung Galaxy Alpha is for me a Top mobile, with a super intense color and sharp display, a very fluid and fast system and super features! It tops my S3 a lot!
So a strong buy recommendation!
