About a week ago, we reported that Samsung had a new handset in the works that went by the model number SM-A500. Based on the model it is presumably part of Samsung’s Galaxy Alpha series of handsets and thanks to China’s TENAA (the country’s equivalent of the FCC), photos of the upcoming handset have been revealed.
The images reveal just how thin the SM-A500 with its thickness measured at 6.7mm, thus making it as thin as the Samsung Galaxy Alpha. However based on its design, it seems that Samsung has made some revisions to the overall design and it does not sport the weird grooves at the side which is what the Galaxy Alpha had.
While it is hard to tell from the photo, apparently the SM-A500 will also sport a full metal body, versus the Galaxy Alpha which just had metal sides. If this is true, it will be quite interesting to see how well-received it will be amongst Samsung’s customers. Other rumored features of the SM-A500 includes a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, and will run on Android 4.4 KitKat.
It has also been rumored to sport a 13MP rear-facing camera, a 5MP front-facing camera, and will come with 16GB of onboard storage that users can choose to expand via microSD. It will also be accompanied by a 2,330mAh battery. No word on when it will be released but we will keep our eyes peeled for more info.
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