#android wars

Along with Canada, the Samsung Galaxy Alpha will be making its way to the UK, where the device is slated to launch September 12, and Germany, with availability set to commence on September 29. While the Canadian version of the device will feature the Snapdragon 801, the Galaxy Alpha in the UK and Germany will run the Exynos 5 Octa 5430.

The unlocked version of the device is available for pre-order for £500 ($805) from Clove and Unlocked Mobiles. Unlocked Mobiles is offering four color variants — Charcoal Black, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, and Sleek Silver — while Clove has all five color variants, including the Scuba Blue edition, previously thought to be exclusive to Carphone Warehouse. Expansys is also carrying the SIM-free variant, although it is costlier at £515 ($830).

Expansys is stocking all five color variants. The carrier-free version might not be available at the same time, however, as Clove and Unlocked Mobiles state that first stock is due to arrive sometime during the last week of September.

Carphone Warehouse has the device for pre-order, with monthly plans starting at £33. The retailer has Charcoal Black, Dazzling White, Scuba Blue and Sleek Silver variants on offer, with an estimated delivery date of September 12. Phones4U](http://www.phones4u.co.uk/samsung/galaxy/alpha) has the Charcoal Black, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, and Sleek Silver color variants on pre-order, with monthly plans starting at £34.50. Stock is expected to start shipping September 12.

In Germany, HandyAttacke has the Galaxy Alpha on pre-order for €565 ($728), with a shipping date of September 26. If you choose to go with Amazon Germany, the device will run you €600 ($773) and will only be available October 19.

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With the iPhone6′s release just around the corner Samsung is going all out on its advertising and marketing efforts to get a lead over Apple’s new smartphone. Galaxy S5 is older by a few months but they do not want to rest on their laurels and want to make sure that they will be the winner in the biggest smartphone war of 2014. How exactly will iPhone 6 fare against the Galaxy S5? With the newer version of the Android OS being upgraded to the Android 4.4.4 Kitkat which is a bombshell in a nutshell, Apple may have something to worry about. If iOS 8 is anything like iOS 7 iPhone6 will have to bow down to Galaxy S5.

Operating System

The  software upgrade for Galaxy 5s promises to fix all previous bugs, reviews claim that the upgraded version runs ultra-smooth, fast and with improvements on the interface that makes it look sleek and elegant. Google did not follow Nestle Kitkat’s tag line “Take a Break” because with how good the 4.4.4 Kitkat has turned out it looks like they did not stop until they got it right. Boot up speed of 20 seconds while iPhone 5s which runs the latest iOS version clocks in at 24 secs, iOS 8 may be able to get the same boot up speed but this is yet to be proven upon its release.

Display

The iPhone 6′s display is probably one of its best feature, with a 1704 x 960 pixel display that creates a pixel density of 416ppi (pixels per inch). Samsung’s AMOLED technology is not too far behind, if it had its previous 1080 x 1920 pixels, (~432 ppi pixel density) it would have beaten the competitor hands down.

Battery Life

On the final lap this is where Galaxy S5 may get the gold. Battey life is most likely to be iPhone 6′s waterloo, even in older versions this has been an issue. iPhone 6′s 1800 mah is a far cry from the s5′s 2800 mAh, this spells the difference between the two smartphones. In fact, Samsung’s latest advertising focuses in this unfortunate weakness, “wall huggers”, a funny way to put the weakness into light. The advert shows Galaxy users roaming around with their smartphone having the time of their life while the iPhone users are all plugged in and “hugging” the wall.

Ultimately, consumers are seriously awaiting the release of iPhone 6 because everyone wants to know how good this new version will be. Looking at the facts it looks like iPhone 6 will be a close second to the Galaxy S5 in the most heated smartphone war of 2014.