Samsung has lately been pushing out
Android 5.0 Lollipop updates for various
high-end Galaxy-series handsets.
Samsung's support page has now tippe
that the Android 5.0.1 Lollipop update is
planned for more devices including the
Galaxy Alpha , the company's first metal
clad smartphone.
Additionally, the Android 5.0 Lollipop
update is also listed to reach the mid-
range Galaxy S5 mini alongside the
Galaxy Note II .
Samsung's Finland and Denmark
support pages (via GSMArena) list
upcoming Android software updates for
several Galaxy range smartphones. Apar
from the above mentioned three
handsets, the list also includes the
Galaxy S4 , Galaxy S5 , and Galaxy Note
4 , all of which received the Android 5.0
Lollipop update recently. Unfortunately,
the official support page listing doesn't
include any time-frame for the Android
5.0.1 Lollipop update for the listed
handsets.
It's worth noting that Android 5.0
Lollipop update for the Galaxy S5 mini
was earlier tipped by Samsung France.
The company had suggested that the
Android update will start rolling out in
the second quarter of 2015.
The Samsung Galaxy Note II, on the
other hand, was also confirmed to receiv
the Android 5.0 Lollipop update last
month by Samsung Poland .
Last week, Samsung France revealed tha
the Galaxy Note 3's lite variant, the
Galaxy Note 3 Neo, would receive Androi
5.0 Lollipop this year. Unfortunately, the
South Korean giant did not reveal a time
frame for the release of the Android
Lollipop update for the Samsung Galaxy
Note 3 Neo .
To recall, Samsung Galaxy Alpha was
launched last year in August and ran
Android 4.4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box. It
was launched in India at Rs. 39,990 in
September.
It features a 4.7-inch HD (720x1280
pixels) Super Amoled display and sports
a sleek profile with dimensions
132.4x65.5x6.7mm and weighs 115
grams. The Galaxy Alpha is powered by
an octa-core chipset with quad-core
1.8GHz and quad-core 1.3GHz. The
smartphone also comes in a quad-core
variant with a clock speed of 2.5GHz. It
features 2GB of RAM and 32GB inbuilt
storage that is non-expandable. It sport
a 12-megapixel rear camera and also
includes 2.1-megapixel front-facing
camera. It packs an 1860mAh battery.
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