Samsung Preparing 3 New A-Series Galaxy Smartphones, A300 Specs Leak on GFXBench

Samsung announced its first metal built Galaxy device last month – Galaxy Alpha. The device offers a premium build and a slightly more appealing overall design compared to the other Galaxy smartphones. It was aimed primarily at taking on the Apple iPhone 6 and offers comparable specifications to the latest Apple iPhone. Now Samsung is planning to expand the Alpha family of devices with three new models under development. All three are said to feature similar design and premium metal body as the Galaxy Alpha. The model numbers of the three devices are: SM-A300, SM-A500 and SM-A700. The lowest end model, A300’s specs seem to have been leaked via the GFXBench app.

The leaked details point to a 4.8” display with 960 x 540 qHD resolution display (perhaps S-AMOLED), Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chipset with Quad-Core 1.2GHz CPU and Adreno 306 GPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage, 8MP rear camera with 1080p video recording, 5MP front-facing camera with 1080p video recording and Android 4.4.4 KitKat operating system. These specs are pretty decent and could mean Samsung is looking to position this one as a premium mid-range handset. This is also the first time that Samsung would be using a 64-bit compatible Qualcomm Snapdragon chip.

According to SamMobile, the A300 as well as the other two models are expected to be released by the end of the month. It does seem like a good idea for Samsung to offer premium built smartphones at different price points with these three A-series Galaxy devices. The A300 itself sounds like a very promising phone and the 5MP front-camera will certainly appeal to the youth and everyone else who is crazy about taking selfies on their smartphones all day. The other two devices still remain a mystery at this point but we expect to learn more about them in the coming days.

Are you excited about the three upcoming Galaxy Alpha smartphones?