Galaxy F / S5 Prime / Alpha Release Date, Specs, Rumors: August Launch for Samsung’s Premium Smart Phone?

Samsung' latest smartphone could launch in August.
Galaxy F / S5 Prime / Alpha Release Date, Specs, Rumors: August Launch for Samsung’s Premium Smart Phone?
A visitor looks at a Samsung Electronics Galaxy S5 smartphone at a showroom in Seoul on April 29, 2014. (JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
7/19/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Samsung' latest smartphone could launch in August.

According to Korean ETNews, a Samsung Galaxy Alpha will be launched on August 13, 2014.

Galaxy Alpha, also speculated to be the Galaxy F or Galaxy S5 Prime, is reported to have a metal body.

This phone is expected to be the “premium” variant of the critically acclaimed Galaxy S5

Samsung’s CEO JK Shin has said that a “premium” model of the Galaxy S5 is not in the works though, but rumors persist.

Here are the speculated specs of the Galaxy F/S5 Prime/Alpha:

Dimensions: 72.5 x 142mm
Battery: 3000mAh
OS: Google Android KitKat 4.4.4
Display: 5.2-inch QHD, 2560 x 1440; 5.1-inch, 1080p4.7-inch Super AMOLED
Processor: 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-Core; Exynos 5433 
RAM: 3GB,
GPU: Adreno 420; Adreno 405
Camera: 16MP rear camera, 2MP front camera
Storage: 32GB
Colors: Gold, Black, Metallic

See an AP story below.

Samsung suspends China supplier over child labor

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said it has suspended business ties with a Chinese supplier that allegedly hired children.

The South Korean company, which is the world’s biggest smartphone maker, said in its blog Monday that it had found possible evidence of child labor and illegal hiring at Dongguan Shinyang Electronics Co.

Samsung said last week it would urgently look into the Chinese supplier following a New York-based watchdog’s report that it hired at least five children under the age of 16.

China Labor Watch said children as well as minors under 18 worked at Shinyang for three to six months to meet production targets during a period of high demand. The watchdog said the child workers were paid for 10 hours a day but worked 11 hours.

The report detailed 15 labor violations discovered during its undercover investigation. They included child labor, the absence of safety training, no overtime wages and no social insurance for temporary workers, who constituted at least 40 percent of 1,200 employees at the Chinese cellphone parts supplier for Samsung.

China Labor Watch’s report came shortly after Samsung said its audit found no child labor at hundreds of Chinese suppliers. Samsung began inspecting its Chinese suppliers after the labor watchdog raised the child labor issue in 2012.

Samsung said Chinese authorities are investigating the case and if the investigation finds child labor, Samsung will permanently stop doing business with Shinyang.

Larry Ong is a New York-based journalist with Epoch Times. He writes about China and Hong Kong. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore, where he read history.
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