Android weekly overview No. 1 2015: Alpha Galaxy stops and lollipop for OnePlus One – Android Planet

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‘Samsung is going to stop Galaxy Alpha

Samsung will stop the production and sale of the Galaxy Alpha. The device would be replaced by the Galaxy A5, which is part of the premium metal smart phone line. Samsung threw his money on the marketing side Galaxy Alpha. As early as the model Doutzen Kroes to the phone to be the face of which is specifically aimed at young people. The Galaxy Alpha was Samsung’s first smartphone with a metal frame and thus excelled smartphone in the Galaxy line of the South Korean manufacturer. The Galaxy Alpha production would soon be stopped by Samsung, as the materials are. The unit is sold at a relatively high price and Samsung 2015 would like to bring the cheaper A-line to the man. This A-line also features the metal design, only have the smartphones midr ange specifications.

“Americans are satisfied with their Samsung smartphone than iPhone

American consumers are more satisfied with their Samsung smartphone than their iPhone, according to a research on the satisfaction of consumers in the United States. The survey was conducted by the e American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a renowned institution that publishes frequently results of similar studies. Consumers were more positive about Samsung 2014, while satisfaction with Apple a little slumped. Smartphones Apple took as an ACSI score of 79, while in 2013 this number was 83. Samsung achieves this year a score of 81. This is five and ten points higher than in 2013 and 2012 respectively.

Many more mobile Internet traffic during New Years this year

It was made much more use this year during the New Year mobile internet. Vodafone has namely compared to last year measured an increase of 55 percent. According to the provider was especially appealed to 4G: Use this was four times greater than last year. Internet was at Vodafone Customer pretty popular. There was also still a lot of calls: 7 million times, but that is a decrease of 3.6 percent. In addition, fewer text messages sent: 15 million, representing a decrease of 30 percent. It was in Amsterdam the most calls (especially on the Dam) in Rotterdam most data was consumed. KPN also reports that there are more mobile data traffic was around the t urn of the year. According to the provider was three times more use than last year around the same time. T-Mobile was between twelve and two tonight sent 182 percent more data than usual on a Wednesday night.

Huawei sold 75 million smartphones in 2014

Chinese smartphone maker Huawei sold in 2014 as many as 75 million smartphones . A significant increase compared to 2013, but the target of 80 million was not achieved. Huawei sold in 2013 about 52 million smartphones. For 2014, the company hoped to achieve a growth rate of 54 percent, but that did not work. The Chinese company sold according to an internal memo, which is owned by Reuters, some 75 million Huawei smartphones, less than the targeted 80 million units. In 2014, Huawei was, however, closer to the goal than in 2013. The company then sold 52 million phones, but the pursuit was 60 million. Additionally, Huawei sold 23 million more smartphones than in 2013, sales grew by 30 percent to a n amount equivalent to about 9.71 billion euros.

OnePlus brings Android Lollipop Alpha for OnePlus One

OnePlus has Android Lollipop Alpha, a test version of Lollipop, to the popular One- phone. The official OnePlus forum to read that the Chinese smartphone manufacturer started working with Android Lollipop Alpha in response to the recent problems with CyanogenMod. Thus, the latter the software in a number of countries no longer want to maintain. However, important to know that it is a version of Android 5.0, which is not yet completed. Therefore, there are still a lot of bugs present, though OnePlus do plan to resolve this. When the software is ready for the general public, is possible that ‘ie over-the-air update is sent to all users .