We’ve been hearing an awful lot about Samsung’s upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Alpha, for some time now. Five variants of the handset have been confirmed to date, the SM-G850A, SM-G850H, SM-G850M, SM-G850T and the SM-G850F — which has now its been exposed as an LTE-Advanced model.

The SM-G850F passed through the Global Certification Forum (GCF) last week, and documentation included in the filing reveals that the variant incorporates LTE Cat. 6 support, therefore disclosing that we’re looking at an LTE-A model of the Galaxy Alpha that will need to be powered by a Qualcomm chip, but it’s unknown which one, yet. If we had to hazard a guess, we’d say the Snapdragon 805.

As previously rumored, the Galaxy Alpha is believed to pack a 4.7-inch 720p display, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage (expandable up to 128GB via microSD), a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing shooter, IP67 certified – dust and water resistance, a heart rate sensor, a fingerprint scanner and a 2,800 mAh Li-Ion removable battery.

If you wish to view the full GCF filing – just click the source link below.

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