Weekly Tech News Summary: 19th August 2014

A Summary of all the top tech stories from the past week

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'Sophisticated' Galaxy Alpha announced

Samsung has revealed their first ever metal-framed phone, the Galaxy Alpha, which they have described as 'sophisticated'. The self-proclaimed 'sleekest Samsung Galaxy smartphone ever' boasts a wafer-thin thickness of just 7mm. This is an impressive 1.1mm thinner than the S5, which is a (no chunky) 8.1mm. More>

HTC reveal Windows Phone version of flagship One M8

HTC have announced a cheaper version of their One M8 smartphone, which will run Windows Phone as opposed to Android. In fact, this modified version will be approximately half the price of the Android counterpart. More>