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[* black] The newest in a long line of Samsung Galaxy smartphones, the Galaxy Alpha still proudly features an easily removed rear cover and tool-less battery replacement.
[* black] With the Galaxy S5, Samsung made waterproof smartphones standard, with glue and rubber gaskets all over, to keep your delicate pocket computer safe from a drop in a puddle.
-[* black] So what happened with the Galaxy Alpha? Samsung's flagship no longer bears the much-advertised IP67 standard.
-[* icon_caution] ''Going to add a new picture of inside of rear cover here, to show no gasket.''
+ [* black] The first evidence of waterproofing we found in the Galaxy S5 was a rubber [guide|24016|o-ring embedded in its rear cover|stepid=61522]...
+ [* black] ...that is clearly absent from the Alpha. So what happened here? Samsung's flagship no longer bears the much-touted IP67 standard.