Samsung SM-A500 may have a full metal body and a 5-inch display

They are changing the middle line of phones.

I think they should keep using the metal band, and plastic removable back combo. I think it's a good trade off and combo. Consumers still get access to battery, plus they can swap out different covers to suit their moods.

Thank you for explaining my exact thoughts. I laugh at the fact that when my friends and colleagues start to have problems with their non-accessible batteries, they have to take time out to go to a service center to verify the issue and then wait for a replacement. For a flagship phone? I know people with dumb phones that don't miss a beat when the battery fails. They just swap in a new battery and away they go. It also amazes me that phone sites and its editors are so ignorant to the money grab that these manufacturers are creating by making the most failed component on a device; inaccessible. I would just once love to hear an editor praise a manufacturer for keeping the weakest link acccessible. In my day, augmenting a computer by accessibility and easy swaps was what made us the gurus for knowledge. Today's geeks have no intuition or pride. They are more into pretty things and would rather the manufacturers or the industry control the user experience. The days of knowledgeable geeks will be gone. And sites like this will be become irrelevant due to all control and knowledge being forfeited to the manufacturers. John B.

Agree with you @McLTE

I am totally fine with plastic back phones. Galaxy S Blaze, GS4, Mega 6.3, Note 3. They all feel great in my hand. And yes, having removable battery is a plus. I wonder why some people go all crazy for all metal body. Not like anything is wrong with them, but they start to be a little dumb once they criticize plastic. The HTC One M8 gives me some smooth, cold feel in hand. But it's uncomfortable for handling comparing to all the devices I mentioned above (Even the Mega gives a better grip on M8 in many cases). Fortunately, cases exist. They hide the metal body, I'm totally fine with that. Like you said, metal is not any better, just different.

Apple propaganda Source: SamMobile tsk tsk..SamMobile spreading Apple propaganda again!

Tizen is not happening.

Brother?

Yup . It's pathetic to mention Alpha, but not Note 4. The only explanation is; NOT TO ADVERTIZE NOTE 4 as "premium".

Perhaps they are just trying to match harware specs with Apple. I kid! I Kid! Really, I do wonder the same, however - I think if we had no idea of the specs, Most users probably wouldn't notice either. I still find my Note 2 fast enough for anything I try to do. I can't imagine getting the N4 and thinking.. ahhhh.. much better. :P

iBS The sealed cheap aluminium is for mid range phones. Not for flagship phones. For flagship phones is a waste. Only iboys buy sealed all-metal crap for bunch of money. But they buy only Apple logo. See the M7/8 sale. Normal ppl don't buy sealed bricks (at least most of them) Why should Samsung make same mistake?

And don't give it a crappy 720p Pentile display...