In front of the official announcement, which is scheduled for August 13th, the company's first metallic smartphone is already available for pre-order. To pre-order the Galaxy Alpha, you have to pay a hefty £549, with no word on when the device will be shipped to you.

The listing has been taken a few minutes ago, but it has revealed more specs. The phone features an octa-core Exynos 5433 processor, a 4.7" 1,280 x 720 Super AMOLED display, 32 GB of storage and a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera along with a 2.1-megapixel front camera. It runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out of the box and supports LTE and Bluetooth 4.0.