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Yep. That's a Samsung phone.
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TouchWiz still looks like TouchWiz.
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The top right has a peel-away fingernail slot. Is the whole back plastic?
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The sides, though, look to be not just metal, but chamfered. Everyone loves chamfering.
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The chamfering gets a lot stronger in the corners.
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Photos posted on the Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo show a new Samsung device said to be the "Galaxy Alpha." The leaker says (through translation) that the device is made of metal with a 4.7-inch screen and a "flagship S5 configuration," which presumably means it has the same specs as the Galaxy S5.
The leaker also says that the back is still removable, and pictures show the typical fingernail slot to peel away the back panel. Presumably the removable back means only the sides are metal, with the back being plastic.
A high-powered 4.7-inch device made out of metal sounds a lot like Samsung's preemptive strike against the iPhone 6, which is rumored to have the same size screen. 4.7 inches would put the Galaxy Alpha at the smaller end of the Samsung spectrum, though the top and bottom bezels means the device itself won't be quite that compact.
According to The Wall Street Journal, in its recent earnings call a Samsung SVP told investors about its upcoming phones, saying one would have "a large screen" (the upcoming Galaxy Note 4) while another would be built using "new materials." It appears the Galaxy Alpha is that upcoming "new materials" device—and that new material is metal.
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