The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge and Galaxy Alpha Android 5.0 Lollipop updates are to roll out in 2015.

Currently, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is the latest major smartphone to get the Android 5.0 Lollipop update.

According to reports, the Note Edge will get the Android 5.0 Lollipop update in February 2015 and the unlocked version will first receive it. Carrier editions will soon follow.

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Meanwhile, the Galaxy Alpha will start receiving the latest Android build in March.

The Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy S5 LTE-A and Galaxy Note 4 will receive the Android Lollipop update early in 2015 while the Android 5.0 for Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S4 will be out by Q1 of 2015.

The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge smartphone included an upgraded fingerprint scanner version, which was a feature on the Galaxy S5 early in 2014. The Galaxy Alpha device also has a fingerprint scanner feature but Galaxy Note Edge has a couple of new software features with the fingerprint scanner, as well.

The Galaxy Note Edge's sensor system has the Synaptics' Natural ID solution that divides the fingerprint scanner in two parts. The first part is the home button that reads the bottom part of the user's fingerprint. The second part reads the fingerprint at the screen's bottom.

The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge has a 16 MP rear camera, Samsung Exynos 5433 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset, 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB internal storage.

The device is dust proof and water proof. It comes with an ultraviolet sensor, iris scanner and a virtual reality headset named Samsung Gear VR. Samsung's S Pen stylus is also included in the Note Edge.

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