Alcatel Idol is a glass-metal smartphone with high-quality sound, a bright and large screen, surprised by its fast operation, a convenient shell and a special Boom button. It is not like other phones and for this reason alone it is worthy of attention
Alcatel Idol: overview
Alcatel is a true "old-timer" of the mobile market. It was founded in Alsace in the century before last - in 1898. For many years the company was engaged in telecommunication and computer equipment.
At the beginning of 2016, the Alcatel brand was seriously renewed: at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, a new company logo was presented, and the name changed - they got rid of the word Onetouch. But, most importantly, a new approach to the audience was chosen. The Alcatel brand has taken a focus on representatives of Gen Z and Milenials - a youth audience for whom the company produces modern devices, making modern technologies accessible. The new flagship devices offer innovative augmented reality experiences and advanced multimedia capabilities, including DJ mixers and a powerful audio system.
Alcatel Idol 4S is a representative of the company's flagship smartphone series. The fact is that there is one more device - Idol 4, it is slightly smaller in size and a little weaker technically.
But the main feature of the device is the BOOM key. With its help, you can quickly take photos even from a locked smartphone: hold down the button and get several frames at once. True, in this case, the photographs are taken blindly and it is quite difficult to achieve an interesting result, you have to rely on intuition and chance. By pressing this button in the Gallery, you can mix the photos in an unusual way. Also, bass is added through this button, you can make the sound cleaner and more spacious. There are many functions of the BOOM button in alcatel idol 4 and alcatel idol 4s, and they can be customized.
Specifications
Specifications Alcatel Idol 4
- Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), UMTS / HSDPA (850/900/1900/2100 MHz), LTE (3/7/8/20) Cat 4
- Platform: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
- Display: 5, 2 ″, 1920 x 1080 pixels, IPS
- Camera: 13 MP, dual LED flash, PDAF autofocus
- Front camera: 8 MP, LED flash
- Processor: 8 cores (4 x 1.7 GHz + 4 x 1.2 GHz), Qualcomm Snapdragon 617
- RAM: 2/3 GB
- ROM: 16 GB
- Memory card: microSD (up to 512 GB)
- GPS and GLONASS
- Bluetooth 4.2
- microUSB 2.0
- NFC
- Hi-Fi sound, JBL speakers
- Nano-SIM
- Battery: non-removable, 2610 mAh
- Dimensions: 147 x 72.5 x 6.9mm
- Weight: 135g
Specifications Alcatel Idol 4S
- Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), UMTS / HSDPA (850/900/1900/2100 MHz), LTE (3/7/8/20) Cat 4
- Platform: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
- Display: 5.5 ″, 2560 x 1440 pixels, Super AMOLED
- Camera: 16 MP, f / 2.0, 1/2, 8 ″ dual LED flash, PDAF autofocus
- Front camera: 8 MP, LED flash
- Processor: 8 cores (4 x 1.8 GHz + 4 x 1.4 GHz), Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
- Graphics chip: Adreno 510, 550MHz
- RAM: 3 GB
- ROM: 32 GB
- Memory card: microSD (up to 512 GB)
- GPS and GLONASS
- Bluetooth 4.2
- Wi-Fi (802.11a / b / g / n / ac)
- Hi-Fi sound, JBL stereo speakers
- Dual SIM support
- Battery: non-removable, 3000 mAh
- Dimensions: 153.9 x 75.4 x 6.9mm
- Weight: 149g
Outwardly, both devices look chic and expensive. Idol 4 / 4S has a touch of the 7th generation Samsung Galaxy, interspersed with Sony ideology, which allowed the devices to be different from other smart phones of late 2015 - early 2016. Despite the fact that Alcatel Idol 4 costs one and a half times cheaper than the Idol 4S version, outwardly you will not immediately guess which of them is the elder. A feature of the older model Idol 4S is a slightly enlarged screen and a protruding camera on the back (like on SGS 6), which cannot be said about Idol 4. Both smartphones will receive fashionable colors: golden, dark gray, metallic and rose gold.
The devices were presented at MWC2016 in Barcelona, and Alcatel Idol 4 / 4S appeared on the Russian market at the end of May 2016. The declared cost at the exhibition was $ 280 for the younger Idol 4 and $ 400 for the older Idol 4S. At the end of June, smartphones appeared in showrooms (Megafon, Beeline, MTS), large stores (Citylink, Yulmart, M-Video, Technosila, etc.) and the official Alcatel store at a price of 19990 rubles. for the younger model and 29,990 rubles. for the senior. Online devices can be found somewhat cheaper, the price for Alcatel Idol 4 starts from 15800 rubles, for Idol 4S - from 26200 rubles.
