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Alcatel Idol 4 Review

Score: 65.7 / 100

Alcatel Idol 4 is a powerful phone launched in June 2016, packed with a high performance 1.7 gigahertz Octa-Core processor, a pretty large 5.2-inches screen, and two cameras, a 13 mega-pixels back facing camera and an 8 megapixels front-facing camera.

The Alcatel Idol 4 is a combination of Glass and Metal . This cellphone is much lighter than what one would think about a phone this size. This phone is extremely slim and stilized, being just 0.28 inches thick. This cellphone just has 5.79" long, but it still manages to hold a 5.2" display.

Alcatel decided to power this device using an exceptional 1.7 gigahertz Octa-Core processing unit, bundled in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 8952 chip and a big 3 GB RAM. A nice feature of this cellphone is the 16 GB quite big internal storage and an external SD slot, allowing you to install a couple hundred games and apps without any trouble.

This device features two cameras, a 13 mega-pixels back side camera and an 8 mega-pixels front facing camera. This cellphone also captures 1920x1080 Full HD videos at 30 fps.

The Alcatel Idol 4 has a beautiful 5.2 inches screen with a 1080 x 1920 (Full HD) resolution, which makes it impossible to even distinguish the pixels that compose the screen.

This phone features wifi connectivity (which can be shared with other devices around, acting as a router or modem), 4G (LTE) high performance internet connection and also HSPA+ data connection, which is a bit slower 4G type and the fastest 3G internet connection, using HSDPA and HSUPA technologies. The Alcatel Idol 4 uses a Nano SIM card to use GSM services.

This phone also includes many interesting characteristics like NFC, Bluetooth (4.2 ), GPS Geolocation and FM Radio, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass.

The Alcatel Idol 4 features a 2610 mAh inmense non-removable battery, enough to provide this phone with a great battery life. An issue to take into consideration is that this cellphone's battery is non-replaceable so you can't throw it away and buy a new one when it starts to get older, whereas with its 2610 mAh you will probably discard this cellphone before it becomes an issue.

No matter whether you need a phone for work, you love taking pictures, are looking for a gaming cellphone or want a cellphone to majorly use social networks and internet browsing, this cellphone is probably the right choice for you.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Alcatel
Operating System (OS):Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Dimensions:5.79 x 2.85 x 0.28 inchesMetric14.71 x 7.24 x 0.71 cmImperial
Weight:4.76 ouncesMetric134.94 gImperial
Materials:Glass and Metal
Release date:2016-06-01

Display

Screen Type:IPS LCD
Size:5.2 inchesMetric13.2 cmImperial
Resolution:1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD)
Pixel density:424 pixels per inchMetric166.93 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:No

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 8952
Processor:ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 1700 MHz)
RAM Memory:3 GB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 405
Internal Memory:16 GB
SD Card Slot:microSDXC (up to 512 GB)

Battery

Removable:No
Capacity:2610 mAh

Camera

Back camera:13 megapixels
    Sensor size:0.33 inches (1/3")
Front camera:8 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD)

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800 DD), 28(700 APT), 38(2600), 40(2300)
UMTS Bands:Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.2
GPS:Yes
NFC (Near Field Communication):Yes
Radio:FM Radio
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor