Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ Review

Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ is an incredible phone launched in 2013, which counts with a comfortable 5" multi touch screen, an extremely powerful 2 GHz Octa-Core processing unit, a 13.1 megapixels back side camera and a 2 megapixels front side camera. We will get a better idea about this cellphone's advantages when we get into more details.

Alcatel ships this cellphone with a high performance Octa-Core processing unit running at 2 GHz, packed into a MediaTek MT6592 chip and a large 2 GB RAM. Helping with graphic calculations, it also uses a 700 megahertz ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU. The Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ counts with a impressive 32 GB internal storage and though it doesn't have an external memory card slot, it it is more than enough to install hundreds of apps and even the largest games available nowadays without even thinking about filling it.

Alcatel made an excellent design job making this phone as lightweight as 4.41 oz. Alcatel is offering the Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ in 2 colors, black and white. This device is extremely thin and practical, with a thickness of just 0.32 inches. The Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ only has 5.53" long and 2.72 inches wide, but it manages to hold a 5" screen.

This phone is equipped with a great 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) 5 inches screen, making everything look completely perfect. This screen uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and can detect multiple fingers at the same time.

This phone has two cameras, a 13.1 megapixels back facing camera and a 2 megapixels front side camera. It is also able to shoot videos in 1920x1080 (Full HD) at 30 fps. Additionally, the camera has many valuable features like auto-focus, flash, face detection shooting, digital image stabilization, geo tagging and HDR mode.

The Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ comes with a 2500 mAh inmense Li-Ion non-replaceable battery that can keep it running for many hours without charging it at all. Alcatel informs a talk time of 27 hours and a stand by time of 650 hours for this cellphone. An issue to take into consideration is that the Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+'s battery is non-replaceable so you can't buy a new battery when it begins to lose its charge, even though with such a great capacity you will probably replace this cellphone before that happens.

The Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ counts with Wi-Fi capability (although it can't provide it to other devices as a mobile mobile hotspot), 4G (HSPA+) data connection, that is not as fast as LTE-A or LTE networks and 3G fast connection type, over HSDPA, HSUPA and EDGE technologies. This phone supports dual SIM so it can to use two different phone numbers and even different carriers at the same time.

This cellphone also includes some useful features as Bluetooth (provides communication with other bluetooth devices, computers, and accessories) and GPS Localization, and multiple sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

Alcatel offers this phone for $ 350, which is a really high price for comparing with other similar phones. The Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ is a very good choice for you it doesn't matter whether you are an amateur photographer, will use it as a social cellphone, need a work cellphone or need a device for playing games.