Alcatel OneTouch Pop 2 (4.5) Review

Alcatel OneTouch Pop 2 (4.5) is an interesting Android cellphone, featuring a 4.5-inches display, a high performance 64 bits Quad-Core processor clocking at 1.2 GHz, and two cameras, a 5 mega-pixels back side camera and a 0.3 MP front-facing camera.

Alcatel didn't seem to put much effort to reduce weight in this 5.19 oz device. Alcatel is offering this cellphone in a lot of colors, black, gray, purple, yellow, green, blue, red and white. Being just 0.39 inches thick,this phone is thin and practical. This device is a very compact cellphone, taking into consideration it presents a 4.5" screen and it's only 5.22 inches long.

Alcatel decided to power this cellphone with a high-tech 1200 MHz Quad-Core 64-bits CPU, included in a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 system chip with only 1 GB RAM memory which is a little bit low comparing with its impressive CPU. To help with graphic calculations, it also counts with an Adreno 306 graphics processing unit speeding at 450 MHz. The Alcatel OneTouch Pop 2 (4.5) comes with a quite large 8 GB internal storage and a slot for an SD memory card, allowing the user to install hundreds of applications and games without worrying about space.

The Alcatel OneTouch Pop 2 (4.5) features two cameras, a 5 mega-pixels back camera and a 0.3 megapixels front side camera. It is capable of capturing 1920x1080 Full HD videos at 30 frames per second. In addition, the camera counts with lots of amazing characteristics: flash, auto-focus, digital image stabilization, fast burst mode, HDR mode, smile detection shooting and geo tagging.

This cellphone is equipped with a interesting 854 x 480 4.5" screen, giving this phone a very nice graphical experience. Its screen uses TFT capacitive technology, and can detect multiple fingers at the same time.

This phone provides wifi connectivity (and it can share it with other devices around, acting as a modem), LTE (4G) high speed internet connection and also HSPA+ data connection, a slower 4G variation and the fastest 3G internet connection, using HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. The Alcatel OneTouch Pop 2 (4.5) supports dual SIM cards to be able to to use 2 different carriers or phone lines.

The Alcatel OneTouch Pop 2 (4.5) also includes a few nice features as Bluetooth (4.0) and GPS (Global Positioning System), and a couple sensors likeLight Sensor, Proximity Sensor and Accelerometer.

The Alcatel OneTouch Pop 2 (4.5) uses a 2000 mAh mid capacity battery providing this cellphone with a quite short battery duration. According to Alcatel, the Alcatel OneTouch Pop 2 (4.5) has a reported talk time of 8 hs and a stand by time of 400 hs.

This cellphone costs around $ 249, which is a very high price for comparing with similar phones. No matter if you want a cellphone for playing games or are looking for a social cellphone, this device is definitely a great choice .