Alcatel held its own presentation before the official start of MWC 2016. The Chinese company has introduced new flagship smartphones Alcatel IDOL 4 and IDOL 4S. However, it should be said that new smartphones are not working on Qualcomm 820. Flagship smartphones are equipped with the previous-generation processors.

In addition, the manufacturer announced that OneTouch brand no longer exists.

Sound is the most important

Alcatel IDOL 4 and IDOL 4S became a logical continuation of last year’s smartphone IDOL 3. One of the key features of both smartphones is an excellent sound. New smartphone have received JBL speakers with capacity of 3.6 watts, technology Hi-Fi surround-sound and optimized equalizer with the ability to create your own options.

Funny button

New flagship Alcatel received a new physical button BoomKey. It provides quick access to the functions: start the application “Camera” with a smartphone in the standby mode, optimizing the audio, special effects in videos and special features in games.

Alcatel IDOL 4

Alcatel IDOL 4 is basic smartphone with 5.2-inch IPS LTPS-screen and resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The physical dimensions of the device is 147 x 72.5 x 7.1 mm.

Inside smartphone is Snapdragon 617 chipset, 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory, from which the user has 10 GB. In addition, Alcatel IDOL 4 has a slot for microSD memory cards and dual noise-canceling microphone, supports 3G / LTE networks and includes a battery capacity of 2610 mAh.

The main camera resolution is 13 MP. Also camera supports focus and auto HDR mode. In addition, camera received ultrafast autofocus – it works for 0.1-0.3 seconds. The front 8-megapixel camera has its own flash.

Alcatel IDOL 4S

The larger (153.9 x 75.4 x 6.99 mm) version has 5.5-inch QHD AMOLED-display and chip Snapdragon 652. The internal memory of the model is 32GB (25GB user available), and battery capacity is 3000 mAh.

Both smartphones are available in boxes, from which you can make a virtual reality headset.

OneTouch

Alcatel said it will no longer produce smartphones under the brand Alcatel OneTouch. However, the company has remained a part of TCL Communications and preparing for re-branding.

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CES 2016 came to an end. It is necessary to sum up the results. Many companies presented really interesting smartphone at the show. But today we would like to tell you about plates. At CES 2016 were presented five tablets from the most popular companies.

Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 3 4G and Pixi 4

The first two tablets were developed by French company Alcatel. We are talking about 8-inch Pixi 3 4G and 7-inch Pixi 4. The first tablet is equipped with processor Snapdragon 210 and runs on Windows 10 Mobile. While the second one as the “heart” received processor MediaTek MT8321. Both devices are controversial enough for 2016, but we must mention about the very low prices.

Acer Iconia One 8

In addition Alcatel OneTouch, another company Acer presented new budget tablet. The device costs only $99 and it comes by the name Iconia One 8. It is equipped with 8-inch HD-display, quad-core processor on the MediaTek. RAM and built-in memory is 1GB and 16GB, respectively. Also tablet supports MicroSD-cards up to 128GB. 5-megapixel camera located on back panel and 2-megapixel is on the front. Acer Iconia One 8 works on the basis of Android 5.1. The company did not disclose the capacity of the battery, but it promises about 9 hours on a single charge.

Huawei MediaPad M2

New tablet from Huawei is equipped with 10-inch FullHD-display. Just like the smartphone Huawei P8, new tablet MediaPad M2 works on processor Kirin 930. Inside tablet is 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory. All this set will cost $349. We must say that MediaPad M2 is an ordinary tablet, without any surprises.

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S

This time Samsung has decided to introduce a tablet based on Windows 10. As we know, the new operating system is growing very rapidly, and the South Korean company does not want to stay away.

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S is equipped with 12-inch QHD SuperAMOLED display, keyboard cover, 4GB of RAM and dual-core Intel Core M. What is the price of a gadget with such powerful specifications? However, price is not less impressive – $ 1,000.

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