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Alcatel’s new Idol 4S is inexpensive and focused on VR

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;alcatel&lowbar;idol4s&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-1913" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wincert&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;07&sol;alcatel&lowbar;idol4s&period;jpg" alt&equals;"idol 4s" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"423" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Xiaomi and Huawei have been lowering Samsung’s share of the Market for quite some time now&comma; and now the Smartphone giant has to worry about one more rival&comma; Alcatel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;alcatelonetouch&period;us&sol;idol-4s-5-inch-vr-smartphone">Alcatel<&sol;a> revealed its new flagship device at the Mobile World Congress back in February&comma; and it is intended to be the successor of the successful Idol 3&period; The package of the device will serve as a VR headset&comma; and the phone will be priced at 399&period;99 Us Dollars&period;<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>The company has upgraded upon the previous Idol 3 model by replacing its plastic body with a combination of metal and glass&comma; which gives the Idol 4S an elegant design and premium feel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The device will be using Android 6&period;0&period;1 Marshmallow with Alcatel’s personalized interface&period; The Smartphone features a 5&comma;6 inch Quad HD AMOLED screen with slightly curved edges&comma; 3 GB of Ram&comma; a 3&period;000 mAh battery&comma; 32 GB of internal storage&comma; and a microSD slot which supports cards of up to 200GB of memory&period;<&excl;--more--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The only obvious drawback of the phone is its mid-range Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 CPU&period; Although it features 8 cores&comma; it is far behind the Snapdragon 820 which is used by most premium devices released this year&period; We have no doubt that the Phone will function smoothly during normal usage&comma; but it remains to be seen how well it will perform in the Virtual Reality headset&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alcatel has partnered with JBL in order to deliver two 3&comma;6W front-facing speakers&comma; which will make this a good device for Media consumption&period; The back features a fingerprint sensor below the camera&comma; and from the tests we have seen so far the sensor is fast&comma; responsive&comma; and accurate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When it comes to the cameras&comma; on the back we have a 16-megapixel sensor which features Autofocus and the ability to record in 4K&comma; and in the front we have a standard 8-megapixel sensor that doesn’t have any special tricks up its sleeve&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In conclusion&comma; it remains to be seen if the Idol 4S will live up to its predecessor&comma; but we certainly think that it has a big chance of becoming a successful device&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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