Alcatel Idol S specification and prices
The Idol S by Alcatel was announced on August 2013 and on sale it appeared on December 2013. This mobile belongs to the middle price range: the lowest Alcatel Idol S price in USA for now is $209.99
The device runs on the most popular platform on the market for now - Android OS. Idol S has released with the already old for today Android version: 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It means that the device will run most part of the old games and apps and a very few number of the newest ones with the current OS version. The Idol S has Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU that shows an outstanding performance. The mobile phone runs 1 GB RAM that is a common amount of memory for normal usage.
The Idol S has nice 8 megapixel primary camera. With such camera owner of this mobile will be able to make nice photos and videos of a rather good quality. To make really high quality photos Specspro advices you to check the better Alcatel phone A7 . Primary camera of Alcatel Idol S can shoot full HD high quality video, which image is not so amazing as 4K but is also very bright and clear.
The phone has a convenient 4.7 inch display.
This phone has non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery, that will guarantee up to 400 hours of standby time and about 8 hours of talk time. It is rather poor battery life results.
The Idol S weight is 110 grams (3.88 oz), it is 133.5 mm (5.26 in) high, 66.8 mm (2.63 in) wide and has a 7.4 mm (0.29 in) depth which means that this mobile phone is thin.
You can purchase Idol S in Slate, Fresh Rose or Cherry Red colors.
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- 2013, August
- Available. Released 2013, December
- Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
- Mediatek MT6577
- Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9
- PowerVR SGX531u
- 8 MP, autofocus, LED flash
- 1.3 MP
- 1080p@30fps
- Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
- 4.7 inches
- 720 x 1280 pixels (~312 ppi pixel density)
- IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Asahi Dragontrail Glass, oleophobic coating
- Yes, up to 5 fingers
- Non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery
- About 700 h / About 400 h
- About 6 h / About 8 h 30 min
- 133.5 x 66.8 x 7.4 mm (5.26 x 2.63 x 0.29 in)
- 110 g (3.88 oz, 0.24 lb)
- Micro-SIM
- Slate, Fresh Rose, Cherry Red
- 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
- microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
- v4.0, A2DP
- Yes, with A-GPS
- Stereo FM radio, RDS
- microUSB v2.0
- Accelerometer, proximity, compass
- SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
- HTML
- No
- Yes
- GSM / HSPA / LTE
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
- LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - 6034R LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 17(700) - 6034Y LTE band 1(2100), 7(2600), 8(900) - 6034M
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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