these days at mwc alcatel unveiled the primary phones of their new idol four line. the alcatel idol 4 and 4s are successors to final year's idol 3, and they arrive with a few thrilling new additions, including packaging that doubles as a vr headset of sorts to use with the phone. evidently, both phones additionally function some spec bumps and size modifications from the four.7" and five.five" idol 3 smartphones. you may see all of the recognised specifications for the idol 4 and 4s inside the chart beneath.
alcatel idol 4 alcatel idol 4s
soc qualcomm snapdragon 617
8 x cortex a53 qualcomm snapdragon 652
4 x 1.8ghz cortex a72
four x 1.4 ghz cortex a53
gpu adreno 405 @ 550mhz adreno 510 @ 550mhz
ram 3gb lpddr3
nand 16gb nand + microsd 32gb nand + microsd
display five.2" 1920x1080 ips liquid crystal display 5.5" 2560x1440 amoled
thickness / mass eight.2mm / 142g
digicam 13mp rear-facing
8mp the front-dealing with 16mp rear-facing
8mp front-dealing with
battery 2610mah 3000mah
os android 6.0 marshmallow
other connectivity 802.11a/b/g/n/ac + bt four.2, nfc, micro-usb 2.zero
on paper, each telephones appear to be they may be quite proper if alcatel is able to hold pricing inside an inexpensive variety. if i have been to make a wager, i would say that each phones are going to are available above the $250 charge of the idol 3, and the idol 4s looks as if it is clearly aimed at the better mid variety or even the pure high quit market as opposed to the mid variety. the idol 4s is absolutely the greater exciting of the 2, with qualcomm's snapdragon 652 soc carrying 4 cortex a72 cores further to 4 cortex a53 cores, and being constructed on a 28nm hpm manner rather than 28nm lp which has been used for maximum of qualcomm's previous 400 and 600 series parts after the pass to traditional arm cores.
both phones have what look to be pretty good displays, as a minimum on paper. the idol 4s is again the more exciting of the 2, with a 5.five" 2560x1440 amoled display. it'll be interesting to look whether or not the display is properly calibrated like other recent amoled devices.
beyond the show and soc, both telephones are very similar. the idol 4s does take the rear digicam from 13mp to 16mp, and it has a bigger battery certainly because it's a larger cellphone, but maximum the entirety else remains the same between the two. some thing to notice is that they are both launching with android marshmallow, that is substantially preferred in a time where many telephones by some means still release with a version of android this is round a year antique.
in addition to being fairly properly phones as far as specs on paper pass, the idol 4 and idol 4s have yet another exciting function. rather than being packaged for your trendy cardboard field with some manuals and a charger, the telephones are available in a unique case that is also a vr headset. much like samsung's tools vr and google cardboard, you mount your telephone internal and may use it for vr. the case looks to be plenty sturdier than something like google cardboard as properly, and i am virtually interested in giving it a attempt.
