The main thing – what will the young ones say
It is in Russia Alcatel smartphones are usually bought up the Thrifty citizens of middle age, as the French themselves to develop new models now focus on the so-called “millenniums” – audiences born in 2000 and so. They say that these people grew up with an abundance of gadgets, they, therefore, are not grumblers about the “good old days”, of all people, know what should be the modern technique.
And the demands of young people has long been measured not in megapixels, and not even in the cores – to the guys/girls just need gadgets that are stable, pleasant to touch and look, and “fun” in function. No need to wince, Lord of the geeks – take for granted that not everyone in the world live in terms of “pour me a powerful maximum of iron on spent or fuck off back home”.
Golden, dark gray, “rose gold” and silver color new model line
About smartphones
Alcatel Idol 4
Alcatel Idol 4S
Operating system
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Screen
5.2”, 1920×1080, IPS, 424 ppi
A 5.5”, 2560×1440, AMOLED, 534 ppi
Processor
617 MSM8952 Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.5 GHz (8 cores, Cortex-A53)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 MSM8976 1.8 GHz (8 cores, 4x Cortex-A53 + 4x Cortex-A72)
Graphics
Adreno 405
Adreno 510
Operational memory
3 GB
3 GB
Permanent memory
16 GB, slot microSD
32 GB, microSD slot
Link
4G (LTE Cat. 6), 3G, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
4G (LTE Cat. 6), 3G, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
Camera
main: 13 megapixels, autofocus, video recording 1920 x 1080, front-facing: 8 MP
primary: 16 MP, autofocus, video 2560×1440, front: 8 MP
Battery
2610 mAh, non-removable
3000 mAh, non-removable
Sizes
147×72,5×7,1 mm
153,9×75,4×6,99 mm
The estimated price
20 000 rubles
30 000 — 35 000 rubles
Where to buy:
Call vertelki:Alcatel Idol 4S3inline
Android 6.0 standard well modified in the style Alcatel
Beautiful words about a new perception of the brand and other achievements, of course, inspire the audience, but on high performance or luxury in display Alcatel splurge did not – not in the company of army engineers and a pack of processor factories for such ambitions. But in the “middle class”, who comes in with a Bang, the new models are very able to bring rustling.
To impose their tastes, we will not – after clashes between fans of plastic, metal and glass models. Overall both phones look very attractive and pleasant because their designers know about the sense of measures. That is, no new products in the broad “metal hips”, as in the new Samsung, and the glass so neatly outlined inside the aluminum frame, which even POPs up the art to make the bed army.
New Idol — a beautiful and quite distinctive smartphones
Symmetrical design of the housing dates from the time of Idol 3
“Rectangles with rounded corners” in our time navypuskala so much that quotes in the design you find at any models. In the case of new Idol comes to mind is Lenovo K4 Note and ZTE Axon mini, although both of them were published later last year’s OneTouch Idol 3, which means the French have created a design that did not hesitate “to quote” the grandees of the celestial Empire.
Seven millimeters in thickness – an indicator of excellent, because today is so slim allows himself to be only the iPhone and flagship Samsung Galaxy. It has to pay for ergonomics, created on the principle of “all hands on deck” – the top face on the sides of the crowded and volume keys and a key lock, and on the top face and even headphone stands. Do not dare to call this arrangement of keys is tuned for the fingers – rather, your fingers will have to adapt to the features of the smartphone. Thin metal frame and the buttons on it – even thinner, though not tight and running without backlash. But the back cover is pleasing intricate patterns-reflections under the light.
With ergonomics engineers namudrili, but the quality of materials is not to find fault
Alcatel Idol 4
Displays the eye can be assessed as high quality, more can tell only in the presence of a lawyer of the colorimeter. But the sound is pleasing – speakers are very loud and clear, and the music of them to listen nice even though they were clearly prepared as “chants” and low frequency, on first impression, can not give up.
Exhibition samples have been sharpened for Europe market and have the Android system 6.0.1 with such a weighty bundle of preinstalled apps – from mount-antivirus to casual toys. However, all the “adorabelle”, so to experience a special occasion is not. But complete has widgets aggregators of events from social networks, it is quite convenient at the first sight.
The camera was ordinary in quality. At the presentation it was damn dark, and in bearded faces of journalists in the semi-darkness there was nothing to photograph, but now “pull” a snapshot in poor conditions to acceptable quality (as in iPhone Galaxy S6 or Google Nexus 5X/6P), the photosensor can not, therefore, creates the impression that the sensors are somewhere between those of the Honor 5X, the Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 and ASUS ZenFone 2 ZE551ML.
Speakers are very cool, but the camera is not impressed
Alcatel Idol 4S
But the cameras have cool “features”: for all of you who have not decided what angle to capture your face, there is a special mode in which the camera “shoots” selfie photos until that turns the smartphone on different sides of themselves. If desired, in this mode you don’t even have a photo to do it, and leave a video with the process itself. Front facing flash in the news – is also a pleasant nuance.
The creators of Idol proud brand new audio player that is able to pick up music taste, working with streaming services and can play tracks from the internal memory, and supposedly even capable of doing “remixes” of the songs. Orgy with the Russian copyright holders believe that all of these bells and whistles will not work, and trust we will be only to files in the local storage.
Android interface 6.0 in smartphones Alcatel Idol 4 and 4S
Hope also unlikely on a virtual reality helmet and JBL headphones included delivery. In Europe for these Goodies all ready to overpay, whereas in Russia such “ballast” during the crisis period, no one will be happy, so the course will go over available equipment. To grieve for such a “deprivation” we would not have processors and graphics cards in the new issue Idol not so cool graphics, so it was worth it to grieve.
In Europe the smartphone will be a rich package: a virtual reality helmet and pedigreed JBL headphones
Speaking of processors – Snapdragon 617 in a Junior Idol not impressed. Because he is essentially the same 615-d, only in a new wrapper. This means that cost-effective Cortex-A53 “puff” all the same 28-nm process technology and almost identical even with the same clock frequency. In short, speed doesn’t thrill the imagination, although Idol 4 will ask a modest sum, and on this occasion not the fanciest chipset he can be forgiven.
But Snapdragon 652 Idol in 4S is a very curious “stone”: the freshest cosmedent, half cores which are working on the latest architecture Cortex-A72. Yes, process technology 28 nm is already “antiquated”, but in fact the processor is equal steep Kirin 950, Snapdragon only runs at a lower frequency.
Snapdragon 652 bypasses the speed of last year’s flagship Snapdragon 810!
Results look at the screenshots. It is clear that with such potential in the smartphone “want” everything, but “parrots” it even slightly surpasses last year’s flagship – the Snapdragon 810.
Alcatel Idol results Idol 4 and 4S in Antutu Benchmark 5.7
Key “to make it even cooler”
How style “Boom”-smartphones – not the way of the train. The main feature of the novelties is the universal key, by pressing which Idol gets “superpowers” in any scenario.
When the phone is locked – it is able to make photos in a very short time after pressing the button. If you hold it and keep it – takes a series of pictures. If you use the Boom, when the desktop appears – jump beautiful full-screen animation of your current weather (clouds, rain, downpour, sun, etc.). Smartly done.
Key Boom improves the performance of the phone in any task
The idea of “super-powers” at the touch of a button we liked
When you view online videos and includes key surround sound, the music she turns up the volume above the maximum (in normal mode) level and squeezes out a bit of bass during the voice call makes the caller’s voice is much louder and clearer than usual (the lovers to communicate in the station recommend).
The gallery key is building photos into collages, while watching video, adds visual effects (for nothing would be such happiness is not necessary), when recording a video, press starts to broadcast it online and in games “gives a kick” more advantageous to the processor schedulers and adjustment of the clock frequency. With a connected VR helmet the same key performs the analogue of the function “Home” for the virtual desktop.
From a marketing point of view the idea is good – use the button just out of curiosity, what smartphone otchebuchit additionally to usual programs. And, for the most part, its functions are useful, although most smartphone users will have to get used to the fact that the same key may perform different tasks depending on what is currently running on the mobile phone.
About tablet
As declares Alcatel, model Plus 10 – the company’s effort to create a useful and compact PC for the modern world and the modern users. Supposedly, the Game to such a universal role is not good, and Windows 10 – it is, after all, for so ustroistvom the user will and to work, and play.
From a hardware perspective, the tablet is mediocre – average in today’s standards, chetyrehjadernyj Intel Atom x5 Z8350 (slightly more powerful Snapdragon 615, if anyone cares), the minimum acceptable for Windows 10 2 GB of RAM and modest internal storage capacity of 32 GB.
Alcatel Plus 10
Solidly assembled tablet with 4G and good sound. Though not cheap by Russian standards
But its strengths lie in another: support for LTE among findplanet – in itself a rarity, and Plus 10 is not only able to work with such a network, but also distribute it to 15 users at the expense of the access point to the keyboard. In the same keyboard are incremental 2580 mAh battery capacity (tablet itself has a 5830 mAh capacity).
The display is typical for budget models of 1280×800, IPS, and camera in a tablet is traditionally useless, but the keyboard is there a good old full-sized USB for connecting flash drives and other stuff, but the tablet is a Micro-USB cable (not for connection to PC, and Vice versa – for “lace” USB-OTG and any Windows-compatible things) and Micro-HDMI. Two speakers are also a good trait for a device that should replace the computer.
Hybrid tablet Plus Alcatel 10
The tablet and keyboard together very light (850 grams), hardware short-stroke keys, but take up almost the entire available width, so that printing is, in principle, convenient. The rest – of typical tablet on Windows, with its specific use. Alcatel is not without pleasure noted that their Plus 10 more compact competitor, the ASUS Transformer Book T100 and Acer Aspire Switch, and indeed it is.
The price is going to be the average for such models in Russia – 25 thousand rubles, keyboard included. Competitors on the basis of modern Intel Atom processors cost about the same, but the “rootless” Chinese mentoplasty are cheaper by 5-7 thousand commercials, so the popularity of the first Windows-hybrid for the authorship of Alcatel in Russia is not too obvious.
Alcatel Plus 10
Fly or not fly?
The Europeans very warmly received the announcement of new models – by their standards, new Alcatel cost reasonable money. In terms of the ruble today insanely expensive looks any electronics, but, on first impression, the new Idol got potential. Because Idol 4 at a price of 20 thousand rubles will compete with Huawei Honor 5X, and the Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 will not be effaced. But Idol 4S will have a harder time, because in the 30-35 thousand, which for it asked, in Russia you can buy an aging, but still cool LG G4, pedigree and quality of audiocast “Chinese” Meizu Pro 5 with Samsung’s flagship processor, and even zdorovenniy selfie-background Sony Xperia C5 – “vegetable” MediaTek, but with a good camera and quality checked.
Anyway, in the triangle “display-sound-power” Idol 4S looks cool, so you can be at a premium Alcatel will go in Russian sales as well, as now they sell Lenovo and Huawei? Anyway, before April-new items may not come to us, so I believe in the oil, the falling dollar and some novelties of the French company in our laboratory for thorough review.