The French communication company Alcatel also launched the new line of smartphones in IFA 2015. The smartphones are specially targeted for the mid and low range device category. The new line of smartphones includes ‘OneTouch Pixi’ which is the first Android phone of the company, ‘One Touch pop Star’ and ‘One Touch Go’ are the rugged smartphones have also been presented by Alcatel.
Alcatel OneTouch Pixi is the low-end device with 4 inches display with 480x800 pixels resolution. Alcatel maintains its spatiality in making the slimmest low-end smartphones; ‘Pixi One’ measures only 9.7mm in thickness. The handset is powered with 1.2GHz Quad Core processor paired with Spredtrum 7731 chipset. This Android Phone has 512 MB RAM and has 4 GB internal memory which can be increased via the MicroSD card. The Alcatel OneTouch Pixi has 5 MP rear and 2 MP front-facing camera and runs 4.4 KitKat version of Android operating system. It is energized with 1450mAh Battery which provides 300 hours standby and 7 hours backup time to the users. The smartphone will be available in plenty of colors with the price of $89.
Alcatel One Touch Go Play is the rugged handset announced by Alcatel which is able to endure the rough handling. One Touch Go Play is the first on budget handset in water and dust proof body. As per the company tradition, the handset is available in many colors and has 5 inches TFT screen with 720 pixels resolution. The handset has 1 GB RAM, has Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor. This mobile also belongs to the Android family. This rough smartphone One Touch Go Play has 8 GB inbuilt memory which can be increased up to 32 GB via MicroSD card and has the sufficient pair of cameras as 8MP rear and 5 MP front facing camera. The handset is energized with 2500mAh battery with gives 20 days standby time to the handset and 8.3 hours of talk time to the users.
Alcatel One Touch Pop Start is another budget phone released by the company. The handset comes in two versions 3G and 4G. Besides the connectivity options, the other specs of both versions are slightly changed. The Pop Star 3G has 5 inches display with 720 pixels resolution and featured with Quad Core 1.3 GHz processor paired with MediaTek MT6580 chipset and has 1 GB RAM and 8 GB expandable internal memory. The One Touch Pop Star has 8 MP rear and 5 MP front facing a camera and powered with the 2000mAh replaceable battery. The One Touch Pop Star 4G has the same display but featured with different chipset and processor as 1GHz quad-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6735P. The RAM is same, but the inbuilt memory is changed as 16 GB with the same expendable feature. The camera, battery, and the operating system is also similar in both versions.
Alcatel One Touch Pop Up is the strongest contestant present by the company. The handset has 5 inches HD display with 720 pixels resolution and powered with octa-core 1.4GHz CPU combined with Snapdragon 610 chipset. It is featured with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB expendable on board memory. The handset has 13 MP rear and 5 MP front facing the camera and is available in Black, Amber Orange, Riva Blue, White, and Red color options. Unfortunately, the price of the handset is still not known and will be announced at the time of open market release.