Alcatel announce PIXI 3 range of smartphones and tablets

Alcatel has launched two new Android smartphones and three new tablets at the ongoing MWC 2015 show in Barcelona. The smartphones are Pixi 3 (5.5) 3G and Pixi 3 (5.5) 4G while the tablets include PIXI3 (7) Wi-Fi, PIXI3 (7) 3G and PIXI3 (7) 4G LTE.

The Alcatel Pixi 3 (5.5) 3G is a 3G enabled phone and features 5.5-inch qHD (540x960 pixels) IPS display. It is powered by a MediaTek MT6580 processor.  It will be available in two options - 8GB inbuilt storage and 1GB RAM or 4GB inbuilt storage and 512MB RAM. It also has a microSD card slot to expand the storage capacity which accepts microSD card up to 32GB. It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box. Camera features include 8-megapixel rear camera and 2-megapixel front facing camera. it is backed by 2910mAh battery.

The Alcatel Pixi 3 (5.5) 4G is a 4G LTE smartphone. It features 5.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) TFT display, Qualcomm MSM8909 processor, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage. The US variant will support up to32GB microSD card while the global version will include expansion up to 128 GB. A 2800 mAh battery runs the show. It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop. It come in two camera option - 5-megapixel rear camera and 2-megapixel front facing camera or 8-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front facing camera.

Coming to the tablets, Both the Pixi 3 (7) Wi-Fi and Pixi 3 (7) 3G share the same specs with some minor changes. The Wi-Fi variant is powered by 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8127 processor while the 3G variant is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core MediaTek MT8312 processor.  Rest of the specs on both the tablet include 7-inch HD (1024x600 pixels) TFT display, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal storage and microSD card slot. The tablets are equipped with 2-megapixel rear camera and 0.3-megapixel front facing camera. The tablet measures 189x111x9.1mm, weighs 260 grams and are backed by a 2820mAh battery

Lastly, The Pixi 3 (7) 4G LTE features 7-inch HD (1024x600) TFT display. It is powered by a 1.1GHz quad-core Snapdragon 210 processor. It packs 1GB RAM and houses 4GB inbuilt storage and microSD card slot. It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box. Camera features include 2-megapixel rear camera and 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera.  It is backed by 2820mAh battery, measures 191x109x9.2mm and weighs 260 grams.

Alcatel has not revealed the pricing and availability details of the devices.