Alcatel Idol 4, Idol 4S gets official

Alcatel has announced to new Idol series smartphone Idol 4 and Idol 4S at MWC 2016 in Barcelona. The company also announced that it is dropping the OneTouch brand name and will operate under the name Alcatel, and also revealed a new logo.

The Alcatel Idol 4 and Idol 4S comes with an innovative packaging design, that transforms into a VR headset offering an immersive 360-degree viewing and gaming. You can download conetnt from the OneTouch VR store app and stream realtime content via LittleStar.

Both phones sport metal and glass design, giving them a premium feel. They run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and comes with a new Boom Key feature, which offers quick functions to camera, gallery, music, games and more. Audio features on both include 2 x 3.6 watt speaker. The Idol 4 and 4s comes with reversible design as the UI will orient itself correctly when users use the phone right side up or right side down. They also come with two speakers (front and back) that are reversible, depending on which side the phones faces the surface, so that the speakers can play sound on the correct side be it front or back.

The Alcatel Idol 4 features 5-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS LTPS display and is powered by octa-core Snapdragon 617 processor with Adreno 405 GPU, 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage, further expandable via microSD card up to 512GB. For photography, the Idol 4 sports 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and 1080p video recording capabilities. For clicking selfies you get a 8-megapixel front snapper. Connectivity features include 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS with A-GPS, NFC and USB OTG. It is fueled by 2610mAh battery and supports fast charging.

The Alcatel Idol 4S on the other hand, features 5.5-inch QHD (1440 x 2560 pixels) AMOLED display and is powered by octa-core Snapdragon 652 processor coupled with Adreno 510 GPU and 3GB RAM. On-board storage is 32GB, which can be increased via microSD card. It is equipped with 16-megapixel rear camera with dual tone LED flash and 2K video recording capabilities. There is 8-megapixel camera on the front accompanied by LED flash. For connectivity there is 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS with A-GPS, NFC and USB OTG support. It is backed by 3000mAh battery that also supports fast charging.

The Alcatel Idol 4 and Idol 4S comes in Gold, Dark Gray, Rose Gold and Metal Silver colors. The pricing and availability details is yet to be revealed.