Alcatel refreshes the One Touch series with super thin Idol Alpha, Idol S and Idol Mini smartphones

Alcatel, the French company well known for its Enterprise level communications equipment is also responsible for some of the consumer facing devices in the One Touch range of Android Smartphones. After launching the One Touch Idol X, the flagship of the portfolio, the company has also released three other phones in all sizes and prices. The three new phones that have launched in the One Touch series are the Idol Alpha, the Idol S and the Idol Mini. This is along with the new Phablet and the Tablet from the same series.

The Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha(Pictured above) is a 4.7 inch device that has a super thin 7.5mm metallic body with translucent edges. These edges are actually luminous thanks to the LEDs embedded in them, and they act as an ambient notification system. The light glows all around the phone when a notification arrives and can be configured to blink in various colours. The device has a 4.7 inch 1280×720 HD IPS screen and is protected by the Asahi DragonTrail glass. Sporting a 13 Megapixel camera, it can record 1080p videos and is powered by a Mediatek 1.2 GHz Quad Core CPU. Here are the complete specs -

• 4.7 inch 1280×720 HD IPS laminated LCD with Asahi Dragon Trail glass
• 7.5 mm thin and Translucent edges for ambient notifications
• 13 Megapixel camera with 1080p Video recording
• MediaTek MT6589 1.2 GHz Quad Core processor
• 1 GB RAM and 16 GB ROM, no micro SD
• 2000 mAH Battery
• Supports 3G and 4G – Single SIM

Next up is the Alcatel Idol S, a slightly downgraded version of the Alcatel One Touch Idol Alpha. Sporting a different body, the red metallic colours strikes a difference from the crowd. Otherwise, the specifications are almost the same as the Alpha, with the downgrades being internal memory(4GB) and the Camera(8 MP), here are the complete specs -

• 4.7 inch 1280×720 HD IPS laminated LCD with Asahi Dragon Trail glass
• 7.4 mm thin Metallic body with coloured accents
• 8 Megapixel camera with 1080p Video recording
• MediaTek MT6589 1.2 GHz Quad Core processor
• 1 GB RAM and 4 GB ROM(Single SIM) and 8 GB(Dual SIM) with expandable micro SD card slot
• 2000 mAH Battery
• Supports 3G and 4G – Single SIM

The Alcatel One Touch Idol Mini the final entrant in the new portfolio with a smaller 4.3 inch screen and even more modest specifications. The mini devices are seen not only as a spec downgrade but in size too, as Alcatel goes down the same route. The complete specifications are -

• 4.3 inch 854×480 FWGA IPS LCD with Black Crystal Touch panel
• 7.9 mm thin Metallic body with coloured accents
• 5 Megapixel camera with 720p Video recording
• MediaTek 1.3 GHz Dual Core processor
• 512 MB RAM and 4 GB ROM with expandable micro SD card slot
• 2000 mAH Battery
• Dual SIM

These are the new Alcatel One Touch phones announced today, just ahead of the very important IFA event that is happening in Berlin, in two days time. It also happens that we are live from Berlin for all the events including the Pre-IFA ones, so stay tuned for all the latest updates and hands on impressions from the show floor as the event happens.