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Alcatel Idol 4 Mobile Phone
Alcatel Idol 4
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Sony Zylo Mobile Phone
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Editiorial reviews
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9 editorial reviews
Alcatel launched two affordable yet well-built Android 6.0 Marshmallow smartphones at MWC 2016, the Alcatel IDOL 4S and the IDOL 4....Read more
Can Alcatel continue what it started last year with their latest affordable smartphone offering? We find out, in this our Alcatel Idol 4s review!Read more
So... almost two years after Microsoft's last flagship smartphones (the Lumia 950 range) were launched and roughly a year after HP's Elite x3 became available, we finally have another new handset of note in the ecosystem. Yes, a variant was on limited release, on USA frequencies, late in 2016, but the Alcatel IDOL 4 Pro is here now, and on full 'world' LTE bands. Here's part one of what will hopefully be a stream of review content here on AAWP.Read more
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4.1 out of 5
13 user ratings
5 stars
23 %
4 stars
76 %
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As well as some imaginative colour naming, <b>Sony</b> <b>Ericsson</b> sometimes takes the same approach when naming its devices. One example is the <b>Zylo</b>.Read more
The Sony Ericsson Zylo is the first phone with FLAC support, but does it hit the right note?Read more
A small and sexy music slider – that’s what the Zylo is. Nothing more, nothing less. Sony Ericsson are probably hoping to start bringing up the next...Read more
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User rating
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4.4 out of 5
33 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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4.1 out of 5
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4.3 out of 5
37 user ratings
5 stars
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 5.0Android 10Proprietary OS
CPU clock speed1.7 GHz1.1 GHz3.09 GHz
N/A
CPU cores8-coreQuad-core8-coreSingle-core
RAM memory3 GB1 GB12 GB260 MB
CPU model
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909
N/A
N/A
GPU model
N/A
Qualcomm Adreno 304
N/A
N/A

Display

Screen size5.2 in5.5 in7.6 in2.6 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M262K
Panel typeLCDLCDOLEDLCD
Resolution1920 x 1080 px854 x 480 px2208 x 1768 px320 x 240 px
TechnologyIPS LCD
N/A
Infinity Flex Dynamic AMOLED 2XIPS TFT
Pixel density424.0 ppi196.0 ppi373.0 ppi154.0 ppi
Multi touchyesyes
N/A
N/A
Screen material
N/A
DragonTrail Glass
  • Samsung Ultra Thin Glass
  • Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
N/A
HDR
N/A
N/A
yesno
Touchscreen
N/A
N/A
N/A
no
Dual screen support
N/A
N/A
N/A
no
Scratch resistant display
N/A
N/A
N/A
no

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx3.2 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.0 f
N/A
N/A
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
N/A
640 x 480 px
Autofocusyesyes
N/A
N/A
Burst Modeyesyes
N/A
N/A
Digital Image Stabilizationyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Digital zoomyesyes
N/A
yes
Face detectionyesyes
N/A
N/A
Geo-taggingyesyes
N/A
yes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyesyes
N/A
N/A
LED Flashyesyes
N/A
N/A
Panoramayesyes
N/A
N/A
Smile detectionyesyes
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyesyes
N/A
N/A
Resolution (second camera)
N/A
N/A
12.0 Mpx
N/A
Resolution (third camera)
N/A
N/A
12.0 Mpx
N/A
Lens aperture (second camera)
N/A
N/A
F/1.8
N/A
Lens aperture (third camera)
N/A
N/A
F/2.4
N/A
Primary Field of View (FoV)
N/A
N/A
123.0 °
N/A
Field of View (FoV) (second camera)
N/A
N/A
83.0 °
N/A
Field of View (FoV) (third camera)
N/A
N/A
45.0 °
N/A
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
Automatic
N/A
Video recording
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Storage

Internal storage16 GB8 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 512 GB
256 MB
Memory card readeryesyes
N/A
yes
Maximum card storage512GB32GB
N/A
16GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSDmicroSD
N/A
  • microSD
  • microSDHC

Design

Colour of productBlackBlack
  • Black
  • Mystic bronze
  • Black
  • Pink
  • Red
  • Silver
  • White
MaterialGlassPlasticGorilla glass 6Plastic
Water resistant
N/A
N/A
N/A
no
Shock resistant
N/A
N/A
N/A
no

Dimensions

Height5.79 in5.55 in6.27 in4.06 in
Width2.85 in2.81 in2.68 in2.05 in
Depth0.28 in0.39 in0.66 in0.63 in
Weight4.76 oz5.89 oz9.95 oz4.06 oz

Connectivity

Sim card sizeNano-SIMMicro-SIM
  • Nano SIM
  • Electronic SIM card
Mini-SIM
DLNA certifiedyes
N/A
N/A
no
Bluetoothyesyes
N/A
yes
Bluetooth version4.24.1
N/A
2.1 EDR
NFCyes
N/A
N/A
no
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm
N/A
3.5 mm
Type of USB connectorMicro-USBMicro-USB
N/A
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Dual sim support
N/A
no
N/A
no
Bluetooth profile
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • AAC
  • SBC
Charging connection
N/A
N/A
N/A
USB
USB version
N/A
N/A
N/A
2.0
Video output
N/A
N/A
N/A
No

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyes
N/A
no
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • HSDPA
  • HSUPA
  • HSPA+
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
  • Gigabit LTE
  • LAA
  • 5G NR
HSDPA
2G GSMyesyes
N/A
yes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyesyes
N/A
no
LTE frequencies
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
N/A
Mobile hotspotyesyes
N/A
N/A
Navigation system
N/A
GPS
  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • Galileo
A-GPS
3G UMTS
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Battery

Battery typeLithium ionLithium ion
N/A
Lithium ion
Battery capacity2610.0 mAh2000.0 mAh4500.0 mAh920.0 mAh
Standby time403.0 h400.0 h
N/A
403.0 h
Talk time14.0 h14.0 h35.0 h3.5 h
Replaceable battery
N/A
yes
N/A
yes
Wireless charging
N/A
N/A
yesno
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
  • WPC
  • PMA
  • Qi
  • Fast Wireless Charging
  • Wireless PowerShare
N/A
Fast charging
N/A
N/A
N/A
no

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