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Alcatel Idol 4 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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User rating
33
4.4 out of 5
33 user ratings
5 stars
51 %
4 stars
39 %
3 stars
9 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
16
4.1 out of 5
16 user ratings
5 stars
37 %
4 stars
31 %
3 stars
31 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
30
4.1 out of 5
30 user ratings
5 stars
33 %
4 stars
50 %
3 stars
13 %
2 stars
3 %
1 stars
0 %

Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0Android 5.0Android 4.2
CPU clock speed1.7 GHz1.1 GHz1.3 GHz
CPU cores8-coreQuad-coreQuad-core
RAM memory3 GB1 GB1 GB
CPU model
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909MediaTek MT6582M
GPU model
N/A
Qualcomm Adreno 304ARM Mali-400

Display

Screen size5.2 in5.5 in5.5 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCDLCD
Resolution1920 x 1080 px854 x 480 px960 x 540 px
TechnologyIPS LCD
N/A
IPS LCD
Pixel density424.0 ppi196.0 ppi200.0 ppi
Multi touchyesyesyes
Screen material
N/A
DragonTrail Glass
N/A
Touchscreen
N/A
N/A
yes
HDR
N/A
N/A
no

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.0 f
N/A
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px
Autofocusyesyesyes
Burst Modeyesyesyes
Digital Image Stabilizationyes
N/A
yes
Digital zoomyesyesyes
Face detectionyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Panoramayesyesyes
Smile detectionyesyes
N/A
Touch focusyesyesyes

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx2.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage16 GB8 GB4 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage512GB32GB32GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSDmicroSDmicroSD

Design

Colour of productBlackBlackBlack
MaterialGlassPlasticPlastic

Dimensions

Height5.79 in5.55 in6.18 in
Width2.85 in2.81 in3.06 in
Depth0.28 in0.39 in0.33 in
Weight4.76 oz5.89 oz5.86 oz

Sensors

Proximityyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Accelerometer
N/A
yesyes
Digital compass
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Sim card sizeNano-SIMMicro-SIMMicro-SIM
DLNA certifiedyes
N/A
N/A
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.24.12.0 EDR
NFCyes
N/A
N/A
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Type of USB connectorMicro-USBMicro-USBMicro-USB
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yes
N/A
yes
Dual sim support
N/A
noyes

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+HSPA+
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 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
  • 850 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyesyes
N/A
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
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
Navigation system
N/A
GPSGPS
3G UMTS
N/A
N/A
yes
CDMA frequences
N/A
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 2100 MHz

Battery

Battery typeLithium ionLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity2610.0 mAh2000.0 mAh2400.0 mAh
Standby time403.0 h400.0 h
N/A
Talk time14.0 h14.0 h
N/A
Replaceable battery
N/A
yesyes

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