Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ Review

The Alcatel One bit Idol X+ is one in all the massive surprises up to now at CES. staring at the specification sheet it is a powerful smartphone maintaining with the flagships of 2013, however with an occasional price that ought to see it go up against the Motorola Moto G in terms of value.

It's returning to the united kingdom in Gregorian calendar month, and Pocket-lint was treated to a behind closed doors making known earlier than the official announcement at CES in metropolis to examine what all the fuss is concerning.

 The specs area unit these: the Idol X+runs a 2GHz Octa Core processor that, Alcatel claims, providing AN eighteen per cent power saving over a quad-core chip. however it does not stop at eight cores, there is additionally a formidable 5-inch 1080p IPS 441ppi show that's wealthy in colors, as you'll be able to see from our active photos, and comes with a formidable 170-degree viewing angle. within the hand the screen actually shines and it's promising to examine such a pleasant screen on such a reasonable device.

 On the camera front the Idol X+ comes with a thirteen.1-megapixel camera on the rear and a 2-megapixel snapper within the front for video business. The camera is additionally capable of 1080p Full HD video, creating it ideal for Skype chatting and, of course, selfie vascular plant videos.

 The Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ is powered  by a 2500mAh battery that it manages to cram into a seven.9mm skinny body. Even the speakers area unit at the highest level with SACD 24bit/192KHz playback support and a fast listen in an exceedingly Vegas chamber (Daft Punk Get Lucky, it's all they had) measured remarkably smart, considering.

 In a trial to differentiate itself from the vanilla golem crowd, Alcatel has else its own tailor-made skin to the stock golem expertise. It's unabashedly a cross between Apple's iOS seven and Microsoft's Windows Phone in operation systems. The Apple OS references area unit found within the bright color (the Music brand appearance nearly identical) and therefore the folder style and animation, whereas the Windows Phone influence comes from a vertically scrolling device page that we've not seen anyplace else on golem. The widgets - that run edge to edge to require advantage of the sting to edge screen - allow you to show calendar info among different things.

 There's additionally a rather tasty trying picture gallery reader that runs among the house pages and allows you to flick through your photos while not going into an obsessive gallery app to  view your latest photos either one at a time or in an exceedingly panel of 3.

 It's not reaching to be enough to single-handed cause you to choose this phone over the other, however it's all helps. actually for older iPhone users trying to maneuver to golem and into one which will cuddle them on the manner. 

 The Idol X+ is anticipated within the United Kingdom within the half-moon with a value that's aggressive enough that it makes folks stop and marvel why they're paying prime dollar for the newest flagship handsets.