Alcatel and their Idol 5, opinions

Idol 5 was announced by Alcatel in 2017

Core

Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 core was designed for Idol 5 by Alcatel, having chipset Mediatek MT6753, Graphics on Alcatel Idol 5 is Mali-T720MP3.

Storage on Idol 5 is 16 GB, 3 GB RAM, card slot is supported microSD, up to 256 GB, under the hood is Android 7.1 (Nougat).

the composition of parameters this device has counted 31000 on antutu benchmark.

I/O variants

This model has networks EDGE, GPRS, 2G, 3G and LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700). Performance is HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, GSM / HSPA / LTE.

GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go, WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11, b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot, Radio FM radio, Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE.

Idol 5 features

Additional features on the Idol 5 are - MP3/AAC+/WAV player - MP4/H.264 player - Document viewer - Photo/video editor.

Let`s talk about battery , battery is most frequent asked thing on device in nowdays Non-removable Li-Ion 2800 mAh battery.

Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass sensors are supported on the Idol 5.

Physical

Alcatel made their Idol 5 model with width 73mm, height 148mm and tickness 7.5mm.

Alcatel designers have put lot of efforts applied to their new model 1 colors, metal silver also metal black.

On this model maiden as LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, on that point Idol 5 was winning only 41% devices available by screen size, having 5.2 inches, 74.9 cm2 (~69.3% screen-to-body ratio) screen supporting resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels proportions are 16:9 and with density 423 pixels per 1 inch with multitouch support, regarding display protection they can inform that it is asahi Dragontrail Glass, oleophobic coating.

About Alcatel Idol 5 camera

In Idol 5 Alcatel engineers decided to empower with 13 megapixles lens and camera has f/2.0 hole. Few another additional info are phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash. Video on main camera of this device is available with 1080p@30fps modes. This is quite good for example one of available devices at the moment, Panasonic Eluga Ray 700, In Idol 5 Alcatel engineers decided to empower with 13 megapixles sensor and opening is f/2.0. And another extra information are phase detection autofocus, dual-LED flash. Video on main camera of the Idol 5 is available with 1080p@30fps options

13 MP front lens sensor is installed in Idol 5 by Alcatel and camera has f/2.4 hole. Few another additional properties are 1/5" sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, 720p.