Alcatel OneTouch has launched a new smartphone the Idol 3 which is a very unique smartphone.
Rolled out at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona the new Alcatel OneTouch is reversible with users able to speak on the phone with the top side down.
This isn’t a big problem for most people and while some may claim that it is a gimmick the reality is that quite a few Android smartphones feature symmetrical designs that make it hard to quickly tell which side is up. The Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 eliminates this problem.
the 7.7mm thick device comes in two variants the larger variant has a 5.5-Inch Full HD IPS display while the smaller one has a 4.7-Inch 720p display. the devices are set to sell in Australia for sub $450.
Both these phones run Android 5.0 Lollipop.
The Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 5.5-Inch variant comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC that has a 64-bit octa-core processor, 2GB RAM and lets you choose between 16GB and 32GB inbuilt storage. This phone has a 13-megapixel rear camera with an f/2.0 lens, while its front camera is an 8-megapixel one. The phone comes with a large 2910mAh battery.
The smaller 4.7-Inch variant of the Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 has a smaller 2000mAh battery, 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 SoC and a 5-megapixel front camera. Other than that, its specs are similar to that of its bigger sibling.
