Earlier this year, Alcatel released the Alcatel 5 Android Smartphone. Alcatel 5 is an upper-mid-range Android device with facial unlock features. Alcatel 5 also has an 18:9 display, which is surprising considering the fact that it doesn’t come with Android 8.
The Alcatel 5 is the phone to go for if you don’t want to spend much but want high-end specifications. Also, with a lot of high-end features, it’s difficult to call this a budget smartphone.
Let me quickly review this Alcatel smartphone.
Design and Display
Alcatel 5 sports a brushed metal-look unibody that genuinely makes it feel like a smartphone that should cost a lot more money.
The Alcatel 5 smartphone has dimensions of 152.3 x 71.1 x 8.4 mm (6.00 x 2.80 x 0.33 in). With a weight of 144g.
The device also has a 5.7-inch IPS Capacitive Touch-screen, with 16M colours. With a resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels, it has an 18:9 aspect ratio (~282 ppi density).
This handset has Multitouch features. In addition, there’s a Fingerprint Scanner located at the rear of the phone. Also, it comes in two colour variants: Metallic Gold and Metallic Black.
Hardware and Software
The Alcatel 5 Android smartphone comes with Android 7.1 (Nougat) operating system.
Alcatel 5 is powered by a MediaTek MT6750 chipset with a 32-bit processor. It also comes with an Octa-core processor configured at (4×1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.0 GHz Cortex-A53).
Furthermore, it uses a Mali-T860MP2 GPU for graphics handling. Alcatel has launched its own Face Key technology that works in a similar way to facial unlocking technology.
This device offers 2/3Gb of RAM and 16/32Gb of inbuilt memory. Which can be expanded to 128Gb using a microSD card.
Other sensors on this device are Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, and compass sensors.
Camera and Battery
Alcatel 5 features a 12 MP (f/2.2, 1/2.9″, 1.25µm) camera. With autofocus, dual-LED dual-tone flash.
Upfront, there’s a Dual: 13 MP (f/2.0, 1.4 μm) + 5 MP, 1080p camera. This camera takes crisp selfies that make you happy.
As for the battery life, there’s a Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery.
Price
The Alcatel 5 Android smartphone sells for about 230 EUR. Which is equivalent to N97,208.
Full Specifications
Here are the full specifications of the Alcatel 5.
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
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| LAUNCH | Announced | 2018, February |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Available. Released 2018, February |
| BODY | Dimensions | 152.3 x 71.1 x 8.4 mm (6.00 x 2.80 x 0.33 in) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 144 g (5.08 oz) | |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 5.7 inches, 83.8 cm2 (~77.4% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 720 x 1440 pixels, 18:9 ratio (~282 ppi density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android 7.1 (Nougat) |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Mediatek MT6750 | |
| CPU | Octa-core (4×1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) | |
| GPU | Mali-T860MP2 |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 128 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 32 GB, 3 GB RAM (5086D/Y) or 16 GB, 2 GB RAM (5086A) |
| CAMERA | Primary | 12 MP (f/2.2, 1/2.9″, 1.25µm), autofocus, dual-LED dual-tone flash |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama | |
| Video | [email protected] | |
| Secondary | Dual: 13 MP (f/2.0, 1.4 μm) + 5 MP, 1080p |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth | 4.2, A2DP, LE | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS | |
| NFC | Yes (5086Y only) | |
| Radio | FM radio, wireless FM | |
| USB | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass |
|---|---|---|
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| – MP3/AAC+/WAV/Flac player – MP4/H.264 player – Document viewer – Photo/video editor |
| BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery |
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| MISC | Colors | Metallic Gold, Metallic Black |
|---|---|---|
| Price | About N94,000 |