ALCATEL PHONES 2017: RUMORS AND NEWS LEAKS

Alcalel has its hands in a lot of pies. It launched a self-contained virtual reality headset, the Vision, in September alongside a virtual reality camera that shoots footage in 360 degrees. But it’s a smartphone maker at heart. The company became the world’s fifth-largest smartphone vendor in 2014 and shipped 4 million units in 2016. It launched the affordable A3 XL smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And rumor has it more handsets are on the way.



Alcatel will launch as many as five smartphones at Mobile World Congress convention in Barcelona, Spain, according to Hungaria blog Tech2.hu. Details are scarce, but preliminary reports suggest that the phones will feature “innovative technological concepts” and retail on the affordable end of the price spectrum.
Here is everything we know so far.


Modular

According to several reports, Alcatel’s next smartphones will feature a modular accessory mechanism similar to Lenovo’s Moto Mods and LG’s Friends. Aftermarket modules will reportedly stick to the back of the device and provide additional functionality.
One of the modules, a removable back cover, reportedly features LEDs that glow in tune with music. One report compares it to the JBL Pulse line of speakers.
It’s a bit of a surprising direction, given the modular phone concept’s recent travails. LG’s mobile division was forced to undergo restructuring as a result of the LG G5’s poor sales and the company is rumored to have eschewed a modular design for the upcoming G6. Google, meanwhile, canned its long-in-development Project Ara modular smartphone out of concern of poor sales.

SPECS

The smartphone’s hardware remains largely a mystery, and it’s unclear if “five models” refers to five separate and stand-alone phones or five variants of the same device. In any case, the reported specifications of one leaked in mid-January.
Alcatel’s rumored smartphone is expected to feature an octa-core MediaTek processor with a 13-megapixel rear camera and dual-tone flash. It’s estimated to cost $350, putting it firmly in midrange territory. It’s expected to launch in Europe later in 2017.
Another rumor suggests it might be the upcoming Idol 5, the successor to last year’s Idol 4S. If that is true, it will be decidedly high-end. The Idol 4S packs a 5.5-inch Quad HD (2,560 x 1,440 pixel) resolution, an octa-core Qualcomm Snadragon 652 processor paired with 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and a 3,000mAh battery. And it features a “Boom Key,” a button on the side of the phone that can perform different functions in an app — you can double-press it to take a photo, for example, or long press it to take a burst shot.
It’s hard to say for certain just what Alcatel plans to unveil at the upcoming convention, but we will post the news as it develops.
Alcatel’s conference is scheduled for February 26.





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