Alcatel has launched three budget-end smartphones, namely – Alcatel U5, Alcatel A3, and the Alcatel A5 LED smartphones at MWC 2017 in Barcelona. Just a few days ago, Alcatel officially introduced the A5 LED in UK, and now the unlocked Alcatel A3 smartphone is also available to buy in UK.
The Alcatel A3 price in UK is also affordable about £118 and can be purchased via Amazon store in White and Black color options. Its specifications and pricing indicate that it is competitively in the budget price segment.
Alcatel A3 Specifications
The Alcatel A3 smartphone, termed by the company as the “Most Affordable 5-inch HD Smartphone”, the device runs Android Marshmallow. The smartphone features a 5.0-inch IPS LCD display with HD (720 x 1280 pixels) resolution that can translate a pixel density of 294ppi. It is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor fueled by MediaTek MT6737 Cortex-A53 processor coupled with Mali-T720 MP2 GPU. It packs in 1.5GB of RAM and comes with 16GB of inbuilt storage, which is expandable via microSD card up to 32GB.
In terms of optics, the smartphone comes with a 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with f/2.0 aperture, LED flash along with touch focus, HDR, Geo-tagging and Face detection. Rear camera also able to record Full HD (1080p) video at 30fps. There is a 5-megapixel camera at front with LED flash to capture bright selfie and video chatting.
Interestingly, the smartphone comes with front-facing speakers and a fingerprint sensor, which is notably missing from A5 LED. The Alcatel A3 houses a 2050mAh battery that is claimed to provide up to 10 hours of talk-time and up to 12.5 days of standby time.
For connectivity, includes dual SIM slot with dual standby, 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, A-GPS, Bluetooth 4.2 LE, microUSB 2.0 and 3.5 mm audio jack options. It supports Accelerometer and Proximity sensors. The smartphone measures 142 x 70.5 x 8.65 mm and weighs 135 grams.