Alcatel Idol 5 With 5.2-inch Display and 3GB RAM Announced at IFA 2017

Alcatel has announced the new mid-range smartphone of its already present Idol smartphone series: Alcatel Idol 5 At IFA 2017. The device has a 7.5mm thin metal uni-body and it comes with a 5.2-inch IPS display with FHD (1920×1080) resolution and a 2.5D curved glass layer on top of it.

The Idol 5 is powered by MediaTek MT6753 SoC paired with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, which can be further expandable via micro SD. The battery capacity is a 2800mAh and the device runs Android 7.0 Nougat operating system.

For optics, the Alcatel Idol 5 features a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture and FHD (1080p) video recording at 30fps. There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a f/2.4 aperture with HD (720p) video recording at 30fps. The device also features a Dual Social Accounts functionality that gives you the opportunity to run one social app with two different accounts.

Alcatel Idol 5 Specifications

• Dimensions of 148x73x7.5mm
• Weight of 155g
• IPS LTPS Display of 5.2 inches with 2.5D curved glass, Dragontrial glass, GFF Full Lamination, Oleophobic coating
• Resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, 423ppi
• Rear Camera of 13 mega pixels  with PDAF + CAF, 5P lens, f/2.0 lens, 1/3″ sensor, 1.12μm pixel size, 76.3° wide angles (FOV), dual tone LED flash
• Front Camera of 5 mega pixels with f/2.4 lens and selfie flash
• Android 7.0 Nougat operating system
• MediaTek MT6753 Chip
• ARM Mali-T720 MP3 GPU
• 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM
• Internal memory of 16GB
• Expandable memory Yes
• Connectivity of 4G VoLTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, A-GPS, Bluetooth, Micro-USB 2.0, 3.5mm audio jack, FM radio
• Battery capacity of 2800mAh
• Dual SIM

Alcatel Ido 5 price has been set at EUR 239 – approximately $284 and it will be available from October of this year.