One day before the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+
will be unveiled, and two days before the start of MWC, Alcatel will introduce
three new handsets. These include the Alcatel 5 budget flagship model, the
Alcatel 3V and Alcatel 1X. The trio will be announced on February 24th. The
Alcatel 5 will feature a 5.7-inch nearly bezel-less display, carrying a
resolution of 720 x 1440 (HD+) and a aspect ratio of 18:9. Under the hood is an
MT6750 chipset, equipped with an octa-core CPU running at a clock speed of
1.5GHz. The Mali-T860 MP2 GPU is also on board.
The Alcatel 5 will also come with 3GB of RAM and
32GB of native storage. A 12MP camera adorns the back of the phone, along with
the fingerprint scanner. There will be a dual camera-setup in front, and a
3000mAh battery inside. Android 8.0 will be pre-installed.
The Alcatel 3V will feature a 6-inch screen with a
1080 x 2160 resolution. That works out to an aspect ratio of 18:9. A MediaTek
SoC with a quad-core CPU powers the handset, which will be equipped with 2GB of
RAM and 16GB of native storage. A dual camera setup (16MP + 2MP) is on back,
along with a fingerprint sensor.
Lastly, the only information about the Alcatel 1X
that we can pass along, is that the screen will have a lower resolution than
the Alcatel 3V. Despite that, it will still feature an 18:9 aspect ratio. A
single camera and a fingerprint scanner are on back, and this unit could be
priced at less than US$ 200.
