The lowest-end member of alcatel's roster is no
longer the 1x, for today the alcatel 1 has surfaced over in Russia. It's still
unclear when it will be launched or how much it will cost, but do expect it to
be even cheaper than the € 100 1x.
Like that model, it runs Android Oreo (Go Edition),
which is very good considering the lowly specs at play. The alcatel 1 comes
with a 5-inch 480x960 18:9 touchscreen, a 5 MP rear camera and a 2 MP front
camera (neither with autofocus), and a 2,000 mAh battery.
It's powered by the MediaTek MT6739 SoC, which has a
1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU. You get just 1GB of RAM and 8GB of expandable
storage, which you should find barely workable with the special Go apps suite
that takes up less space than you'd expect.
The phone has LTE connectivity, although only up to
Cat.4 (150Mbps down, 50Mbps up), GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and dual-SIM
functionality. Its dimensions are 137.6 x 65.7 x 9.8 mm and it weighs 134g. The
alcatel 1 will be available in gold, blue, and black.
