Alcatel 1s

The latest entry-level option from alcatel also features a plastic build, but is a bit more compact at 147.8 x 70.7 x 8.6 mm and tipping the scale at 146 grams. Within that body, TCL fitted a 5.5-inch, 720 x 1440 pixel IPS display, with a slightly less tall, but still perfectly trendy 18:9 aspect. No quoted protective glass, though. Battery capacity is a bit lower at 3,060 mAh. The finish on the unit is pretty comparable to the metallic one on the alcatel 3L, with Metallic Black, Metallic Blue, Rose and Gold as the dye options.

Inside the aclatel 1s is a Spreadtrum SC9863 chipset (8xCortex-A55 @ 1.6 GHz, per official spec) along with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of expandable storage. Not really an abundance of power, but still plenty to run Android 9 Pie out of the box - one better than 3 and 3L at launch. Plus, connectivity-wise the 1s comes pretty close to its siblings, rocking things like Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, FM Radio. Even the back-mounted fingerprint reader is there.

The camera department does have some slight downgrades. The main 13MP (1/3", 1.12um, f/2.0) snapper appears to be borrowed from its bigger siblings. It is joined by a 2MP (1/5, 1.65um, f/2.8) secondary shooter. Despite the lower resolution it still enables the same real-time bokeh features, as well as scene detection (9 scenes). Selfies are handled by a 5MP (1/5", 1.12um, f/2.2) camera.

The alcatel 1s will be available in Q2 this year starting at EUR 109.