Alcatel comes with laptop-tablet combination with Windows 10 and lte
Alcatel has announced a device that is somewhere between a laptop and a tablet, and has a 10.1 “screen. It is striking that support is built-in for the 4g network technology lte. Alcatel also announced two new smartphones.
The manufacturer announced the arrival of the new devices shortly before the start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The so-called Plus 10 is Alcatel’s first two-in-one device and features a full Windows 10 installation. The 10.1″ screen has a resolution of 1280×800 pixels and is powered by an Intel Atom Z8350 that runs its four cores at 1.97GHz. The keyboard dock gives the Plus 10 a USB port and a micro HDMI port.
Furthermore, the Plus 10 has 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB storage memory, which can be expanded up to 64 GB with micro SD cards. Most notably, there is built-in support for lte. In terms of battery life, the Plus 10 should last about eight hours, using both the battery in the tablet and the keyboard dock. Sales will start in June, including in Europe, for an as yet unknown price.
Alcatel also announced two new smartphones with the Idol 4 and the Idol 4S. As previously suspected in rumors, the packaging box of the 4S model appears to be able to serve as virtual reality glasses. As for the hardware, this device features a Snapdragon 652-soc that has four Cortex A72 cores and four Cortex A53 cores. The RAM and storage memory are respectively 3GB and 32GB, the latter can be expanded with micro-SD cards. The screen diagonal is 5.5″ with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels. The camera on the back shoots photos at 16 megapixels, while the front camera at 8 megapixels.
The cheaper Idol 4 has a Snapdragon 617-soc that has eight Cortex A53 cores. The screen has a diagonal of 5 “with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. Photos can be taken with a 13-megapixel camera, while an 8-megapixel camera is built in for selfies. The storage memory is 16GB and also with the Idol 4 can be expanded with micro. -sd cards.
Both smartphones have a so-called Boom button, to which users can link a function themselves, for example taking a photo. When the sale will start and at what price has not yet been announced.