Alcatel X1

Overview Alcatel X1

Android version and market relevance

New smartphone from the company Alcatel got the name Alcatel X1 and was announced in December 2015.

Smartphone Alcatel X1 works out of the box under the operating system Android version 5.1 Lollipop. According to our information, this model has not received any updates to the software, and if you want to choose some other smartphone on this version of the OS with support for updates, then look at these smartphones on Android 5.1 Lollipop in our catalog.

In addition the Alcatel X1 — is a smartphone for 2 SIM cards, which is ideal if you use the services of several mobile operators.

Screen, body and battery

The screen Alcatel X1 is made using the Super AMOLED technology and has a diagonal 5 inches. Such a large main touch screen certainly affects the dimensions of the case, which has a thickness of 7 mm. Also inside the case is a battery with a capacity of 2 150 mAh.

Main camera and selfie camera

There is an ordinary non-dual camera installed on 13 MP, located on the back of your smartphone.

And on the front of the smartphone we see a camera on 5 MP. Today this is a weak camera. If you are looking for a good camera phone to take pictures of yourself, then be sure to look selfie smartphones in our catalog.

Processor and Internal Memory

The smartphone performance is affected by a lot of factors, and even more so on the android-smartphone, where the developer of the Android operating system and the device manufacturer are absolutely different companies and each develops with its strategy in the market. As a result, in the smartphone you get a hodgepodge: it′s like a “clean” Android, but with a shell from the manufacturer; as though only the necessary applications, but also many unnecessary from the manufacturer. Very often Android-installed apps by default, which you do not even use, are still running and working, they occupy part of the RAM and processor time of your smartphone. This slows the work of other applications and the battery charge is wasted.

So, in Alcatel X1 is installed 8-core processor on the chipset Snapdragon 415. As for RAM, the memory module is used here 2 GB.

You can store your photos, videos, music and applications both on the built-in smartphone memory, and on memory cards microSD up to 256 GB. You are only available 16 GB built-in memory, so you need to be more careful about what you store on the device.

Price for Alcatel X1: buy or not to buy?

$250 is the price for Alcatel X1 at the start of sales. For this money you get a smartphone with a fast processor, a large touch screen, with a very good main camera, and with a conventional front camera. And with such characteristics, the smartphone got into the price segment “Below average smartphones from $200 to $300”, where you can choose any other similar model for a same price.

And how important is the battery capacity in your smartphone? In this model, the battery is very weak. We advise you to look at real long-livers — smartphones with a powerful battery.

Alcatel X1 will be available after the beginning of official sales. We always recommend that you look at the smartphone before you buy it to make sure that it fits you in all respects — screen size, case materials and build quality, speed and smoothness of the interface, photo and video quality, etc. After you choose a model, then you already look at the different offers from the sellers — you can buy it on the Internet or in the offline electronics supermarket. Buy where you prefer, where there are stocks and discounts, and where the seller guarantees the service of the device under warranty.