Alcatel One Touch Idol 2 mini S: 5 things you need to know!
The Alcatel One Touch Idol 2 Mini S is a small but smart looking handset with a design, camera and set of specs that mean it shouldn’t be overlooked. Though Alcatel One Touch might not be as well known as the likes of Samsung or Apple, the Idol 2 Mini S offers a whole lot more than some of the other ‘miniature’ smartphones on the shelves.
Interested? Let’s take a look at 5 things you need to know before buying the Alcatel One Touch Idol 2 Mini S.
1. It’s extremely snappy
With an 8-megapixels camera the Alcatel One Touch phone has all the resolution you will need for capturing amazing snaps that will blow you away with their startling clarity. There are even tonnes of built-in tools to aid your photographic adventures, including autofocus, night mode, panorama shot, burst mode and sport mode.
HDR (High Dynamic Range) is also featured and this handles scenes where both light and dark elements are within the shot. On top of that, there’s a photo editor for making those final tweaks in the aim of creating the perfect pic.
If you are looking to record video then a 1080p resolution at 30 frames per second allows for great results and a specially added continuous video stabilisation means that you can shoot on the move. Video chats and selfies are handled by a very respectable front-mounted 2-megapixel camera, which is good news for all self portrait buffs!
2. It’s small but powerful
This Alcatel One touch mini smartphone fits into the ‘miniature’ sizing range perfectly with its 4.5 inch display. This is complimented by a waistline that is only 8.5mm thick, reducing the weight to only 116 grams which makes it one of the lightest smartphones on the market today!
The Idol 2 Mini S still packs a punch though with a powerful 1.2GHz quad-core processor and 1GB RAM. All of this means that no lag time will be experienced when enjoying the multitude of Android apps available from the Google Play app store.
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3. One finger is all you need
Pinch and zoom is out of the window and instead we see a more practical solution that tailors itself well for one-handed operation. To enact the new one finger zoom system, all you have to do is a double tap on the screen. With a finger still pressed onto the screen from the second tap, users can move their finger up or down to zoom in or out of web pages and images in the photo gallery- simple!
All of this onscreen finger action may have some concerned about fingerprints and smudges on the screen but this won’t be the case at all. Alcatel has chosen to apply an oleophobic coating to the display and this resists the natural finger oils which have been guilty in the past of ruining our visual experiences.
4. It’s tough
The Alcatel One Touch Idol 2 Mini S is an extremely tough and robust smartphone and the screen is protected by Dragontrail Glass. This alternative to Corning Gorilla Glass is 6x stronger than conventional glass, is scratch resistant and a 1mm thick sample can withstand 60 kilograms of force by bending before it breaks. So while the Idol 2 Mini S is small, it sure is mighty.
5. It has stamina
A 2,000mAh battery keeps the Idol 2 Mini S performing throughout the day- and night!- and offers up to 35 hours of music playback or 13 hours talk time. Standby times of up to 400 hours are possible with the Alcatel One Touch device, and when time is short the phone can be fully charged within 3 hours. So, thankfully, you won’t be running in the direction of the nearest power socket at the end of each day!
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