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Alcatel Idol 3: the first reverse smartphone for RM 1,2K

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August 28
by chris eilers
 Earlier in MWC 2015, TCL Corporation unveiled a project on a new smartphone under the name of their mobile phone division – Alcatel. The device, named Alcatel Idol 3 (or TCL Idol 3) was noticed for being the first phone in the world that can take calls when hold 180 degree reversed.

Today, the Chinese corporation announced that they started to launch the Alcatel Idol 3 on sale in their home country with the price of 1799 yuan. This is equivalent to an Alcatel Idol 3 price in Malaysia as around RM 1200.

Alcatel Idol 3

Alcatel Idol 3 biggest highlights

The biggest highlight of the smartphone is that, it is automatically adjusted by sensing the gravity orientation of the handset and microphone, once the device is turned upside down. And by this, the Alcatel Idol 3 allows you to talk on the phone with microphone and loudspeakers turned respectively to fit.

Alcatel Idol 3

The phone is available in various color options: tyrant gold, elegant silver, sky gray etc. Alcatel Idol 3 looks great in your hands with a display of 5.5 inch and as thin as 7.4 mm. On both sides of the rear (upper and lower), there are loudspeakers to support phone calls when reversed.

Beside the special feature as mentioned, Alcatel Idol 3 carries a combination of really good specs. There are 2 versions of display sizes, known as 5.5 inches and 4.7 inches. And in this post, we are talking about the bigger version of the device.

Alcatel Idol 3 specs

Device Alcatel Idol 3
Display 5.5 inches,IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 1080 x 1920 pixels
Thickness 8.7mm
Weight 149g
Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash.

FRONT: 8MP
Processor Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53
RAM 2GB
Storage 16GB/32GB, expandable to 128GB
OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Battery Non-removable Li-Ion 2910 mAh battery
Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Color options: Various color options

 

Alcatel Idol 3 price

Alcatel Idol 3 (aka TCL Idol 3) is now available in their home country China for a price tag of RM 1,200. We are yet to know whether and when the device will go to our local market yet. But we hope we can find Alcatel Idol 3 Malaysia soon to experience the unique reverse call function.