Alcatel One Touch Idol S - £130 challenger to the Moto G?? LTE+dual core Krait??

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 18 Nov 2013 at 09:54

It also has a 720P screen and supposedly has a microSD card slot:

http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/global-en/products/smartphones/one_touch_idols.html#.Uoni0uLmetY
http://www.gsmarena.com/alcatel_one_touch_idol_s-reviews-5668.php
http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/16/ee-payg-handsets/

It has LTE too. The SOC used is rumoured to be a MSM8930. However,whether there will be update past Android 4.2 is another question.

Edit!!

It might not be unlocked as standard though.

snitcher · 18 Nov 2013 at 10:21

personally i would also choose the moto g. i would have thought alcatel is pre historic.

TheVoice · 18 Nov 2013 at 10:28

Asda sell some Alcatels, they come with Android 2.3.

grudas · 18 Nov 2013 at 10:35

look good for the price, neither moto nor alcatel give much tosh about UK in general as a market.

Sunbed · 18 Nov 2013 at 13:28

grudas said:
look good for the price, neither moto nor alcatel give much tosh about UK in general as a market.

I think the Moto G is Motorola's way of saying "we now give a tosh". I bought one from Phones4u and they said the demand has been very high.

AndyCr15 · 18 Nov 2013 at 15:02

The rainforrest has it for £230. Where is it £130?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 18 Nov 2013 at 17:33

AndyCr15 said:
The rainforrest has it for £230. Where is it £130?

You are thinking of this one:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/alcatel-one-touch-idol-6030d_Mobile-Phone_review

Not the same phone.

AndyCr15 · 18 Nov 2013 at 17:37

Yeah, I noticed after that was a 6030, but Google didn't give any results for a 6034

The question remains, where is it at £130?

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 18 Nov 2013 at 17:44

AndyCr15 said:
Yeah, I noticed after that was a 6030, but Google didn't give any results for a 6034

The question remains, where is it at £130?

EE is meant to be launching it with its new 4G plans in the next few weeks.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 27 Jan 2014 at 18:18

Just saw it for sale in my local branch of EE. Its quite responsive and is not too thick. The screen is bigger than that on the Moto G but it did not appear as vivid.

deltalinx · 27 Jan 2014 at 22:12

Just the name Alcatel puts me off..

DVD Cinema · 30 Jan 2014 at 09:15

Just bought it, £130 + £20 top up from EE shop. Seems excellent to me.

Very quick and responsive, well built, looks classy.

More screen due to hardware buttons.

thep02 · 30 Jan 2014 at 09:28

Looking to get a cheap lte phone for my youngest as his note mic has become ultra muffled unless it's on speaker, this might be just the ticket.

thep02 · 30 Jan 2014 at 10:35

AndyCr15 said:
The rainforrest has it for £230. Where is it £130?

£135 on ebay ee shop now 1 left out of 6.

DVD Cinema · 1 Feb 2014 at 17:14

Snapdragon 400, Adreno 305.

It benchmarked just under a Nexus 4.

areksnumbr1sxylady · 1 Feb 2014 at 19:14

Alcatel was first phone I ever owned.

Skillmister · 1 Feb 2014 at 20:51

Couldn't tell much difference between this and the Moto G when i tried them in EE today. Will probably get one of them, just not sure which.

DVD Cinema · 3 Feb 2014 at 22:55

Just unlocked it for £1.65.

It has SD card slot in side along with sim.