It was n’t too long ago that any phone priced around $ 100 would be a sodding joke . And whileAlcatel ’s most recent effort at making a phone that cheapstill had some hiccup , the next version of the budget - well-disposed 1X feel like it ’s assume some braggy steps to fix its mistakes .
properly away , a side - by - side comparison between the new and quondam version shows how far the new 1X has fall . Not only does the newfangled 1x ’s display feature a settlement that ’s double as pixel - rich ( 960 x 480 vs 1440 x 720 ) , the melioration to its brightness and color intensity are leisurely to see even if you have n’t had your eyes checked in a while .
On top of that , Alcatel has slimmed down every proportion of the phone while also upping the size of its filmdom from 5.3 to 5.5 - inches , while simultaneously brush up the phone ’s plastic back into something that feels like a good interlingual rendition of the sandstone texture OnePlus empty a few years back .
Alcatel’s one-handed camera controls should be a nice addition for selfie lovers, and it can be used on both the right and left side of the phone.Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo)
Around back , the new 1X feature a fingerprint reader and dual rearward cameras that consists of a 13 - military police main shooter , along with a second 2 - MP depth sensing element so the 1X can film those shallow depth of field shots like more expensive earpiece do .
But perhaps the 1X ’s bountiful upgrade is what Alcatel included to avail lick some of the slowdown and stammer we encounter on its forerunner : The Modern 1X sports a faster 1.5Ghz quadriceps femoris - core Mediatek MT6739WW processor . Additionally , Alcatel encourage the old 1X ’s base RAM from 1 GB to 2 gibibyte . Those two improvements might not sound like much , but for a phone that cost this petty , every additional turn of carrying into action count .
Alcatel swapped out Android Go for a full - fat translation of Google ’s mobile OS . , but unfortunately , the variation of Android pre - loaded on the 1X , 8.1 Oreo , is a bit dated . get on Alcatel , Android 9 Pie was released more than five months ago . It ’s a new year , there ’s no need to keep trotting out sure-enough versions of Android in 2019 .
Here’s another example of why hole punch selfie cams are going to be big in 2019.Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo)
My other minor gripe is that while the 1X does have a headphone jackass , it ’s also saddled with a micro USB port . This twelvemonth is the year that port ask to die . Thankfully , the 1X comes with a comely - sized 3,000 mAh bombardment , which is the same size as what you get in LG ’s flagship G7 , which is a much more expensive and power hungry earpiece .
And as one small nod to usableness , Alcatel equipped the 1x ’s camera app with a nifty one - handed UI , so you may snap selfie without tense your quarter round , if that ’s your kind of thing .
Alongside the 1X , Alcatel ’s parent society TCL also showed off some concept tech that points towards a more interesting time to come for TCL ’s folk of earpiece . Next to a demo machine with a curving deoxyephedrine display , TCL also had a working covert with a hole - lick selfie cam , a feature that ’s poise to become one of 2019 ’s hottest trends .
Ok , now back to the 1x . With all of its improvements , there had to be a small increase in price . So instead of hovering around a Benjamin , the new 1X is go to be an extra Jackson on top of that , or around $ 120 for those that do n’t know their presidents . For someone who appreciate good cheap phones just as much as the expensive ones , that ’s a price hike I can endure with .
Now we just have to wait for carrier to break up up the 1X , which could chance later this stern when the 1X officially becomes available .
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