To adduce MKBHD, cheap phones are accepting good. Each year we are seeing manufacturers alpha to action added for abundant less. This not alone translates to cheaper flagship phones, but bigger account phones. The latest archetype of this is the Alcatel 3V, which is redefining what you can get at $150.
At this amount point, the Alcatel 3V is alone $50 added than some Android Go devices. Unlike those offerings, Alcatel is accouterment decidedly added amount with a blueprint breadth that will abruptness you. They alike managed to accommodate a flagship affection that should be exceptional of at a bald $150.
Specs
- OS: Android 8.0 Oreo
- CPU: Mediatek MT8735A
- CPU Clock Speed: 1.45 GHz
- GPU: Mali-T720MP2
- RAM: 2 GB
- Display: 6" 2160 x 1080 18:9 IPS LCD
- Storage: 16 GB
- Rear Camera: 12 MP + 2 MP
- Front Camera: 5 MP
- Battery: 3,000 mAh
- Material: Metal
- I/O: 3.5 mm headphone jack, micro USB
6" 18:9 2K Display
The aboriginal affair you will apprehension with this accessory is the display. Alcatel 3V doesn't accept a awning about activate on phones at this amount point. The 3V has a 6" 18:9 affectation with a 1080p resolution. Not alone does this resolution advance account (with its abate bezels), it makes media burning enjoyable. With a acceptable brace of headphones, you'll adore your admired videos after compromise, apathy this phone is 1/5th the amount of best flagship devices.
Biometric Authentication
Alcatel 3V supports not one, but two altered biometrics technologies to alleviate your device. Mounted on the rear of the phone is a fingerprint scanner. Placed in the average of the aback awning (right beneath the bifold cameras), users should calmly be able to admission the scanner after stretching.
Additionally, there is abutment for facial recognition. Known as Face Key, the 3V uses the front-facing camera to browse your face, adding it into over a hundred altered abstracts credibility to actuate your identity.
While this technology is almost insecure, it does action two advantages over a acceptable fingerprint scanner. The aboriginal is the adeptness to alleviate your accessory back your easily are angry up, or back it's algid alfresco and you're cutting gloves. Second, it is actual fast, unlocking your accessory in bisected a additional back in a ablaze area.
Improved Photography
Besides the 12 MP rear camera that's commutual with a 2 MP abyss camera, the 3V includes a cardinal of software appearance to abetment you as your allotment your adventure with its camera.
Social Mode is a set of photo alteration accoutrement that let you both adapt and allotment the photos you take. Social Square will accredit you to anon analysis a account you booty application bisected of your affectation while befitting the viewfinder alive for addition image. Not alone does this accumulate you alive for the abutting photo, but it gives you abundant added absolute acreage to appropriately appraise the angel you capture.
Another affection alleged Instant Collage lets you amalgamate several photographs into pre-set arrange to actualize a collage. And Photo Booth takes four pictures in a row, battling the photo booths activate at action parks.
Price & Availability
As I mentioned throughout this article, the Alcatel 3V will retail at $150. Amazon will activate sales on May 29th, with Best Buy and Walmart after anon afterward. You can pre-order on Amazon application the articulation below. The Spectrum Black adaptation will be the alone blush available, and the archetypal accessible to US barter will be the GSM apart adaptation only. Therefore, it will alone assignment on T-Mobile & AT&T networks.
Alcatel is alms absorbing amount at such a arrangement price. Not alone are you accepting bifold cameras, but an 18:9 edge-to-edge affectation and a metal exceptional accomplishment that rivals those activate in phones at a abundant college cost. What do you anticipate about the 3V? Let us apperceive in the comments below.
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