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Available January 10, If your device meets the update requirements below, you can upgrade to the most current software version. Available November 9, If your device meets the update requirements below, you can upgrade to the most current software version. Overall, the Idol 4S is certainly an impressively-designed smartphone and the switch to a glass-meets-metal design by Alcatel has proven itself to be a worthy successor. However, the screen is on the cooler side with its K color temperature and tends to produce saturated, unrealistic colors.
You get the standard vivid colors and deep, vibrant blacks offered by a Samsung Super AMOLED panel — likely from a couple of years ago — without having to pay a large amount for it. Under the hood is where the Idol 4S seems to have had cutbacks, at least on paper.
The Snapdragon is comprised of a quad-core 1. For day-to-day general usage, the Snapdragon is more than capable and it definitely goes the full mile. Call quality is surprisingly great with this smartphone.
Under the hood, the Idol 4S is powered by a 3,mAh non-removable battery that is quoted as offering up to two-days battery life. In general usage, the Idol 4S gets to 1. The camera produces details that are sufficient and colors tend to be rich in tone, but the Idol 4S struggles with dynamic range, as brighter areas tend to be overexposed. HDR does go someway to solving this problem which adjusts the exposure throughout the range but tends to make the photo appear a bit artificial.
The lack of OIS proves to be a costly miss as shoots in both low light and day light can appear to be noisy. In most low light conditions, the Idol 4S camera does struggle and pictures come out noisy and more susceptible to blurring. By trying to remain faithful to the stock experience, the Idol 4S UX endears itself to purists and customizers alike.
The simplest way to describe the Idol 4S software experience is that it is very much one-step-at-a-time; while other interfaces do offer robust multitasking and are optimised for doing multiple things at once, the Idol 4S takes a more simplistic approach.
It gets the job done… for the average consumer. On the team, both Nirave and I have the Idol 4S and neither of us finds the boom key particularly useful. Overall though, the Idol 4S is definitely a purchase we recommend though. What do you think of the Idol 4S and do you plan to buy one?
If not, which handset would you buy?
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