alcatel Idol 2 Mini

  • Released 2014, Q2
    110g, 7.9mm thickness
    Android 4.3, up to 4.4
    4GB/8GB storage, microSD slot
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  • 4.5"
    540x960 pixels
  • 8MP
    720p
  • 1GB RAM
  • 1700mAh
    Li-Ion

alcatel Idol 2 Mini - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100 - 6016X, 6016D
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - 6016A, 6016E
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Launch Announced 2014, February
Status Available. Released 2014, Q2
Body Dimensions 129 x 63.5 x 7.9 mm (5.08 x 2.5 x 0.31 in)
Weight 110 g (3.88 oz)
SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches, 55.8 cm2 (~68.1% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~245 ppi density)
Protection Asahi Dragontrail Glass, oleophobic coating
Platform OS Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 4.4 (KitKat)
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM model
Internal 4GB 1GB RAM (SS), 8GB 1GB RAM (DS)
Main Camera Single 8 MP, AF
Features LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 720p@30fps
Selfie camera Single VGA
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Battery   Non-removable Li-Ion 1700 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 450 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
Misc Colors Cloudy, White, Hot Pink, Slate
Models 6016A, 6016X, 6016D, 6016E
SAR EU 0.43 W/kg (head)     0.58 W/kg (body)    
Price About 160 EUR

alcatel Idol 2 Mini - User Reviews

  • Vrry poor modrl - look at thr trxt, it ia how ita kryboard working %(no rratart, nothing hrlpa, changr of glass did not help. Also yellow spot appeared on thr screen and no way to get rid of it. (only in gorisontal mode it is possible to type, but some screens like contacts have no gorisontal mode, and it is a great problem to type in contacts)

  • Useless. No connectivity in a large building and data connectivity is forever on E

  • Yes there is a way how to install 4.4.2 (custom firmware) write me to [email protected] if you need help how to install that firmware.

  • Still no update to Kitkat 4.4

  • I have it for almost three months and its working great. the only thing is about the frontal camera is not that good, I mean photos and videos look darks, but the main camera its great.

  • I buy one only a week have to take it back to the dealer whenever using the data on it continuously shutting and it don't ring any at all even tho you can listen the music from the phone but wifi works well with it

  • It says: Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.4 (KitKat) but there is no upgrade available and no instruction whatsoever! Good support form Alcatel!

  • Thanks for comments! I was just about to go to the store and buy this fone!

  • Alcatel support address: :) :) :) Shenzhen Headquarters 15/F, TCL Tower, Gaoxin Nanyi Road Nanshan District, Shenzhen Guangdong, P.R. China 518057 Tel (86) (755) 3331 3000 Good luck! :) :) :)

  • Paid $1100.00 TT for this piece of shit in a mall in port of Spain. the phone is Beautifully built but the specs is Crap the gps don't work the WIFI gives trouble ,the phone hangs and LAGS alot and trust me don't try to game on this device . I mean which sick mother would put a 512 chip in a phone in this modern times the box says upgrades to kitkat. HA. and don't talk about the battery it is the worst . the bottom line is there is no way to Upgrade this phone No support from the company .Put a few Dollars more and buy the Samsung S4 mini similar built and way better Specs

  • I could just fling this piece of garbage. How did i get fool into buying this phone 512mb ram in this day and age

  • Thank you for your great information I'll not buy it I'll buy lg G2 mini

  • Hello ,I am buying new smartpfone in few day's and I don't know which one to buy .. Huawei 620s ,Idol mini 2 or Lg l Fino ... If you know which phone is the best , help me chose it

  • CPUZ say: Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, 4X Cortex-A7 @1.2 Ghz Adreno 305, 240 dpi, 960x540. model 6016A please admin update info.

  • i have it for one week now and its working fine for me .i have downloaded a lot of apps but it isnt getting slower or stuck. considering the low price i wasn`t expecting it .my samsung broke down so i had to get a smartphone right away .honestly i am happy with it and i would fully recommend it.i will be keeping it for a while anyway :p

  • I've been using this mob for 7 months and i can sum up every thing as following : 1- no kitkat any more ! Stuck on 4.3 jeallybean with ugly ui and no custmers support. 2-very bad battary it take 4 hrs to go frm 100% to 0% using whatsap only (wifi,bluetooth,gps are off) 3-it take too long time to boot every time 4- gps doesnot work ! It show me in the next city of me ( 45 km away)! 5-u can ues only 2 giga of th 4 internal memory so no large apps! 6- no gaming at all .. gaming=loseing the power in few mints 7-finshing of the back goes one month after fair using 8-no kitkat again ! 9- no custom rooms 10- locked system cant change line type or icon or themes 11- the ram look like 740mb not 1g 12-no 4g support In short : do not waste your money in this phone!

  • yes it is an awsome phone my battery last for 4days and my gps,bluetooth and wifi works very well it also runs heavy games and camera works good too.

  • I need an answer to this question:Is this phone may be an exellent smart phone?Please help me out piking a cheap and a good smart phone :)

  • great phone for low Price, yesterday accidantally it falls to ice bucket and it was wáter on it, and still Works perfectly jajajaj

  • They must use some poor quality components inside which consume a lot. Despite the fact that the battery seems quite decent in specifications it does not last long at all (maximum 5 hours when activating one of the big consumers: wifi, gps, bluetooth). For a phone it might be ok; for a smartphone: forget it.

  • Have it for few months. The answer is simple: NO.

  • Three days with one charge??? Are you kidding? My extremely old samsung omnia lasted 7 days with one charge! What are we talking about, here?

  • Yes, you do. I bought it few months ago with the gps in mind I am already thinking of throwing it to the garbage and buy another brand. Gps simply does not work. The battery life is really, really poor (no wi-fi, no bluetooth, not even gps on). It looks nice but no more than that. Like a blonde...

  • Yes, you do. I bought it few months ago I am counting of throwing it to the garbage a

  • Total deception. Poor battery, unusable gps - unable to get a fix in 30 minutes - I finnaly gave up trying.

  • Hi, I'm thinking of buying a new phone, anyone who knows about phones would be helpful. I am in a doubt whether to buy this one or LG L Fino. Any opinion would be great. Thanks.

  • is this phone is 4 G network

  • Noooo!!!

  • Just hold the power button and it gives you an option for screen snap.

  • I want to buy this mobile phone. Am I macking a big mistake? please answer know. thanks

  • It can record 1080p

  • you need to turn the phone on (despite clear instruction not to), i did it yesterday and it updated BUT it took nearly 20 hours AND it does not upgrade to KitKat, it is still jellybean. Also it deleted any and all data on the phone. Bit disappointed actually, looking for ways to upgrade to kitkat.

  • No!

  • Very bad mobile!! actually one of the worst mobiles in this price range : lagging in no load and any time restarts .. bad touch .. awful front cam .. Android 4.3.3 (old) with awful interface .. N.B. : the phone is very elegant but very bad in performance ,, don't buy it! I bought it and used it in Egypt and I returned it back ..

  • One of the most affordable and powerful smart phone

  • it's a decent phone for a decent price. i bought this phone two weeks ago and until now it has not shown any problem whatsoever. If you are careful with the battery usage , the phone can hold up to three days without charging.

  • Is 4.4 avalaible in other countries?

  • I need someones opinion about this phone, cause i am thinking to buy it but i am still not sure

  • Can someone who has this phone longer than 2 weeks tell me is it good? I am thinking to buy it i am still not sure.

  • How can I take a screenshot with this phone?

  • Is there a way to root this phone? Any sugestión is highly appreciated.

  • What is your opinion about the update? Is it useful? Let us know please?

  • is 4.4 coming soon?

  • what is Hi-Fi after update?

  • exlent phone andreno 305 snap dragon 4 cores 1,2ghz lighthing of phone....

  • is update on 4.4 avelable?i have problem whith soft keys they sometimes not vibrate any onene have this problem?sory on bad englesh.

  • it's very bad camera in vidio mode , make outo zooming and picture be unclear alot of times during vidio recording and readjust the picture all of this action appear in vidio , the center of mintinance change the camera and change software but the problem still in this phone

  • how can i end call by power button?

  • Is it voice so low as a disadvantage or the wrong with my phone ??

  • Anyone know how to root it?

  • Why I cant update to 4.4.3? When the update program told me to connect phone nothing happens. It start to charge (I turned off the phone before connect)

  • Why I cant update to 4.4.3? When the update program told me to connect phone nothing happens. It start to charge (I turned off the phone before connect)

  • Why I cant update to 4.4.3? When the update program told me to connect phone nothing happens. It start to charge (I turned off the phone before connect)

  • In the single sim version only!

  • can idol mini2 put memory card?

  • Same for me. No led alert for emails on the default mail program, or k9 mail. Makes the phone useless to me.

  • Design: Excellent Weight: very light Preformance: good Battery life: not great. Display: good. Wish there was a single sim option in egypt as 8 gb with no micro sd card slot in the dual sim model isn't that great, but i can live with it. Over all, great device.

  • my light notification doesn't blink for missed msgs & calls for Viber, Fb, gmail, only for regular msgs & calls. can anyone help? or there is no option in this model? thnx a lot

  • how come every time i wanna try make an actualization for an app, it says; error there's no space or room available? and i just bouth the phone about 45 days ago,. and another, some days the phone feels like really hot and it kills the battery very fast.

  • I have tried but without success. Maybe because it is under Telenor. Did you try with rooted phone?

  • This phone is right for you. I use this phone for the same things 2 week and it is fast, stable, and battery is very good. I am very satisfy. Camera is actually very nice and you can install egg camera360 or some other app for better pics.

  • how to change color of led notification from WHITE to egg RED?

  • Camera, battery & display are just ridiculously low quality. Not a bad phone apart from that. Cheers

  • how to change color of led identification?

  • Hey guys/girls! Just wanted to know how the phone works. I dont actualy play high rated games on my phone i mostly need it for FB, skype, viber googling stuff... I need it to be "reliable" (more then this sony junker i have) and would need the battery to last atleast 12h and have "usable" GPS. Ye what is "bad" camera in actuality ? Worse then Xperia Ray ?

  • I've got this phone just over a month now and I'm quite satisfied with it. I got it for 60 euro with a 2 year 6 euro/month contract, including data. Its not a power horse for sure, but only game that lags a little bit is GTA SA, though its still quite playable. Everything else works absolutely brilliant, including Modern Combat 4, Nova 3, Call of Duty and so on. I face no problems with camera/display/battery. I guess they could be better, compared to those 500 euro phones like S4/S5, but thats not the case. Compared to my old Nokia 5230, this phone is fantastic. Display is quite visible in direct sunlight. Battery would carry you a day or two, depending on what you are doing with it. With average of 10 min talk/ 3g on/ wifi off/ 30 min browsing/ 30 min games per 24h it consumes around 40% battery. Downsides are: -not perfect build quality- volume up is harder to press than volume down and the corpus of the phone is veeery slightly curved. A non perfectionist wouldnt see the last one though... -hard to find protector and case. though display is scratch resistant with japaneese glass, its still not 100% proofed. Still, if i have to make the decision weather to buy this model today, i would definitely do so.

  • its good mobile and fast in normal useing and the camera is so nice under the sun,when i talk to my friend in chat camera they not believe the clear cam,and said what kind you use of mobile..Alcatel idol 2 mini i said...

  • If u don't care bout camera, Screen & Battery life then definitely it is a good phone but if u do care then I'd recommend the s4 mini

  • this phone is so good i love it buy it

  • Really poor camera & screen resolution. Battery is just horrible

  • bad resolution camera for image and video , me and my friend Are not satisfied , It seems it's a problem in this release

  • inform us when you upgrade

  • anybody tried this to upgrade to 4.4.3 ?

  • dual sim has no external slot I noticed after i bought it :(

  • I bought this phone .. it has a 1.2 GHz quad core processor with ARM cortex A7 chipset, Ardneo 305 GPU.

  • where can i find the external memory cad slot?

  • Did anyone know when will be released update on Kit Kat for this idol 2 mini?

  • This phone in already on Rayashop.com in Egypt but i want any one already used it to inform us about performance and quality

  • Where did you buy the Phone? Because I've been searching everywhere and I can't find any site that sells it, no shops either.

  • Works like charming, great performance fair battery backup.

  • If anyone use this phone plz i want to know how about battery life ?

  • Wich phone is better, LG l80 or this (Alcatel OT Idol 2 Mini) ?

  • In the number of processor cores. Dual core = 2 cores quad core = 4 cores...

  • Wat is the different between quad-core and dual-core??

  • Wat is the different between quad-core and dual-core??

  • Wat is the different between quad-core and dual-core?? Anyone can help me??

  • maybe I can help answer. In Serbia, the phone is available about 15 days. For now, only the version in white with silver back cover. Price is around 220 euros (VAT included in the price).

  • If anyone have information about purchase of this phone please share it(date, country, price and etc.) Thanks,

  • if you want compact, this is the phone for you. if you want quad core, this is the way to go. if you want dual sim, this is the only phone that passes your requirements.

  • The speaker that's longer has a LTE built in while the one that has a smaller speaker has no LTE that the only thing that differs

  • why are the 2 images different?? The phone in the first image is different than the phones on the second image. Look at the speaker hole on the back and in fact the whole back is different.

  • Alcatel France tell me it will be possible to buy it on their website after 15 of june

  • When is this product really ganna be out in the market?? And what country

  • one tuch

  • how would you buy one you can't purchase it from the alcatel website? help me I'm confused!!!

  • Its nice try once I have been since 2010

  • I was able to do a quick hands-on grip of this unit. To me, it is like an itouch unit with phone capabilities.. Now thinking if I'll buy one as a second phone. What may not seem to be all good is the loud label at the back, they could just have it printed in watermark.. Anyway, feel free to hold one to see it yourself.

  • why if you choose a dual sim you wont get any memory slot that sucks

  • I would like to purchase this one its awesome except bettery

  • Yayayaa..take it 4 free

  • I am the first one.