alcatel Idol 5s (USA)

  • Released 2017, July
    148.8g, 7.4mm thickness
    Android 7.1
    32GB storage, microSD slot
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  • 5.2"
    1080x1920 pixels
  • 12MP
    1080p
  • 3GB RAM
    Snapdragon 625
  • 2620mAh
    Li-Ion

alcatel Idol 5s (USA) - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Launch Announced 2017, June
Status Available. Released 2017, July
Body Dimensions 148.6 x 70.9 x 7.4 mm (5.85 x 2.79 x 0.29 in)
Weight 148.8 g (5.26 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM
Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.2 inches, 74.5 cm2 (~70.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~424 ppi density)
Protection Asahi Dragontrail Glass, oleophobic coating
Platform OS Android 7.1 (Nougat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 (14 nm)
CPU Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 506
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB
Internal 32GB 3GB RAM
Main Camera Single 12 MP, f/2.0, 1/2.8", 1.25�m, PDAF
Features Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps
Selfie camera Single 8 MP, f/2.0, 1/3.2", 1.4�m
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
 Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio FM radio
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Features Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Battery   Non-removable Li-Ion 2620 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 753 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 20 h (3G)
Misc Colors Crystal Black
Price About 250 USD

alcatel Idol 5s (USA) - User Reviews

  • Thank you for posting about the FM chip, though I knew it had it from the descriptive, but I can’t find it. Do you or anybody know were to find it and what it looks like,thanks.

  • For the record, this does have a FM radio chip

  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 and HTC X10 wants to talk with you...

  • This phone is probably marketed to people who would prefer a slightly smaller, lighter phone, reasonably quick, decent camera, very good speakers, starts out at least with up-to-date software (although Alcatel don't have a stellar record with updates, last year's 4s still being on Marshmallow). Still, people wouldn't buy it for that, nor for heavy gaming. I think it's roughly competitive with the Moto G line, but much more nicely finished. Personally, I would prefer this to the ZTE Axon 7 mini or the Nokia 6, which are in the same general price range.

  • It's so sad that everything but the rear camera got downgraded from it's processor

  • It's because they wont release idol 5 so they had to make compromise and make something between idol 4 and 4s.

  • first company in the world which is introducing phone low specifications phone than its predecessor..... Alcatel stop fooling around people.

  • In terms of power, performance and screen quality Idol 4S is better. But the Snapdragon 625 consumes less battery than Snapdragon 652, of course the Snapdragon 652 is more powerful than 625. The low resolution display of Idol 5S saves even more battery, so if you want more battery life 5S is better. According to rumors the Idol 5S would be also cheaper than 4S.

  • Idol 4S is better than Idol 5S.. is it right???

  • Snapdragon 625 for an Idol 5 series??? Are they serious? An SD 660 would have been the way to go.

  • With 2620 mAh its like joke of a year. Not even a funny to think about this phone.

  • Most probably but as with the last version the new Windows version would also have better specifications than the Android version, there are rumours that Microsoft is switching to a 64-bit release on Windows 10 Mobile, the 64-bit version would support more than 4 GB RAM, so most probably the Idol 5S Windows would be released with the 64-bit release and would have 6 GB or 8 GB RAM with Snapdragon 835 processor on board.

  • What a tiny battery capacity among other specs... no way is this phone worth $280. The zte blade v8 pro and honor 6x both have better specs and more features for less money

  • will there be the version of Windows again

  • To be fair their previous chipsets in the idol 3 and 4 series weren't that great either. (not that I'm hating on alcatel)

  • These are all unofficial speculations, while the Qhd display is probably correct, as they would not likely downgrade something as big as screen resolution and 4K probably isn't coming soon, things like the chipset are probably more up for debate as there are many more choices to be made.

  • True but wouldn't 1080p be a huge downgrade from 1440p. Oh well, that would be their fault

  • I don't think it would cope with the QHD resolution at all. The refresh rates of the screen are going to be low when using daydream and it will probably make you motion sick. Remember the Helio P20 is even worse than the helio X25 and is almost as good as the X20 which is nearly a year old now and wasn't the best there was anyway.

  • I have a question to ask, will the Helio p20 be enough power for this phone to be Google daydream compatible?

  • Yeah it should be Snapdragon 821 at least so I can grab it fast.

  • Even P20 with that 880 MP2 will struggle really bad with QHD resolution. And the whole point of this phone is probably VR with that resolution. But with such a weak GPU it becomes completely unusable for it.

  • Probably will come with MediaTek Helio P20 instead of the P10.

  • Helio p10 with QHD RES???