Alcatel OneTouch

Behind the former French company Alcatel is a Chinese company, TCT Mobile, and they join the long list of low-cost manufacturers based out of China. However, there seems to be a movement on increasing the quality while still attempting to maintain the lower costs associated with manufacturing in China.

The Alcatel One Touch Idol X comes with some pretty impressive specifications behind it: the 5-inch IPS display with full HD resolution requires almost no side bezel, and while still ultra-slim, the housing - at 6.9 mm - is still thicker than the 6.19 mm Huawei Ascend P6.

The remaining hardware specifications are impressive: the processor is a quad-core chipset with 1.5 GHz. The camera has a resolution of 13 megapixels and is running Android 4.2. The only drawback that we can really think of while looking at these is that the battery is sized only at 2000 mAh.

We will reserve judgment of how everything works in this package, notably the small battery, until we get a hands-on assessment at the latest IFA. Right now, it appears that the device will be available in black, red, and yellow with prices indicated above.