Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ Octa-Core Smartphone to Debut India on 29 May: Report

TCL Communications' owned Alcatel One Touch is reportedly launching the flagship Octa-core smartphone Idol X+ in India later this month.

The company has begun sending out invites to media for a press meet scheduled on 29 May, reported NDTV Gadgets.

The MNC company is said follow the Motorola strategy to go solo with Flipkart as their exclusive retail partner to sell the Idol X+ in India.

The feature-rich Idol X+ originally made its global debut at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2014, Las Vegas. It sports 5.0-inch full HD display with Dragontrail glass shield and runs on the out-dated Android v4.2 Jelly Bean OS (most likely to feature either v4.3 or KitKat during India launch).

Under the hood, it packs the 2.0GHz MediaTek processor, Mali 400 graphics engine, 2GB RAM, 16GB inbuilt storage, 13.0-megapixel camera with LED flash, a 2.0-megapixel snapper on the front side (with full HD video recording ability), 2500 mAh battery which can power phone up to 20 hours of talk-time and close to 320 hours under standby mode.

Many might consider Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ is a bit late to arrive in India as domestic players have already flooded the market with multiple low-cost Octa-core devices, but if the phone is competitively priced under ₹20,000, the phone has a chance to give stiff challenge to Micromax Canvas Knight A350, Intex Aqua Octa, Wickedleak Wammy Passion X, Karbonn Titanium Octane, Octane Plus and the recently released Chinese phone Gionee Elife S5.5.

Key Specifications of Alcatel One Touch Idol X+:

 [Image Credit: Alcatel One Touch]