Last month, Alcatel made MWC headlines when it introduced the Alcatel 1X, the first Android Go smartpone. Now the company has revealed that that phone is coming to the U.S.
The Alcatel 1X will cost under $100 when it lands stateside. However, Alcatel isn't saying exactly when that'll be, only that the phone will launch in "the coming months."
The Alcatel 3V will also arrive in the coming months, but Alcatel isn't saying how much that phone will cost. The 3V is priced at €180 ($221 USD) in Europe, so it should be an affordable model when it lands in the U.S.
As a refresher, the Alcatel 1X features a 5.3-inch 960x480 display with 18:9 aspect ratio, a quad-core MediaTek MT6739 processor, 8MP rear and 5MP front cameras, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and a microSD card slot. It's powered by a 2,460mAh battery and runs Android Oreo (Go edition).
While the Alcatel 1X isn't going to blow your hair back with high-end specs, it isn't meant to. Android Go phones are affordable phones that have been optimized to run on entry-level hardware, and Google has optimized many of its apps to take up less storage size and save data usage. For customers that want an affordable device that's not super sluggish out of the box, the Alcatel 1X may be worth a look.
Meanwhile, the Alcatel 3V has a 6-inch 2160x1080 display with 18:9 aspect ratio, quad-core MediaTek MT8735A processor, and a dual rear camera setup with 12MP and 2MP sensors. It's also packing a 5MP front camera, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a microSD card slot, and a 3,000mAh battery. It's running standard Android Oreo.
