Chinese smartphone manufacturer Alcatel has introduced its latest flagship smartphones called the Idol 4 and Idol 4S at the Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. The TCL-owned company introduced the fourth-generation of its Android-powered Idol lineup with quite impressive features and specifications.

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Alcatel's Idol 4 smartphone features a 5.2-inch screen, while the Idol 4S sports a 5.5-inch display screen. Both devices are running on the Android Marshmallow operating system and are powered by octa core systems-on-a-chip from Qualcomm. The Idol 4 is equipped with the Snapdragon 617 chipset and the Idol 4S comes with the Snapdragon 652 processor.

Alcatel Idol 4 and Idol 4S are both equipped with 3 GB of RAM. In terms of its storage, the Idol 4 smartphone comes with a built-in 16 GB internal storage, while the Idol 4S features a 32 GB Internal memory. Both devices support microSD card.

These two smartphones are also equipped with a dedicated "Boom Key," which can perform different functions based on the app currently being used - and also call up the camera from standby. Through this feature, users can shuffle pictures to create collages in the Gallery, enhance the bass and sound field when listening to music, trigger various special effects when watching videos and enable a faux-3D effect in the launcher.

Idol 4 and Idol 4S are both LTE ready phones and offers 6-megapixel in the front- shooter camera, but they differ on its main camera as the Idol 4 sports a 13-megapixel cam, while Idol 4S has a 16-megapixel rear shooter. What makes these devices more interesting is that both handsets are capable of capturing high quality videos. The Idol 4 smatphone can capture a 1080p at 60fps video resolution, while the Idol 4S manages to record at full 4K footage.

The battery capacity of Idol 4 is 2610mAh and 3000mAh for the Idol 4S smartphone. The Alcatel Idol 4 smartphone is currently priced at $250 and $400 for the Idol 4S.

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