Exhibition IFA 2014 is in full swing in Berlin, and the segment of mobile electronics every hour updated with new devices. Their new products were brought here almost all the eminent manufacturers, and Alcatel was no exception. Moreover, the company has managed to surprise fans is quite a balanced line-up, which consists of the flagship smartpeda OneTouch Hero 2, 8-inch tablet Hero 8 and "smart" clock with a circular display, which surprisingly similar to the clock Moto 360 from Motorola. The strong point of all devices was the price of all units belong to the middle price range.
Specifications Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2:
- Screen: 6-inch IPS Full HD-display;
- CPU: MediaTek MT6592 eight core 2 GHz;
- RAM: 2 GB;
- Internal memory: 16 GB + slot for microSD memory cards up to 32 GB;
- communication interfaces: 3G, LTE Cat. 4, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n, GPS, AGPS, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC;
- main camera 13 megapixel;
- front camera: 5 megapixel;
- Operating System: Android 4.4.2 KitKat;
- Battery: 3100 mAh;
- Weight: 170 grams;
- Body material: aluminum.
We should also mention an arsenal of accessories that are available with the phone. Firstly, complete with Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2 comes the stylus to write, under which, in the case there is a separate slot.
Second, the manufacturer has added to the Hero 2 auxiliary device with E-Ink-screen E-Card. It allows you to perform basic functions on the phone, in particular, to make calls and send messages to save battery on the main unit. As E-Card is equipped with an infrared port and a laser pointer. The battery life of the second unit is 30 days.
Third, for the Hero 2 maker released Case MagicFlip LED, which is functionally similar to the same cover for HTC One (M8).
Fans of electronic music will be delighted to another interesting accessory - MagicFlip DJ, which will turn into a miniature smartped DJ mixer.
In Europe, Alcatel OneTouch Hero 2 will go on sale at a price of € 350.
Equally important novelty become "smart" watches that are more a useful accessory for smartpeda Hero 2 and practically do not have autonomy. They are running unknown software platform that provides functions such as replication alerts for incoming messages and various events, control your music player and camera, counting steps taken, distance traveled and check the heart rate.
Also today, became known value of the wrist accessory - € 99.
The latest addition was the 8-inch tablet Alcatel Hero 8.
Mobile computer got the body thickness of 7.3 mm and weighs 310 grams device. It is equipped with a display resolution of 1920x1200 pixels, and the insides repeats that of the smartpeda Hero 2. Different battery capacity - 4060 mAh. Declared support for LTE and the possibility of making voice calls. As for the cameras, they are somewhat weaker than in smartpede: 5-megapixel main and 2-megapixel front camera. However, this should be enough for video calls.
Unfortunately, the cost of the tablet has not been announced.