Alcatel 5V

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Reviews for the Alcatel 5V

Alcatel 5V Review: Close, But No Cigar
Source: Unbox Archive.org version
While the Alcatel 5V has the specs and features of a potentially great budget mid-range phone for 2019, the phone is plagued with software optimization issues and a half-baked, hard to use UI.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/06/2019

Alcatel 5V Hands On, Quick Review: Budget Mid-Range Challenger?
Source: Unbox Archive.org version
After releasing several smartphones during MWC 2018, Alcatel launched the 5V last June 2018 to strengthen its revamped portfolio. Thanks to its mid-year announcement date, the 5V looks quite different from its brothers launched earlier in the year, sporting a glossy rear panel, dual rear cameras, and a notched display.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/18/2019

Foreign Reviews

56% Alcatel 5V
Source: Android Mag DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/07/2019
Rating: Total score: 56% display: 58% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%

70% Alcatel 5V, análisis y opinión
Source: Computerhoy ES→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/28/2018
Rating: Total score: 70% features: 60% display: 70% mobility: 70% workmanship: 80%

Alcatel 5V, Lo Hemos Probado
Source: Tuexperto ES→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Good price; long battery life; nice cameras; stylish design. Negative: Average performance; poor display.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/21/2018

80% Alcatel 5V
Source: PC Guia PT→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 01/25/2019
Rating: Total score: 80%

Análise ao Alcatel 5V: um excelente relação qualidade-preço
Source: Mais Tecnologia PT→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Decent hardware; nice gaming performance. Negative: Relatively high price; poor display.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/25/2018

83% Recenzja Alcatel 5V – nieprzyzwoicie dobrego budżetowca, zawstydzającego niejednego droższego smartfona
Source: Tabletowo PL→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/07/2019
Rating: Total score: 83% performance: 90% display: 80% mobility: 95% workmanship: 90%

Recenzja Alcatel 5V. Śliczny elegant w atrakcyjnej cenie
Source: Antyweb PL→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Nice design; solid workmanship; beautiful display; NFC chip; long battery life; decent speakers; fast fingerprint sensor. Negative: Low gaming performance; poor connectivity.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/15/2018

75% Alcatel 5V İnceleme
Source: Chip Online TR TR→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/05/2019
Rating: Total score: 75%

Обзор смартфона Alcatel 5V: пробы на главную роль
Source: Hitech Vesti RU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Frameless design; nice display; great cameras; face ID; large battery capacity. Negative: Average performance; combined slot; weak connectivity; slow charging.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 01/15/2019

Доступный и с NFC: тест-обзор смартфона Alcatel 5V
Source: Yamobi RU→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Big screen; nice cameras; long battery life; support NFC; solid workmanship. Negative: Plastic case; low gaming performance.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/19/2018

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The Alcatel 5V is a budget smartphone which highlights the display and camera. Its 6.2” HD+ FullView 19:9 display claims to lets users enjoy media to the max, while its design stuns and its pro AI dual camera provides effortless photos. The Alcatel 5V is differentiated from the mass with the design, characterized by a curved and compact body, 2.5D glass and a glossy finish that will certainly not go unnoticed. The Alcatel 5V smartphone features a 6.2-inch notched HD+ display with a 19:9 aspect ratio and is protected by an Asahi Dragontrail glass. Dragontrail, manufactured by Asahi Glass Co., is an alkali-aluminosilicate sheet glass engineered for a combination of thinness, lightness and damage-resistance, similar to Corning's Gorilla Glass. The display has a screen resolution of 720 x 1,500 pixels and a pixel density of 268 ppi, which will give a clear viewing experience. The smartphone sports a dual rear set-up of 12MP + 2MP sensors that features HDR mode and burst mode. Additional features of the camera include phase detection autofocus and Dual-color LED flash. At the front, there is an 8MP snapper with an aperture of F2.8, which is likely to capture bright and clears selfies. Users can use the sensors to achieve the blurry bokeh effect, then edit the subject of the photo with the refocusing tool and make some final adjustments to make the photos the best.

As for performance, it runs on a MediaTek Helio P22 chipset with a 2.0 GHz octa-core CPU, 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of built-in storage. It is aided by a PowerVR GE8320 GPU to handle the graphic performance of the device. Aside from that, the storage can be expanded up to 128 GB via a microSD card. There is Face Recognition technology, a fingerprint sensor and 4G LTE connectivity, too. The smartphone has been induced by a massive battery capacity of 4000 mAh provided by a Li-ion battery. On the connectivity side, it has only one SIM slot, which supports 4G. Other connecting sides include Wi-Fi 802.11, Mobile Hotspot v4.0, A-GPS for tracking the location of the user. The absence of a dual-SIM slot may disappoint some users. In conclusion, the Alcatel 5V is a good device in its price range. It is equipped with adequate battery capacity, which will meet most of the user’s expectations for power supply. It is not a powerful device, but nevertheless adequate for basic tasks and some light entertainment. It is a good budget device for teenagers, the elderly or as a secondary smartphone. However, there is some serious competition for this phone out there. The Redmi 7 or even the Samsung A20 is a good choice in the same range.

Hands-on article by Jagadisa Rajarathnam

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These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Helio P22 MT6762: ARM based octa core SoC (8x ARM Cortex-A53) clocked at up to 2 GHz. The chip also includes a Cat.7 LTE modem (300 Mbps download).» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

6.20":

It is a small display format for smartphones. You shouldn't be severely defective in vision, and you won't see much detail on the screen and only have a small resolution available. For that, the device should be small and handy, easy to transport.

Alcatel:

Alcatel is a French telecommunications company originally founded in 1898. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of cell phones, fixed-line phones, networking and communications solutions, and other telecommunications products. Alcatel is headquartered in Paris, France, and operates worldwide.

The telecommunications equipment manufacturer merged in 2006 to form Alcatel-Lucent. Various business units were sold to other companies, so the Alcatel brand name is used by different companies nowadays. The brand names "Alcatel One Touch" and "Alcatel Idol" are used by the Chinese company TCL for smartphones and tablets.

72.8%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.

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