World's Slimmest Smartphone Unveiled At CES

Bangalore: On the eve of ongoing CES at LasVegas; Alcatel, manufacturer of mobile phones unveiled a slew of products starting with the One Touch Idol Ultra, the lightest and slimmest Smartphone yet. Even though Alcatel doesn’t reach up to the list of the top mobile manufacturers, for some reason, they do manufacture mobile phones that do pretty well.

The One Touch Idol Ultra, which is claimed by Alcatel to be the slimmest phone, weighs barely 4.1 ounces at just 0.25 inch thickness. The phone is powered by 1.2 GHz dual core processor and 1GB of RAM. It runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and features a 8-megapixel camera with a sleek, glossy plastic cover.

Unfortunately, the thin size of the phone doesn’t provide the space for a 3.5mm headphone jack, which creates difficulties with Bluetooth streaming for audio.

Alcatel also lays a claim to the title of the world’s lightest Smartphone with the One Touch Idol. It is essentially the same phone, except that it supports the headphone jack because it’s thick enough but lighter than the One Touch Idol Ultra at just 3.88 ounces.

In addition, the company has also unveiled other products such as Scribe HD which falls under the category of phablet as well as considered to be Alcatel’s largest new phone on display and the One Touch M’Pop, an entry- level Smartphone into the Alcatel’s new Pop series. The M’Pop is a cute, tiny phone with a 4 inch display, 1 GHz processor and a 5 megapixel rear camera.

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