Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra: Astonishingly thin

Alcatel's One Touch Idol and Idol Ultra are both extremely thin smartphones.

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I'll try not to cut myself on the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra, which Alcatel claims is the thinnest smartphone yet.

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In truth, I've seen none slimmer; the Idol Ultra measures a razor-thin 0.25-inch thick. For perspective, Samsung's slim Galaxy S3 measures 0.34-inch deep.

The Android smartphone features a 4.7-inch HD AMOLED display and comes with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor. An 8-megapixel camera with 720p HD video capture rounds out the feature set, along with a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera.

The Idol Ultra is bound for China this month.

Just to confuse things, the Idol Ultra is similar to its sibling, the Alcatel One Touch Idol, which will be U.S.-bound. Also bearing a 4.7-inch screen, the Idol uses the LCD display technology instead of AMOLED, and it's finished with a brushed metallic coating. Although not as whisplike as the Idol Ultra, t... [Read more]





by Jessica Dolcourt via CNET