Alcatel's POP 4, POP 4+, POP 4S: fingerprint scanner on a midranger, front-facing LED flash for bright selfies


First up, the Alcatel POP 4 is the smallest of the trio, with a 5-inch, 720 x 1280 resolution display, which brings its pixel density to 293 PPI — not ideal, but should be crisp enough not to cause annoyances. It has a quad-core, 1.1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 under its hood, paired with the modest 1 GB of RAM. Its internal memory is at a measly 8 GB, but can, thankfully, be expanded via microSD card of up to 32 GB. Its battery is generous for its specs, listed at 2,500 mAh. It has an 8 MP main camera and, as mentioned, a wide-angle (84.4-degree) 5 MP, LED-assisted selfie snapper. Impressively enough, the camera software also supports HDR shooting.

The Alcatel POP 4S sits at the top of the POP line. It's a phablet with a 5.5-inch 1080 x 1920 display (400 PPI – quite crisp), an octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 (4 cores clocked at 1.8 GHz, 4 clocked at 1 GHz), 2 GB of RAM, and 16 GB of storage, expandable via microSD of up to 64 GB. Its main camera has a 13 MP sensor with an aperture of F2.0, assisted by phase detection autofocus, dual-tone LED flash, and electronic image stabilization. On the front, we have the same wide-angle selfie snapper with LED flash as the lower-end models. The POP 4S also has a larger juicebox – 2,960 mAh. As an added bonus, it has a fingerprint scanner for quick unlocks.
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