Chinese tech giant Alcatel has dropped the price of the Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 smartphone on Amazon from $170 to $150. This price cut comes just two months after Amazon made a $30-cut off the smartphone's original price tag of $200. It is also a month before the first birthday of the OneTouch Idol 3. The device was launched in August 2015.

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According to Tech Times, not only its price cut but also its cellular support makes the Idol 3 appealing to users. It is fully compatible with AT&T and partially supports 4G on T-Mobile but is not compatible with Verizon and Sprint.

The OneTouch Idol 3 has a 4.7-inch IPS LCD with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, a pixel density of 312 ppi, and a screen-to-body ratio of 68.7 percent, GSM Arena reported. It comes with aa 1.5 GB of RAM and an 8 GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 256 GB via a microSD card. It also has a 13-megapixel camera at the back with 1080p video recording capability at 30 frames per second, an LED flash, and an aperture of f/2.0 as well as a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for selfies with 1080p video recording. It is packed with a 2000 mAh non-removable Li-Ion battery. The device also comes with a proximity sensor, accelerometer, and compass but does not have a gyroscope that could be used for Google Cardboard.

The device is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) clocked at a speed of 1.2 GHz, as well as a chipset with Adreno 306 graphics. The OneTouch Idol 3 runs on Android 5.0.2 Lollipop, but it can be upgraded to Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Its dimensions are 134.6 x 65.9 x 7.6 mm with a weight of 110 grams. Its multitouch display is up to five fingers. Its connectivity options are GPS/A-GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, FM radio, Wi-Fi Direct, and a microUSB slot.

Alcatel will be launching a more powerful smartphone called Alcatel OneTouch 4s soon, which has been branded as the Vodafone Smart Platinum 7.

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