Alcatel Idol 5S Spotted Online, Carries Several Features Such As The Boom Key

Alcatel had launched several smartphones at MWC 2017 that includes A3, U5, and A5 LED. The Alcatel Idol 5S was last spotted on the different benchmarking website, an alleged live photo of the Alcatel Idol 5S sitting next to last year's Idol 5 has now been on an online trend.

According to GSM Arena, the Alcatel Idol 5S photographed is for the carrier Cricket Wireless in the U.S. It wasn't known yet if this variant will launch globally or not. However, only the front panel of the smartphone is visible in the leaked image. Compared to Alcatel Idol 4, the Idol 5S will be slightly longer has a physical home button. The capacitive touch buttons are visible on the display with the volume rocker and the Boom key located on the right side.

Alleged Alcatel Idol 5S' Boom key can be used to perform certain functions that include taking photos in burst mode by just pressing and holding, shuffling photos in the gallery for a collage or short slideshow that generate effects in existing videos. With this, pressing the Boom key whole recording a video turns into a live broadcast. It also creates 3D effects for the launcher and live weather display in the home screen.

According to Android Headlines, Alcatel Idol 5S does look quite similar to the Alcatel Idol 4 with the elongated speaker grille being a noticeable design change. In terms of its specifications, Alcatel Idol 5S is expected to feature 5.2-inch full HD display. For its internal details, it could run a MediaTek Helio P20 chipset paired with 3GB of RAM. The smartphone is expected to come with 32GB onboard storage that can be expandable using microSD card.

For its camera features, Alcatel Idol 5S was speculated to sport a 12MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera. For the software specs, Alcatel 5S is expected to run on an Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box. Some theories suggest that the Idol 5S will come with modular functionality similar to Moto Z.