Alcatel OneTouch Idol 4s, which was announced in MWC 2016, was not in the news for quite a time. There has been no news on price and availability since then. Recently, it has been found that British mobile provider Vodafone has rebranded the handset and named it Vodafone Smart Platinum 7.
The Vodafone Smart Platinum 7 comes with a 5.5-inch 2K AMOLED display with a pixel resolution of 1440 x 2560. The device is sleek and slender with 6.9mm thickness and weighs 155g. The Gorilla glass protects the back and rear of the handset. At the rear of the Smart Platinum 7, it has fingerprint scanner and a 16MP rear shooter with LED Flash. At the front, it has an 8MP snapper with dedicated flash to capture selfies in low light conditions.
Vodafone Smart Platinum 7 packs an octa-core Snapdragon 652 with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of expandable storage, where 22GB is for the users. Most notably, there is a microSD card up to 128GB. The phone will boot almost stock Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow which will let the users to launch custom apps straight from the lockscreen.
The Smart Platinum 7 is likely to launch next week £300 sans contract, and there will be a free VR offered by the Vodafone on pre-ordering. That’s reminds us that Alcatel was planning to give away free VR with the handset as well. The phone will also sell free on contract starting from £28, offering unlimited minutes and 1GB of mobile data.












