I can’t wait to take this to High Park, Toronto to see how it holds up on spring blooms. It also has HDR (High Dynamic Range) as a setting to get those gorgeous scenic photos with colour quality that is supposed to better match what we see, versus the flat image camera lenses are known for. I’m used to focusing a potential image by holding down the camera button, so its taking some getting used to using the screen for focus, but I think its a great compromise for rapid burst capturing. For instance, it quickly snaps a multitude of photos just by holding the camera button down (and doesn’t immediately ask you to save which the one and only pic you think is the best of the bunch, which is perfect when you could be using that time to take other photos.) It creates a huge folder full of duplicate photos, but if you’re an organization machine, it’s easy to go through the bunch later to pick out the ones you want and the ones to trash. This camera has some getting used to, but it has great options once you get the hang of it. In a couple hours you can have a fully charged battery. This isn’t a first for being able to print from a smartphone, but it is the first time I’ve seen it so well integrated as part of the smartphone instead of simply an app that may or may not work depending on what you want to print. But if it works just like it seems to, you can easily print files, and even browser pages from your smartphone to the WiFi printer of your choice. I haven’t actually had a chance to try this out, mainly ’cause I need to replace the printer ink on my HP AIOe. And if this phone is only used for emergency usage, you’re expanding the battery life quite a bit by having it turned off when you’re definitely not using it. Have those 7 hours of uninterrupted sleep that we’re all looking for. Have your phone shut down by midnight, and wake you up just in time for your first coffee at 7 AM if you please. This phone will help by automatically shutting off and turning on at your specified settings. Is your phone under your pillow so you won’t miss that message while you’re trying to sleep? This is a habit that many of us need to shake ourselves from. Especially if you’re currently glued to your phone, up to and including bedtime. Quite possibly the best bit of tech this phone has. On top of an octa-core 2GHz processor (yep, if you do the math, that’s twice the speed of a quad-core,) here are what I found to be fantastic features that make the Idol X+ a phone to consider: Scheduled Power On & Off Great Quick Menu screen that scrolls down from the top bar, for those options you probably use the most.Įvery phone has great features that make it stand out from the rest. This phone could be your bestest friend, or your worstest enemy depending on your daily usage. The casing is quite bland at first glimpse (it has almost a “nothing to see here” vibe to it,) but it houses the best I’ve seen yet slot casings for both SIM, and MicroSD card readers, and the speakers are nicely displayed at the base. It runs on a KitKat Android OS, which is noticeable by how quick it is to respond to action (tapping, app loading, etc,) yet it looks a lot like an older OS with large buttons and rigid home screen design. The Idol X+ has key qualities that make this phone the perfect fit for certain users, but its those same users that would highly benefit from a physical device manual to read and learn from first (this smartphone’s guide is only available online.) There are three ways to create a screen capture, yet no way to turn off the LED blinky notice light for phone-specific updates. It’s almost as if the smartphone’s battery was shocked at what I put it through the first time around, which is something I never experienced before. But as time progressed, and more charges happened, the battery begun to live much longer each time. At first charge, this phone’s battery died in just over an hour while I played around with the camera and Google Music, among other apps that are normally active for me. Between us, this post below is much different to the first one I wrote, but hadn’t yet got a chance to publish (luckily,) all thanks to its battery. Or at least, that’s what happened the first time I tried out the phone. On the one hand, it has amazing battery power while it rests but on the other, it can be quick to tire if certain apps are in use. The Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ smartphone, it’s quite an enigma.
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