Tuesday, February 28, 2017

MWC 2017: Alcatel A5 LED First Interactive LED Smartphone

Alcatel Launches its A5 LED, the World’s First Interactive LED-covered Smartphone for Mobile World Congress 2017!



“With the A5 LED, Alcatel is delivering new fun features, like light-up notifications and unique LED cover patterns and themes you create yourself, as well as an enhanced multimedia experience and more ways to take and share selfies, ideal for people who value having fun and letting their personality shine. ” said William Dowie, Portfolio Management Director, Alcatel.

Alcatel A5 LED comes with LED powered back housing that interactively change for your notifications, music and according to your stylish outlook. Smart notification for your calls, messages, alarm and social media alert. Set the vibe using its Color Catcher 2.0 by creating unique LED cover patterns and themes for a different look every day. Enjoy preloaded games and battle your friends using the rear LED cover and be able to create light show. Listen to your tunes and party with matching light show.


Moving on, the Alcatel A5 LED features a 5.2 inch HD 720p IPS Display that is powered by Mediatek 6753 Octa-Core Processor coupled with 2GB of RAM and 16GB Internal Storage. This internal setup is not entirely new but performance is just good enough for basic to not so heavy applications.

Camera wise it does pack a 13MP AF Rear at f/2.0 with Dual Tone LED Flash. Front is just at 5MP Fixed-Focus. Comes with creative camera modes.

Alcatel A5 LED Cases credits to GSMARENA


Regular wireless connectivity is covered with WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. 4G LTE is supported. There are two variants - single or dual sim.

A5 LED does have other back housing available like for audio and extended power supply.
Carries a 2800mah battery.

No advice yet of its release and price. Will update when the information is available.

Alcatel A5 LED Specs
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
5.2 inch 720p HD IPS Display
Octa-Core Mediatek MT6753 Processor
Mali-T720 MP3 GPU
2GB RAM
16GB Internal Storage
Expandable via MicroSD
13MP AF Rear Camera
with LED Flash
5MP FF Front Camera
Single / Dual SIM
LTE / HSPA+ / 3G / 2G
WiFi b/g/n, WiFi Direct,
Bluetooth 4.2
GPS, aGPS
MicroUSB 2.0 Port
3.5mm Audio Jack
2800mAh Battery