Look like I’ve been living under a rock for quite awhile! Folks
introducing the Digicel DL700 aka Alcatel
One Touch Pop C3 that’s coming this Christmas as an optional Stocking
Stuffer!
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Just yesterday Friday December 11th 2013, Digicel Jamaica launched an update to
the very popular Digicel DL600
smartphone which is now free now that the Dragons of House Targaryan,
Blackberry are dead as stated in my blog article
entitled “Digicel
officially launches DL600 smartphones on Friday October 18th 2013 and JA$100
2-Day Data Plans - Ours is the Fury as Digicel’s DL600 secures their Throne in
this Game of Phones against LIME”.
And the name new phone on his Naming Day? Telecom Provider Digicel dubbed it….you guessed
it….the Digicel DL700 as per Digicel
Jamaica’s Official Product Page for the DL700.
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This is the video on Digicel
Jamaica YouTube channel that I saw Friday December 11th 2013 I
dug up after seeing it originally on Prime Time News on Television Jamaica. Pricing as
shown below folks, if you’re too “idle” to check out the Digicel
Jamaica’s Official Product Page for the DL700!
It also explains the increased traffic to my blog article above as
Jamaicans may have heard the news and are now banging away on the Internet
asking question about pricing, availability and like me, searching for
information on this new Smartphone!
Game of Phones indeed, as right now Telecom Provider LIME has no
smartphone that’s competitive to the DL600 or DL700 in terms of specs save for
the Huawei Y210D
and the Huawei
Y300, for which I’m doing reviews a little later!
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Apparently this is also Digicel
Jamaica answer to Telecom Provider LIME making a poor imitation copy of their
store and selling cheap unbranded Huawei smartphones as reported in my blog article
entitled “LIME
rolls out Redesigned Main Store at Carlton Crescent in a 2 Year Battle against
Digicel - Digicel still dangerous with cheaper Data, the DL600 smartphone and
Postpaid Digihome”.
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Digicel DL700 already launched
in Trinidad and Tobago – More YouTube Gold from Digicel
Again, as was the case with the DL600 as noted in my blog article
entitled “Digicel
to launch the DL600 smartphone in Jamaica on Thursday 30th or Friday 31st of
May 2013 - Digicel DL600 is coming Fast and Furious 6 to make smartphones accessible
to all”, Telecom Provider Digicel
has already launched the smartphone in other Caribbean Territories.
Specifically they’ve launched in Trinidad and Tobago and British Virgin
Islands almost 2 weeks ago based on their Official
Product Pages on Digicel Trinidad and Tobago and Digicel
British Virgin Islands. Looks like I’ll have to start following Lisa on Digicel T&T YouTube Page
as her ad is way more informative, not to mention nice to listen to her
“singing” Trini Voice!
The Prices for the DL700 on the Official
Product Pages on Digicel Trinidad and Tobago are as shown below:
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Digicel DL700 is the Alcatel
One Touch Pop C3 – Digicel’s latest Unicorn may be hard to catch
Based on these adverts and official Webpage postings, it’s safe to
conclude that the DL700 is the Alcatel
One Touch Pop C3 as shown on Alcatel’s Official Product page, based on the
Product Dress i.e. its physical appearance. The Alcatel
One Touch Pop C3 is part of the French phone maker Alcatel’s “Pop C”
smartphone line that popped up in September 2013 at the IFA 2013 Conference in
Berlin Germany and so far has a total of three (3) other siblings:
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The intended launch date was rumoured to be some time in December 2013.
Apparently Telecom Provider Digicel
has snagged a deal with Alcatel to basically get a few branded units for
retails, a move that may mark Alcatel’s slow return to the smartphone arena.
Here’s a quick hands on Review from Phone arena:
The Specs for the Alcatel
One Touch Pop C3 are as listed below and can be compared to those of the
DL600 as listed in my blog article
entitled “Digicel
to launch the DL600 smartphone in Jamaica on Thursday 30th or Friday 31st of
May 2013 - Digicel DL600 is coming Fast and Furious 6 to make smartphones
accessible to all”:
1.
Processor: Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7
2.
GPU: Mali-400
3.
Chipset: Mediatek MT6572
4.
OS: Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
5.
External: microSD, up to 32 GB
6.
Internal Memory: 4GB
7.
RAM: 512 MB RAM
8.
Body Dimensions: 122 x 64.4 x 12 mm (4.80 x 2.54
x 0.47 in)
9.
Weight: 110 g (3.88 oz)
10.
Display: 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233 ppi
pixel density) TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
11.
Rear Facing Camera: 5 MP (4033A, 4033E) / 3.15
MP (4033X, 4033D)
12.
USB: microUSB v2.0
13.
Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, GPS
14.
Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push
Email, IM
15.
Network:
a)
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - 4033A, 4033E
b)
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
(4033D, 4033X)
c)
3G HSDPA 900 / 2100 - 4033D, 4033X and HSDPA 850
/ 1900 / 2100 - 4033A, 4033E
16.
Wireless Internet: WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n,
Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0
17.
Battery: Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery
a)
Standby - Up to 510 h (2G) / Up to 410 h (3G)
b)
Talk time - Up to 13 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 9 h
30 min (3G)
Features:
1.
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
(4033X, 4033D only)
2.
MP3/AAC+/WAV player
3.
MP4/H.264/H.263 player
4.
Document viewer
5.
Photo viewer/editor
6.
Organizer
7.
Voice memo
8.
Predictive text input
9.
Geo-tagging
10.
Touch focus
11.
Face and smile detection
12.
Stereo FM radio with RDS
13.
HTML Browser
The Alcatel
One Touch Pop C3 comes in the following colours:
1.
Bluish Black
2.
Pure White
3.
Hot Pink
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Clearly this is a better smartphone than the DL600; I just wanna know
what the prices are in the Retail Stores. Until then, keep tracking ad postings
on Digicel Jamaica YouTube
channel as well as Digicel
T&T YouTube Page!
Stay tuned to my blog as well as the Geezam Blog for more
Details!
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