The US$60 to US$110 Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 is a diminutive 4” screen device that’s great for your kids
as their training-wheels smartphone.
Like the US$200 Alcatel
OneTouch Idol 2 Mini as described in my blog article
entitled “How
the US$200 Alcatel OneTouch Idol 2 Mini will be worshipped by Caribbean people
– Why Colours make Budget smartphones sells” it's a dual-SIM capable
smartphone.
However, it accepts the regular mini-SIM as described in my Geezam blog article entitled “How
to make you own Micro-SIM or Nano-SIM Card” with the second SIM slot
working in dual-standby mode.
Alcatel OneTouch
Pop C2 – The overweight smartphone that does reverse-selfies
The Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 is a little overweight, weighing in at 116 g (4.09 oz) with
slightly bulging dimensions of 122 x 64.4 x 12 mm (4.80 x 2.54 x 0.47 in). It
only comes with only two (2) colours:
1. Bluish
Black
2. Pure
White
The Alcatel
OneTouch Idol 2 Mini weighs 110 g (3.88 oz), as pointed out in my blog article
entitled “How
the US$200 Alcatel OneTouch Idol 2 Mini will be worshipped by Caribbean people
– Why Colours make Budget smartphones sells”, is far lighter!
The 4” 480 x 800 pixels resolution TFT capacitive
touchscreen has a 233 ppi pixel density and is capable of displaying some,
256,000 Colours. That 4” touchscreen has no supporting front-facing camera.
Instead, the Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 only has a rear-facing 3.15 Megapixel camera that takes
2048 x 1536 pixels and shoots Standard definition Video (480p) at 30 fps.
Still, selfies don’t require a front-facing camera; you can
do selfies with the selfie-ready rear-facing camera!
Alcatel OneTouch
Pop C2 – Expand with microSD Card and Microsoft OneDrive Cloud
The Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 is powered by a Dual-Core 1.3 GHz Processor. The Google
Android 4.3 Jellybean chomps through some 512 MB RAM with 4 GB of space for
your Apps and music.
This isn't so bad, especially when most thumb drives can
hold just about 4 GB, with 32 GB still the exception in Jamaica and the
Caribbean. You can expand using the microSD Card slot to 32 GB.
Not only that, you can get up to 100 GB in the Cloud using
Microsoft OneDrive as noted in my MICO Wars blog article
entitled “How
Dropbox users and Bing Search users can get Free 100GB Microsoft OneDrive Cloud
Storage”.
Geography Students
and Gym Rats best new friend – Pairing with a Fitness Tracker
The reason why the Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 is overweight isn’t clear, but it might have to do with the
fact that TCL Corporation stuffed an accelerometer, a GPS and Bluetooth 4.0
into the chassis.
This means you can pair up with your favourite Fitness
Tracker that have been doing so well in the past two (2) years as reported in my blog article
entitled “IDC
Stats for Wearables in the First Quarter of 2015 - US$13 Mi Band Fitness
Monitor @Xiaomi No. 2 as Apple Watch to dominate Smartwatch segment by Q4 2015”.
Combined with such wonderful Apps such as Google Earth as
described in my MICO Wars blog
article entitled “US$399
Google Earth Pro now Free as Profit in Selling Bacon than the Whole Hog”,
your Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 doesn’t look so underwhelming anymore!
Alcatel OneTouch
Pop C2 – Music and Video goes well with some great headphones
Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 plays MP3, AAC+ and WAV formats and makes MP4 and H.264
Video pop on your screen!
Purchase an AmazonBasics Ultra-Portable Micro Bluetooth
Speaker as described in my MICO
Wars blog article entitled “US$25
AmazonBasics Ultra-Portable Micro Bluetooth Speaker is a DIY Party Boombox”
and you’ll be taken to a whole level of sound.
The Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 also packs a Stereo FM Radio with a mini-speaker that
guarantees that you’ll catch every T-20 Cricket match at Kensington Oval or at
Sabina Park.
You can do so discreetly with a great pair of US$119
Marshall Major II on-ear headphones plugged into the 3.5mm jack. as described
in my MICO Wars blog
article entitled “US$119
Marshall Major II on-ear headphones provides good sound for your smartphone
Music”.
Personally, I’d go with the US$39 Shure SRH144 or SRH145
Headphones that’s a lot cheaper as noted in my MICO Wars blog article
entitled “US$39
Shure SRH144 and SRH145 Headphones is a Sure bet for Excellent Sound on a
budget”.
Alcatel OneTouch
Pop C2 – Reporter mini Camera and Tape Recorder
The Document viewer makes documents easy to read.
Download the Microsoft Office, Excel and Powerpoint as
described in my MICO Wars blog
article entitled “Microsoft
Office 365 goes Freemium Model - One Becomes Three as Word, Excel and
PowerPoint with US$6.99 monthly to remove Restrictions” and you have
a Microsoft Office Editor on the go!
Photo viewer and its limited editing options make posting
online a snap and you can record audio with the Voice Recorder! Once on the
Internet via 3G Internet or Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, you'll be able to IM (Instant
Messaging) via WhatsApp and FB Messenger and post on Twitter via the
pre-installed Apps.
You can read SMS Text and email quite comfortably on this
device and share Internet with up to five (5) of your friends and even share
music files with other devices via the Wi-Fi Direct or Bluetooth 4.0.
Throw in a US$99 TextBlade from WayTools as described in my MICO Wars blog article
entitled “US$99
TextBlade from WayTools is a Bluetooth Keyboard for Bloggers covering Press
Events” and you've basically graduated to a live-event blogger!
Alcatel OneTouch
Pop C2 vs Alcatel OneTouch Idol 2 Mini
– Battery Charger Required
Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery is smaller in capacity than the Alcatel
OneTouch Idol 2 Mini at 1700 mAh.
So a portable battery charger is needed as explained in my Geezam blog article entitled “How
to extend your smartphone’s battery Life with a Portable Battery Charger”.
The
Alcatel
OneTouch Idol 2 Mini bests its older sibling with 510 h of standby
time while on the 2G Network and only 400 h standby time on the 3G Network.
Talk-time is also slightly longer with 13 h 30 min of
talk-time while on the 2G Network and 9 h 30 min (3G) talk-time on the 3G
Network. Bottom line; just don’t do a lot of talking on this smartphone and
walk with a Battery Charger!
Alcatel OneTouch
Pop C2 – The Price is right despite being overweight
The Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 is a budget smartphone. At US$60 to US$110, the Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 gets great battery life while playing music and videos,
albeit it is a shade heavy, not that you’d notice!
In short, the Alcatel
OneTouch Pop C2 manages to pop while remaining Zen!
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