Alcatel Idol 4S with Windows 10 review: Not Microsoft's mobile saviour
The smartphone market is almost completely unrecognisable from just five years ago. Back then the Windows Phone platform was tightly Etui Huawei controlled by Microsoft and only available on (since deceased) Nokia phones.
But we're talking about an era when BlackBerry made its own keyboard phones that used the company's own operating system. Now BlackBerry, with coque Huawei Honor 7 its DTEK60, uses the touchscreen Alcatel Idol 4S with an Android operating system as its flagship. It's a big, yet decent phone.
So the perfect device to save a flagging Windows 10 mobile then? Alcatel seems to think so with this variant. But is the Idol 4S in this form really worth anyone's time?
Alcatel Idol 4S with Windows 10 review: Design
154 x 75 x 7mm, 149g
Metal frame design
Glass front and rear
We first got a glimpse at the Alcatel etui Huawei Honor 7i Idol 4S at the beginning of 2016 at Mobile World Congress (WMC) in Barcelona. We've since seen exactly the same build, materials and shape in the aforementioned BlackBerry DTEK60 and the Vodafone Smart Platinum 7. In short - it's a familiar design, to say the least.
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Alcatel Idol 4S with Windows 10
It's probably no surprise that this Windows version looks almost exactly the same as its Android-based counterpart. The only real difference housse Huawei Honor 5X is its Type-C port in the Windows version (not Micro USB), as used for charging and transfer.
