Alcatel has nestled in the niche for reasonably cheap solutions and with every new phone they are trying to accomplish the impossible – come up with an affordable, yet snazzy device enjoying quality materials. What may seem like an unrealistic dream at a glance is being proven by Alcatel these days, as they keep rolling out handsets with decent materials that are normally utilized in higher-end offerings. But the world knows very few miracles, and there is no escaping from the fact that inside these handsets are only as good as budget solutions, and even subpar, compared to similar devices in this class. The reason being that you can’t deliver cool looks, a slew of features and a light price tag all in one package – you can play around with any two of these parameters, but only at the expense of the third one. If some vendor will actually break through the limitations of this formula, its merit will be on par with the creation of a perpetuum mobile.

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