Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Alcatel, the child brand of TCL Communications has launched two new smartphones in the Indian market. Dubbed as the Alcatel A5 LED and the Alcatel A7, both the smartphones will be exclusively available on Amazon India. To recall, the A5 LED was announced way back at the MWC 2017 tech show in Barcelona earlier this year, and the Alcatel A7 was launched recently at the IFA 2017 trade show.

Starting off with the prices, the Alcatel A5 LED is a modular smartphone that costs Rs. 12,999, whereas the Alcatel A7 is a premium smartphone priced at Rs. 13,999. As an introductory offer, the Alcatel A5 LED purchasers will get a free 3100mAh modular accessory worth Rs. 3,999 for free from November 10 to November 13. And with the Alcatel A7, the company is offering a TCL Moveband fitness tracker worth Rs. 2,499 inside the retail packaging between November 10 and November 13. Both the devices are already up for sale in the country.
Alcatel is also promising a free one-time screen replacement for one year, and telecom operator Reliance Jio has partnered with Alcatel to offer additional 20GB free data for the Alcatel A5 LED and A7 purchasers.
Alcatel A5 LED Specifications
Alcatel is a smartphone brand that doesn’t offer you great specifications like its Chinese counterparts. The Alcatel A5 LED comes with a 5.2-inch HD display with a resolution of 720×1280 pixels, and it is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6753 SoC. The chipset is paired with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, that can be expanded up to 128GB with a microSD card.
