The company Alcatel wanted to cross the borders to be presented at the IFA consumer electronics shows a curious device. It is a tablet sized prepared to meet the needs of any family member, from offering entertainment such as movies and games in the living room for several people at once, to serve as a digital cookbook in the kitchen, or even as stand drawing elsewhere. All thanks to its large screen diagonal of 17.3 inches with Full HD resolution. Almost like a TV screen. Although the funny thing is not only in its size but in the design and back. This is where is the support that lets you adjust to different positions depending on the use or transport it comfortably. A tablet also has an eight-core processor, an integrated pen or stylus and a battery of 10,000 mAh. But then we analyzed by parties.
Display and Design
Starting with its most remarkable at first sight point screen, I must say that this Alcatel Onetouch Xess has a 17.3-inch panel. Something that gives it a large screen, giving the device a great size, although its size advantage on high and long, but not wide. This is a screen capable of displaying images at a resolution Full HD or 1920 x 1080 pixels. Something that could have been better utilized due to size, but need to involve much more powerful components to achieve higher resolutions bring to the screen and have a more consumption beset battery. All these data provide only a density of 127 pixels per inch, something that let you see how the image is formed by dots if close enough to the screen. Of course the idea is to serve this Xess device family, sharing with several persons at some distance the activity carried on it. Therefore it has an extensive degree of vision and the ability to recognize up to 10 simultaneous touch points on the screen.
But it is the overall design of the device which is able to attract all eyes once has been the large size of the screen. And the Alcatel Onetouch Xess surprised with a really elegant and simple style. At least on the front and side, who bet on the straight lines and edges on the edges, but with rounded corners. However, when turning the terminal is circular protruding from the rest of the terminal a curious piece. This is your base and handles for transport. A curious design that allows to extract several centimeters towards the top with a handle to carry this screen without having to grab for their songs. This base circular also stands as one second handles half circle at the bottom. In this case it is the support. Allowing a semicircle separated from the Alcatel Onetouch Xess body at different angles (30, 50 and 75 degrees) so that the device remains conveniently available to the user at any height. All this without forgetting two more key points: first space for the pen or stylus with magnetic property to let securely anchored, and another circle with Alcatel logo in the center of the pedestal, to extract one touch two USB ports that are integrated with this design. We must also say that the power buttons and volume control are located on the same back in the top left corner if you are looking at the back of this device.
All this in a body of large dimensions: 416.5 x 266.5 x 9.15 (at the narrowest part of the back) mm. Something that makes little portable beyond one room to another home. And it has a weight of 2.5 kilograms. Something likes a large notebook.
Cameras and multimedia
In this case Alcatel Onetouch Xess tablet has a single camera around your body. Designed to be always in front of the screen, the camera is in the front, right hand on the top half of the frame. From here, its 5-megapixel sensor is capable of taking pictures or video calls with HD resolutions, but without visual fanfare. And its use is very different from any mobile or portable device more.
Yes it is more interesting the sound effect of this device. And it has integrated into its body two JBL speakers with a power of 3W each, providing quality and sound to surround type. One point to keep in mind as this great tablet is designed for leisure.
Power and memory
To move this entire screen and perform tasks, run applications and play games, Alcatel has chosen to equip its Onetouch Xess with MediaTek MT8783T processor. A chip formed by eight cores capable of operating at a speed of 1.5 GHz and 64 bit structure. A brain aided by 2GB of RAM type LPDDR3 to provide fluidity in the management of all these processes.
Regarding the storage capacity, Alcatel has chosen a Flash format hard disk capacity of 32 GB. Something that cans antojarse little if what you want is to use this great tablet as support for film and audiovisual content. The good thing is that it has a slot for MicroSD memory cards with capacities up to 64 GB. Yes, it has two USB ports on the back and can use USB flash drives and external hard drives if necessary.
Operating system and applications
The company has decided to offer its Alcatel Onetouch Xess tablet with the latest version of the operating system of Google. We talked about Android 5.1, which has all the latest in terms of security and features developed by Google. Issues such as customizing notifications or a minimalist, practical design.
In terms of applications, this tablet brings Android’s own tools, plus several options included by Alcatel for the use of the advantages of their different positions. On one side is SketchBook, designed to tap your stylus on the screen and paint as if it were a canvas. Then there is Onetouch Mix, designed for music lovers, offering the user become a DJ and do all kinds of mixtures.
Apart from these issues, we must talk about his gesture control. And it is possible to turn pages of a book or do simple actions without touching the screen, using a mouse or other device available. Just wave your hand in front of the screen, the camera on the tablet for the action to happen. Something that, according to Alcatel, is specially designed for those who bear the Onetouch Xess to the kitchen to follow a recipe, without pringar screen if you have dirty hands.
Connectivity and autonomy
The Alcatel Onetouch Xess not too surprising in the aspect of connectivity. As a tablet to use, has its WiFi to connect to home networks, antenna, and also with Bluetooth 4.1, allowing you to connect with different peripherals such as wireless headphones. It also has a pair of USB 2.0 ports and a multicar reader. Something that blurs the line between tablets and computers. Alcatel course has a number of accessories available for purchase with Xess as desktop port, a wireless mouse, and keyboard, among others to transform it into a useful tool for work or other matters beyond entertainment.
Regarding autonomy, the company Alcatel has only provided data capacity of its battery, which is capable of storing up to 10,000 mAh. Clearly, a screen such proportions requires a stack height.
Availability and opinions
Currently Alcatel has just taken advantage of IFA to present this new device, without even announce its final price or date of sale in Europe. There will still wait to know these details.
In short, it is a daunting tablet, designed for leisure family. Something that not only due to its 17.3 inch screen Full HD, but the design of its curious integrated base with which to place this tablet at different heights depending on the use you want to give it. All accompanied by a stylus to draw or write down any detail, and connectivity that suggests ways to transform the tablet into a computer with all sorts of peripherals such as mice and keyboards. A curious device, its size allows the interaction of several people at once in multiplayer, or enjoying a movie anywhere in the home games.