The phone comes with a companion VR headset just like its Android counterpart pop the Idol 4S into Alcatel's headset, and you can watch 360-degree videos, play a handful of games and get an up-close and personal look at your photos.Īlcatel Idol 4S for Windows (with VR headset) It's no overstatement to say that Alcatel puts the VR capabilities of the Idol 4S front and center with this Windows Mobile device. While the opening shark attack got a little distorted at high volume, by and large the Idol 4S handled almost any audio I could throw at it. The ominous opening strings from the Jaws score echoed around me as I watched that movie on Netflix. The Idol 4S offers superior audio, thanks to dual multi directional hi-fi speakers that provide crystal-clear sound even as you crank up the volume. The bundled headset is a decided step-down from the likes of such headsets such as Google's Daydream View or Samsung's Gear VR.

Even on a partly cloudy day, I had a hard time seeing the screen in direct sunlight.

I didn't have too much of a problem seeing the screen indoors, but that changed when I walked outside. We measured it at 228 nits, well below the smartphone average of 431 nits, not to mention other Windows phones, such as the Liquid Jade Primo (347 nits) and the HP Elite x3 (318 nits). Like the original Idol 4S, the display on this Windows version is pretty dim.

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