Here is everything we know about the Alcatel Idol 5

Why it matters to you

Alcatel is known for building relatively powerful phones at a reasonable price. The Alcatel Idol 5 should be no exception.

It looks like Alcatel is prepping a follow-up to last year’s Idol 4S with the Alcatel Idol 5. Rumors about the device have been surfacing for some time and we now have an idea of what we expect the specs for the phone to be.

A device believed to be the Alcatel Idol 5 popped up on Geekbench, showing off both how the device will perform and what specs the phone will feature. For example, the listing notes a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, along with 3GB of RAM and Android 7.1.1.

The leaked specs are interesting, considering that previous leaks seemingly contradict the new reports. Previously, a phone labeled “Alcatel 6060” popped up on GFXBench with both a different processor and a different amount of RAM. Instead of the Snapdragon 625, the previous leak noted a MediaTek Helio P20 and instead of 3GB of RAM, the older leak mentioned 2GB.

Of course, it is entirely possible that different variants of the Alcatel Idol 5 will launch. After all, the two leaks mention a slightly different model number — the Alcatel 6060S and the Alcatel 6060. Perhaps we will see a standard version alongside an Alcatel Idol 5S — something that Alcatel has been known to do in the past, especially with the Idol series.

The GFXBench leak, which was picked up by Android Headlines, also mentioned a few other specs that we did not see in the new Geekbench leak. For example, it showed that the phone could come with a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera, along with an 8MP front-facing shooter. Last but not least, the phone seemingly comes with 32GB of storage.

It will be interesting to see what kind of specs the Alcatel Idol 5 ends up with, and it is likely we will hear more about the phone before it officially launches. If we do, we will keep this article updated.