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generally speaking low-cost smartphones tempt to come with no-frills packaging I guess Alcatel OneTouch didn't get that memo when it sent out press kits this week i'm michael fisher with PocketNow and this is our unboxing and first look at the Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 alright alright so this isn't the packaged regular buyers are gonna see when they unbox their Idol 3 it's a press only preview kit the actual retail box is much smaller as you'd expect but this one's more exciting so let's show you what's inside the slide to unlock switch doesn't do anything but it's still a cool effect the path to the phone is a three leaf layer cake of marketing you get emphasis on bright calling us a full HD display loud calling up the JBL speakers and moments emphasizing the sony camera sensor open that final flap and blam finally we get to the phone and its companion accessory packet well open up that capsule to find the tiniest little USB drive ever which has the press kit on it along with the power adapter and cables you even get in-ear headphones bundled in and these will come in the consumer version and like the phone's front firing speakers their JBL branded that's more than we can say for most phones at this price point moving on to the phone itself after we peel off all those labels we're confronted by a simple rounded gray slab with chrome accents as a whole it looks pretty good with the only giveaway to its lower end status being a few materials compromises the set and a back cover really holds on to the remnants of all that label adhesive and there's a very visible pixel matrix on the 5.5 inch display as well also at 140 grams the phone is actually a touch more massive than the galaxy s6 but because of its all plastic construction it feels much lighter and less substantial more promising are those front firing surround sound enabled speakers flanking the display and the 8 megapixel front facing camera a OT makes a point of calling out the 13 megapixel resolution of the rear camera in the literature but there's no optical stabilization onboard the battery is just under 3000 milliamp hours which gives us hope for high endurance and the software running on the phone is android 5.0.2 with a special UI laid on top the whole thing powered by a Snapdragon 615 processor oh and yes this is the phone that's reversible get a phone call and you can put either end to your ear to take it the Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 will ship mid-may for a pre-order price of 2 $49.99 unlocked and if you get an order in before 11:59 p.m. Pacific on April 20th it's $1.99 we'll be testing it in four separate countries over the coming weeks so drop us a line in the comments and let us know what you want to know about what a ot is calling a super phone at the price of a smart phone for more from pocket now check out our recent reviews of the Alcatel OneTouch watch the Samsung Galaxy s6 edge and the US version of the LG G flex 2 and be sure to subscribe if you did enjoy this video till next time i'm michael fisher with pocket now captain 2 phones on twitter reminding you that how could tell OneTouch is not alcatel-lucent and as such this video has nothing to do with nokia thanks for watching everyone we'll see you next time