Alcatel A5 LED: Complete test of the most original smartphones under 200 euros!

As the name suggests, the A5 LED is covered with LED. But apart from its rather original shell, this smartphone whose ambassador is none other than Matt Pokora can stand out among the phones less than 200 euros? Answers in my full test!

There’s a side you’ve seen in the latest smartphone from Alcatel. Equipped with an interactive LED shell, this terminal does not go unnoticed. Bright as ever, the Alcatel A5 LED targets the youngest of us. Apart from this disco side, can the Alcatel A5 LED stand out in a saturated market of smartphones with less than 200 bullets? What is the value of the smartphone whose ambassador is none other than Mr Pokora? Answers in the next lines of my test.

If it appears, at first glance, as a rather commonplace smartphone, the Alcatel A5 LED is quite thick, heavy. In short, it is not the most beautiful smartphones we could have in hand in 2017. This sad design handicaps the handling of the smartphone. Fortunately, Alcatel did not hesitate to give the smile to its smartphone by covering it with a shell a little particular. The latter is equipped with 35 LEDs that illuminate each time you receive a notification or a call. It’s pretty cool since this shell can display a bright F when you receive a notification on Facebook or even an M for an email. But it is also this shell that brings more thickness to the “joujou” of Alcatel.

And at a time when most manufacturers are betting on Full HD tiles, the A5 LED is satisfied with an IPS HD of 5.2 “, the contrast ratio is fairly average and when the brightness is at a minimum, But overall, the color rendering is still true to reality even though it tends to draw towards the blue.On interface, I did not have much difficulty to adapt To this terminal. It’s simple, I felt like I was on Android 6.0 Marshmallow with some special novelty LED shell.

Photo level, there is nothing impressive. The 8 Mpx main sensor provides the minimum. If the focus is optimal when the light conditions are good, it misses the catastrophe when the subjects are moving. And in selfie mode with the sensor of 5 Mpx, I limit believed that a filter that smooths the image has been applied magically. This photo part that is light enough and the presence of a battery of 2800 mAh let me think of a patient autonomy. But in truth, it is not. The A5 LED holds barely 11h15 during an intensive use, which places it far behind the 13h of Honor 5C for example. If you are looking for a good smartphone, performing at 200 euros, the Alcatel A5 Led is not the best in the class.