Boom! First MT6595 flagship from Alcatel has killer specs! HTC M8 Killer?

AndiJuly 18, 2014

This could finally be it! With quality of Chinese phones on the up and now the awesome MT6595 from Mediatek almost hear, we could be seeing Chinese flagships that blow away anything global players have to offer! Case in point the Alcatel One Touch D820!

Alcatel, aka TCL here in China, has been selling Mediatek powered device in Europe and the States for years. Overall their devices, which are rebadged TCL handsets, have been some of the best looking and beautifully crafted to come out of China with an MTK processor for some time.

What has always been lacking though is a really killer SoC, and that’s finally be been fixed now thanks to the new Mediatek MT6595. So with design and build to die for and the latest MT6595 what are Alcatel capable of? The Alcatel One Touch D820 is what!

Specifications of the Alcatel One Touch D820 read like a smartphone fan’s wet dream. The MT6595 processor which is a big.LITTLE configuration is clouded at just under 2.0Ghz, and is running Android 4.4.2 Kitkat with the aid of 3GB RAM.

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The MT6595 also bring LTE to the phone (TDD-LTE, FDD-LTE,HSPA+,TD-SCDMA, GSM and we assume WCDMA) and has a 2560 x 1440 2K display measuring just 4.6-inch! That’s a pixel density of 638ppi! This could all point at the specs behind the amazing 47,000 points we have seen previously!

The only real downer of the hardware is the 7 mega-pixel front and rear cameras, unless there is some sort of ultra-pixel set up going on that is!

For now we remain unsure if this is an actual production model, or if TCL/Alcatel are just playing with their options. If the specification and size are anything to go by though the D820 is turning in to quite the HTC M8 killer!

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Robert Kurowski
July 18, 2014
I really, really would like to see that screen. >5″ screen sizes are to big for me. This Alcatel might be my phone of choice.
Aeonia
July 18, 2014
bet not many can/will spot the extra eye candy between it and a 4.5 inch 1080p display..
- fangbanger
  July 18, 2014
  in VR it makes all the difference in the world. 1080p is now disgusting seen through magnifying lenses.
  - desponent
    July 19, 2014
    - liam
      July 21, 2014
      - desponent
        July 21, 2014
- - andisykesspellingtrauma
    July 18, 2014
    - balcobomber25
      July 18, 2014

iANDROID8.1
July 18, 2014
Hi Andi the camera is actually an 8Mp unit you just have to round it off to the nearest possible value so its 8Mp and I think the final camera specs will be 16Mp Interpolated xD
- balcobomber25
  July 18, 2014
  - iANDROID8.1
    July 18, 2014
    - balcobomber25
      July 18, 2014
      Has nothing to do with China it’s industry wide. MPs has become the latest and greatest marketing trend. People think that because it has a high MP it will take better photos. I know of 5mp camera phones that take better pictures than 13mp because they use a much better sensor with a better aperture. In our society though bigger numbers matter.
      - Airyl
        July 18, 2014
        Having a high MP count does matter, HTC seems to have proven this with the M8. It’s just that MP counts aren’t the only things that make a camera better than the rest.
        balcobomber25
        July 19, 2014
        The iPhone 5 has an 8mp camera the new S5 has a 16mp, there have been numerous objective tests done where people can’t tell the difference between the two. Good camera software can do a lot more than a high MP.
        
        trapchan
        July 19, 2014
        I would say the most objective test was done by GSMArena. Megapixels is not overrated, and it was proven by Lumia 1020, more megapixels can be used to store more details. And of course, depend on how it utilized larger megapixels doesn’t always equal to better quality as proven by Xperia Z2.
        
        balcobomber25
        July 19, 2014
        Megapixels can make a difference but they are not the be all end all that people make them out to be. Like you mentioned with the Sony phones. The Z1 had a 20.7mp sensor but routinely lost side by sides to phones with 8 and 13mp sensors.
        What is often not mentioned is the Lumia 1020 has a 2/3 sensor size nearly double the size of any other smartphone and uses oversampling. Technically the 1020 takes a 5mp shot and uses oversampling to bring it to 41. It’s the same thing HTC does with “ultrapixel” only they actually tell you its a 4 megapixel camera. Wait for the Vivo Xshot vs the Lumia 1020, there have already been a few previews by Chinese journalists but nothing in depth yet.
        trapchan
        August 2, 2014
        I know it’s very late to reply but well … i think you got it wrong. Nokia downsample it’s 38mpx image to 5mpx for regular use, not the other way around. The one using oversampling tech is Oppo.

fangbanger
July 18, 2014
Amazing. Put those specs in the same Alcatel One touch Hero design and I am selling my galaxy note 3 immediately to purchase that one.
Simion Florin
July 18, 2014
F*ck me, 2k dispay on 4.6 inches? That is just sick!
claude
July 18, 2014
Do you know the battery capacity ? it s very important for such a screen…
- balcobomber25
  July 18, 2014
  One of the many reasons I could care less about 2k screens. I am fine with a 720p screen because it uses so much less battery. I don’t need my phone for anything that requires a 2k display.

Allanitomwesh
July 18, 2014
Those seem to be working numbers,not actual specs.For instance the storage is 12GB,which would suggest it is actually 16,whith the OS taking the missing chunk. So it is also likely we are looking at a 8mp webcam here,and the display is also likely larger,compensating for on screen buttons. I’d say 4.7 inch?That of course,would be quite a feat.
- GS88
  July 19, 2014
  I agree.. the 2.8GB RAM would more likely be 3GB. I think this phone isn’t real, but i really hope it is, only high end devices that are out there have a screen that’s at least 5″, while for me personally 4,7″ is THÉ max.

liam
July 18, 2014
thats an insane ppi! i think beyond 500ppi, it is not possible to distinguish the difference between higher ppi. maybe not however. either way, anything at + above 440ppi looks absolutely amazing.
it will be perfect for vr headset tho
- desponent
  July 19, 2014
  Ppi is just one factor, there are a lot of 1080p panel that look far worse than good 720p panel. Don’t be trapped on just one marketing gimmick.
  - liam
    July 21, 2014
    every 1080p panel ive seen has looks really good…. high ppi screens all use new screen technology like ips tlps slcd ogs etc.
Manos
July 20, 2014
Next year maybe this be out sooner I don’t think so. The tech is here but they are playing with as!