#ALCATEL IDOL 4S WINDOWS UPDATE MOVIE#
#ALCATEL IDOL 4S WINDOWS UPDATE ANDROID#

Overall, it felt like a pretty clumsy experience. I found that when I wanted to exit a VR game or video, I had to take off the headset, pop out the Idol 4S and manually exit the app - the back button wouldn't take me back to Alcatel's VRLauncher app, which serves as a sort of home for the VR apps on your phone. What's more, the experience lacks the immersiveness that VR requires. Still, at this point it's hard to recommend the Idol 4S just on the merits of its VR experience, precisely because its VR apps are so early-stage. It's hard to recommend the Idol 4S just on the merits of its VR experience, precisely because its VR apps are so early-stage. And the company has a point, particularly if Microsoft's push to get hardware makers to build Windows 10-friendly VR headsets pushes more app makers to develop apps that could also run on Alcatel's headset. It was pleasantly creepy, walking down abandoned tunnels and blasting the undead in the included Zombie VR game, but after a while, the action felt pretty repetitive, and I was fairly relieved once the zombie horde finally overpowered me, ending the game.ДЄlcatel might counter that a VR headset capable of running some VR apps puts the Idol 4S miles ahead of other Windows phones that have no VR component at all.

#ALCATEL IDOL 4S WINDOWS UPDATE ANDROID#

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.ДЄlcatel 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.

#ALCATEL IDOL 4S WINDOWS UPDATE MOVIE#

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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