CES2015: Alcatel OneTouch Smartwatch Unveiled, The Zara Of Wearables !

A very beautiful new smartwatch is unveiled, and this one is surely going to compete with the Moto 360, with a little similar design, but looking more Zen and classy, the Alcatel OneTouch Smartwatch comes with a a 1.22 inch "near circular" touchscreen, the new piece of art is provided with an STM429 chipset and a a 210 mAh battery that can last for 5 days on a single charge, the hardware also include a heart rate sensor, a vibration motor, an accelerometer, an altimeter, a gyroscope and an e-compass. 

The Alcatel OneTouch uses Bluetooth 4.0 to pair with your iOS or Android device to bring you your most important notifications in a very beautiful UI, the company has choose to use their own OS, so, there is no Android Wear running inside the device.

Talking about the design, Alcatel consider themselves to bring us a new Zara !  Global Design Director CW Park said: "We actually position ourselves more like Zara in the mobile industry, So even though we bring the premium look and feel, we like to keep a certain target price for the right audience ", well, the design is pretty good, and you can't blame him for this announcement !

The new smartwatch comes in different models, the one with a resin band, and the one with full metallic build, and they will respectively cost you $150 and $180.

                                                                        

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What If Your Phone Screen Is a Solar Panel To Recharge It !

Imagine that your smartphone screen is also a solar panel at the same time, so you can recharge it just by putting it in the sun ! well, ALCATEL has already though of that, the prototype was unveiled in the CES Las Vegas, a phone with a solar panel screen, that can be recharged when exposed to the sun, also when using the screen, you can't tell if the 

phone contains a solar panel.

The demo is not yet a final product, the company said that it is not good enough to release it to the public right know, you have to wait to 2015 to see this technology in the markets.

"There are some issues with the viewing angles and the charging capabilities of the screen at the moment that we aren't happy with," said Dan Dery, VP of Global Marketing and Products.

This technology will solve many daily issues of charging your battery, it will be great to just put your phone at the window or expose it to the sun when you are walking, also, Dan Dery said that the battery can be recharged with another light sources beside the sun..

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