Both will be available for purchase beginning next month for under $30 (€22) down

Sep 25, 2013 10:01 GMT  ·  By

Alcatel and T-Mobile USA have just teamed up to offer customers two new mid-range Android smartphones, the One Touch Fierce and One Touch Evolve.

According to Alcatel, the One Touch Fierce and One Touch Evolve are expected to be available nationwide at select national retail stores beginning October 5.

However, beginning October 14, the One Touch Evolve will be available for pre-sale online and through participating T-Mobile retail stores and select dealers on October 16.

The One Touch Fierce will be available through participating T-Mobile retail stores, select dealers and online beginning October 23.

T-Mobile USA has confirmed that Alcatel One Touch Evolve will be $27.99 (€21) down with 24 equal monthly device payments of $3 (€2.2) and the One Touch Fierce will be $19.99 (€15) down with 24 equal monthly device payments of $6 (€4,5) with its Simple Choice Plan.

Alcatel One Touch Fierce will ship with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system out of the box and a more than decent 4.5-inch qHD capacitive touchscreen display that supports 540 x 960 pixels resolution.

Hardware-wise, the smartphone is equipped with a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589M processor, 1GB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory that can be further expanded up to 32GB via microSD card slot.

The smartphone also sports a 5-megapixel rear camera with autofocus, LED flash and HD (720p) video recording, as well as a secondary VGA front-facing camera for video calls.

The One Touch Evolve is powered by Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean platform and packs a 1 GHz single-core MediaTek MT6575 processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory and microSD card slot (up to 32GB).

The handset features a similar 5-megapixel main camera with autofocus, LED flash and HD (720p) video recording, along with a secondary VGA front-facing camera.

It is also worth mentioning that both Alcatel One Touch smartphones come with pre-loaded apps such as Nuance’s Swype keyboard, as well as pre-configured home screens with important apps and widgets.

Keep in mind that only One Touch Fierce offers 4G support, while One Touch Evolve comes packed with HDSPA (7.2 Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76 Mbps).

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