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Alcatel 1X Android Go phone comes to the US for $100

It'll sell at Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart.

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The Alcatel 1X has a fingerprint sensor on the back.

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Where do you go for a simple $100 Android phone? 

Alcatel has a champion in mind. The Alcatel 1X is an extreme-budget device that uses Google's Android Oreo Go software for low-power handsets. The Android Go Edition makes itself known for apps that take up less space, like Facebook Lite and Maps Go.

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The phone is small (or "palmable", if you prefer) and specs are unsurprisingly bare bones. 

You get a 5.3-inch screen in an 18:9 ratio, an 8-megapixel camera with flash and a fingerprint sensor on the back. Storage is laughably slender: 16GB of space for your photos and apps, and just 1GB of RAM. You can add a memory card for up to 32GB of extra space.

The Alcatel 1X will sell unlocked and work with GSM carriers like AT&T , T-Mobile , Cricket Wireless and MetroPCS . The sale date is pegged for June 4 for Amazon, followed by Best Buy and Walmart in the following weeks.

For $50 more, the Alcatel 3V gives you a 6-inch screen, 12-megapixel camera and larger battery. 

Alcatel 1X specs

  • 5.3-inch 960x480-pixel resolution with 18:9 ratio
  • 8-megapixel camera with LED flash
  • 5-megapixel front-facing camera with flash
  • 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6739 processor
  • 16GB internal storage
  • 1GB RAM
  • Up to 32GB external storage
  • 2,460mAh battery
  • Color: Dark grey