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You can change the color and style of the back cover on Alcatel’s Pop 4 smartphones

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Hot on the heels of the announcement of the flagship Idol 4S and Idol 4, Alcatel has announced three more devices in the new Pop 4 series, which the company says is geared toward millennials.

And what exactly makes it so ideal for millennials? The customizable backs that make it “designed by you, inside and out” — something which has been done by established players like Nokia, Motorola, and even newcomers like OnePlus.

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The three versions of the device are the Pop 4, the Pop 4+, and the Pop 4S. They all share a similar build, but each have a different style for how the navigation buttons look. For example, the Pop 4S has a physical home button that quite resembles the Samsung Galaxy S6, and that’s because it has a fingerprint scanner. It’s flanked by two capacitive buttons on both sides. They all run Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

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You’ll be able to customize the backs on all the devices in the Pop 4 series, with wood, leather, hairline-brushed design styles, and even an oddly named “Baby Skin” option, which mostly seems to be a smooth plastic back cover. The backs come in a range of colors as well.

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The Pop 4S is the cream of the crop in this new series, with 13-megapixel rear camera, and an 5-megapixel front-facing one, a 5.5-inch 1080p IPS display, and 2,960mAh battery. It’s powered by an octa-core Mediatek processor, with 2GB of RAM and internal storage starting at 16GB, which you can expand up to 64GB with a MicroSD card. It features a fingerprint sensor on the home button, NFC, and fast-charging as well.

As a whole series, the devices felt pretty decent, though not at all flagship quality — that’s the Idol 4 series. These are budget phones, and they feel exactly like that.

Then comes the Pop 4+, which is essentially the larger variant of the Pop 4, but it’s still the same size as the Pop 4S at 5.5-inches. Unfortunately, with such big screen real estate, the company has opted for a 720p IPS display, meaning the screen won’t look quite crisp. It’s powered by the quad-core Snapdragon 210, has 1.5GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage. It does have a MicroSD as well, with additional storage capacity up to 32GB.

The Pop4+ also has a 2,500mAh battery, 8-megapixel rear camera, and a 5-megapixel front facing one, which also has wide-viewing angles for selfies.

These are budget phones, and they feel exactly like that.

Finally, the Pop 4 is a 5-inch device with a 720p IPS display. It’s powered by the same Snapdragon 210 processor as the Pop 4+, but it only has 1GB of RAM, and a measly 8GB of internal storage. The Pop 4 also features the same camera specs as the Pop 4+, and strangely, the same battery capacity. You would think the 5.5-inch device would require a little more juice to power its screen, but we’ll have to see how it holds up when we get a unit to review.

The latter two devices do not have NFC, fast-charging, or fingerprint scanners, and they’re clearly the more compromise-heavy budget devices, compared to the Pop 4S and the Idol 4 and 4S smartphones.

The Pop 4S will cost 199 euros, the Pop 4+ will cost 149 euros, and the Pop 4 will be priced at 129 euros. The company hasn’t confirmed when the devices will be available.

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