Alcatel hints at a modular future for its mid-range phones
Alcatel is being particularly mysterious at this year’s MWC, showing off a mid-range phone with a removable back — the A5 — but not saying outright that it’s making a modular device in the vein of the Moto Z. We had some hands-on time with the A5, and tried out not only a rear case covered with LEDs that respond to music (as seen above), but also a speaker case and a battery extender. Alcatel, though, won’t confirm whether these add-ons will ever go on sale, saying only that this is a “sneak peek” of the future.
If it’s just a sneak peek, of course, then why make the A5’s back removable? We’re assuming there’s something more to come, but for whatever reason the company isn’t saying. As it is, the A5 is being marketed, simply, as the “the…
