My husband may not be very good with dates and special occasion. He tend to forget them if I don’t remind him, but occasionally…he does pay attention to special dates, in his own subtle way, that is. Usually…he will not wish me anything…not happy birthday…or happy anniversary, but 12 going on 13 years of spending our lives together since college, I noticed that he always make a point to spend time with me on special dates, regardless of how busy he is. Okay. That’s good enough for me. 🙂

Anyway, speaking of special occasion,  it is that time of the year again. Valentine’s Day is less than a month. It is pretty commercialized these days in my opinion. My husband shares the same sentiment too, so whenever he asked me if I want anything as present, I would say no need, but this year, I’m awfully tempted to tell him that I wanted a brand new smartphone with good camera function for me to take photos and selfies.

Yes. You are reading that right! Take selfies. I may not showcase myself on the Internet or the social media,but I do take pleasure in taking self portraits these days. Yes, yes….I’m vain. A hopeless one at that too. :p I like flipping through the album gallery in my smartphone; where I captured myself and my loved ones in various backgrounds and settings. Pictures, especially selfies are such wonderfully personal thing that makes the occasional trip down the memory lane much easier.

If you’re to ask me what I want for new year and the coming Valentine’s day is a selfie phone, where I can take a lot of beautiful selfies and send the pictures to my loved ones to share my beautiful memories with….or if I’m feeling rather naughty, literally flash myself to my husband whenever I’m feeling naughty or miss him when he is at work.

There is one phone in particular that I have my eyes on;

Alcatel Onetouch Flash. This smartphone was recently launched in Malaysia and is available for sales since early December 2014. 😉

The Alcatel Onetouch Flash , is lauded to be one of the world’s best selfie smartphones, comes with an outstanding camera performance.- a front 5 Mpxl HD and a 13 Mpxl Full HD rear camera. Alcatel Onetouch Flash also comes with a great resolution front facing camera with Smart Beauty Enhancement feature that is just perfect for selfie lovers without the need of any extra photo editing apps, as the photos taken are already enhanced for the users. How awesome is that? I mean… the selfies that I take will have professional, studio-like quality, where I can look flawless and model-worthy! 😉 In addition, to it’s selfie features, Alcatel Onetouch Flash   has a lightweight 150g body with 5.5” HD. Packing a True Octacore 1.4 GHz processor. It is ideal for multitasking and the 3200mAh battery allows your entertainment on-the-go for longer. The Dual-frequency Wi-Fi on the other hand, reduces interference and enhances transmission speed.

Alcatel Onetouch Flash also has Hotknot pre-installed, a technology that allows rapid transfer of all multimedia information and much faster than NFC. Users can transfer their favourite photos or videos by just one touch. Basically,the phone delivers optimized memory and touchscreen functionality, boosted voice call quality, redesigned Quickoffice and E-mail and a new emoticon keyboard.

So, basically, here’s the Alcatel Onetouch Flash‘s spec:

Display: 5.50-inch HD

Processor: Octa Core1.4GHz

Front Camera: 5-megapixel HD

Rear Camera: 13-megapixel Full HD

Resolution: 720×1280 pixels

RAM: 1GB

OS: Android 4.4

Storage: 8GB

Battery capacity: 3200mAh

In my humble opinion, the phone is not just ‘flashable’, but packed quite a punch as it encourages work productivity as well. And a bonus for a vain person like me? Well, this phone is fashionable too. Yes… Alcatel Onetouch Flash is not just a smartphone but also a fashion accessory with its premium design with Hydraskins ( https://www.facebook.com/hydraskins ) – creating a fashionable look for Alcatel Onetouch Flash.

Alcatel Onetouch Flash is available nationwide in Malaysia and from 15th December 2014 in East for just RM699 bundled with flip cover and value added Screen Warranty Care + (SWC+) which covered the device with a free one-time screen replacement within the first 12 months of ownership. In conjunction with the launch, Alcatel Onetouch has also partnered with Hydraskins.com to provide an exclusive 50% off skins exclusively for Alcatel Onetouch Flash users by simply entering the redemption code “BEaFlasher”. The promotion period is valid till 31st March 2015 and is also valid for all Alcatel Onetouch users and not only Onetouch Flash.