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Alcatel's Pixi phones can't actually triple-boot into different operating systems

Discussion in 'Microsoft News' started by Nathan Ingraham, Jan 6, 2015.

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    Alcatel Onetouch announced the third generation of its Pixi line of smartphones a few days ago and offered up the intriguing possibility of a phone that could run three different operating systems. Now we've gotten a chance to check out the new Pixi family and unfortunately got some bad news — users won't be able to boot between Android, Firefox OS, and Windows Phone. Alcatel told us that the multi-OS mode is more of an offering for carrier partners to fill out their lineups with phones running their preferred OS rather than something a buyer will be able to play around with.

    That unfortunate omission means there isn't a whole for the Pixi family to hang their hat on, at least for those of us used to huge and powerful smartphones....

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