This phone costs less than $250, but has a sleek design and a few features we've never seen before

Come for the price, stay for the sleek design.

That's how we'd sum up our short, but memorable first encounter with the new "affordable flagship" Alcatel 5.

What does affordable flagship mean? Well, it's a phone that costs just €230, so it is by no means a traditional flagship: this is a phone with a low-res 720p display after all, but here is the thing. We kind of like and it's the best one that Alcatel has got, hence the flagship name.

First, it's about the looks. Styled to look like metal, the Alcatel 5 is actually made from ...