In an indication that the premium Alcatel Idol 4S handset is now official for the US, Alcatel has said in a recent announcement that the handset will be sold exclusively as part of the bundle -- the Alcatel Idol 4S VR Bundle --- which will be available for preorders with effect from July 15.

According to the announcement, the preorder cost of the Alcatel Idol 4S VR Bundle will be $350. The bundle is scheduled to hit the markets on August 3, when its cost will go up to $400.

The Alcatel Idol 4S VR Bundle will include the Idol 4S handset - which was first unveiled by Alcatel at the Mobile World Congress - along with JBL headphones, a screen protector, a Quick Charge adapter, and Incipio phone cases.

So far as the highly-impressive Alcatel Idol 4S handset is concerned, the device will incorporate goggles and other VR features; and will come pre-loaded with a VR launcher, a VR store, and a number of VR apps, to enable users to experience VR out of the box.

Some of the other notable features of the Alcatel Idol 4S handset include a 5.5-inch 2,560-by-1,440 AMOLED display; an octa-core Snapdragon 652 processor; a 16-megapixel rear camera; an 8-megapixel front-facing camera; a
3,000mAh battery; fingerprint scanner; and 32GB of onboard storage capacity, along with a microSD card slot for storage expansion. The device will run Android OS version 6.0 'Marshmallow.'