alcatel Pixi 3 (4.5)
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- Fred
- IPH
- 12 May 2021
I have two of these. They cost $au29 each ages ago but was able to unlock them.
It's a basic phone. 4GB storage is too small. I use it for a backup and navigation phone (using Here Maps) and it's good for that. No good as a daily driver. Camera is fixed focus and won't read QR codes. Selfie is lousy.
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- Billy Run
- XrS
- 22 Sep 2020
This is terrible. It is a rare device and therefore unsupported for things like custom ROMs. It runs an old version of Android, with terrible specs. It does work if you are willing to wait longer for the slow processor and tiny memory.
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- sparks
- sG{
- 20 Jul 2020
Got this phone 4.5 years ago. Use it for reading world news papers nearly every day, for google earth, sms, emails, fonecalls, googling anything that i want to know about, youtubing, camera, music and a few other things. I think it is a well used and busy thing and I am convinved I could not have made a better choice for my $50. If it goes bung I will gladly look at another Alcatel.
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- Lopyt (Sir_Guy)
- jD9
- 12 Jun 2019
I don't know a lot about phones, but the camera's pretty bad.
I use the phone primarily for the text messager, browser, and a few games (Pixel Dungeon, Zork, nothing major). In only 3 years the battery has gone from linear to logarithmic. It drops by the second almost after 50%. The UI or OS or whatever is good. I like its layout. 4GB was good 5 years ago, and even with the SD card, it doesn't save apps to it. If you have a lot in Downloads, move them to a separate folder and clear data on Download Manager app. The speaker is one of the worst I've heard, and this is coming from a professional musician and composer. I get better from the Latitude CP-x laptop. The screen lasted 2 years about, and I've dropped it a lot, I think. It has too many apps you can't delete, like Play Books, Play Movies, Play Newsstand, Google +, etc. That I never use, never update, but impede my ability to download new games and stuff. Without the SD card, I wouldn't have Death, Pantera, Metallica, Opeth, Gamma Ray, Iron Maiden, Extermination Dismemberment, Dream Theater, etc on there.
The only reason I don't get a new phone is I got the battery signed by Brian Volmer from Helix, and to say the least, that's pretty damn cool.
Get it if you want it, but read most reviews first. I think its good for the price.
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- vanjonXT
- fwq
- 05 Jan 2019
Hazique, 23 Sep 2017The best phone I've ever got. It will perform extremely goo... moreI agree with you 100%
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- mike andreson
- 0pA
- 29 Jun 2018
its undesturcbile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! just a one crack
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- Metacrylate
- nGB
- 02 May 2018
I bought a Pixi 3 (4.5) as a temporary replacement when my main phone broke down. I found it remarkably capable for a phone so cheap. It can manage all day-to-day functions of a good smartphone with ease: browsing, emailing, reading news, banking, mapping, etc. The screen is of good quality and the battery lasts more than a day in normal use. The main drawbacks are the poor camera and the very small memory if you don't add an SD card. Overall I was pleasantly surprised.
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- Andy72
- 8pC
- 01 Apr 2018
have an issue with this mobile can anyone help?
phone if turn it on stay on then i must remove battery to close it
and apps doesnt apear dnt show on the screen ?
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- Sally
- X{9
- 21 Jan 2018
I have some 8 voice recordings on it and can't get it downloaded to use for a media file. any ideas. it's not showing up on its SD card?
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- lmmy
- rKp
- 19 Nov 2017
Is not 4g suported.
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- perriperri
- H5x
- 05 Nov 2017
Honest, 23 Sep 2017All those who are shouting that this phone is bad either li... moreI have this phone. Only problem i have is cannot get rid of the old orange Apps .But i can still get ee apps. You just have to type EE apps. Appart from that . phones are like designer clothes. ETC. Your just mainly payin for the name. I find with all the phones. There battery life us totaly unbelievable. They battery time seems to have got worse. Most of newer iPhone. You're lucky if you get 12 hours.
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- Shellee
- 0RS
- 20 Oct 2017
Any idea if it can be updated?
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- Anonymous
- StU
- 30 Sep 2017
Mel, 22 May 2017I've has been using this phone for more than a year now as ... moreMine has started playing up recently. When somebody calls me the screen is locked, so i can't see who is calling.
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- Honest
- 4R0
- 23 Sep 2017
All those who are shouting that this phone is bad either liars or just ignorant people. This is very good phone from any aspect of smart phone business. Of coarse, if you want having some fancy phone with a lot of extra fixtures or space, buy another (expensive) phone (2-3 times the price of this one).
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- Hazique
- tV0
- 23 Sep 2017
The best phone I've ever got. It will perform extremely good if you root it, overclock, use SDMaid, fstrim it and use HEBF Optimizer. The phone performs better than my Zenfone Go 4.5. The camera is not bad but just okay. And also, it charges up to 100% in just 2 hours. This phone lacks performance in games so don't get this phone if you like to play graphics-intensive games. Sadly, you can't find this phone's cover and accessories easily. You might need to purchase it online.
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- AnonD-701309
- 4Af
- 17 Sep 2017
I have to say this is the worst bloody phone I have gotten ever. its memory is uber tiny, and certain apps require so much bloody space that even if i have absolutely any other apps other than the already preloaded ones that it claims i have no more space and when i try to make space it doesn't work, doesn't save much of anything to my dang sd card so i have a crap ton of space on the sd card but just won't freakin put it on the sd card. I'm gonna say this AVOID ALCATEL PHONES LIKE THE BLOODY PLAGUE AND JUST GO WITH A SAMSUNG OR ANYTHING BUT NOT AN ALCATEL PHONE!!!!!!! Sorry Alcatel but your phones are worse than a blackberry (and blackberry sucks) so when I upgrade i'm going to go back to samsung as they at least don't crap out on me and they actually take a dang charge instead of me having to wait all bloody dang day for it to charge more than 3% in 8 freakin hours or only to 37% overnight. so done with this chasing the charge thing
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- CpL
- 27 Jul 2017
Absolutely terrible phone. Owned it for a year and a half now, and I have never seen a device act up so much. It types by itself, the screen glitches out, it is constantly crashing and this is all occurring using standard apps like the pre-installed text messenger. It's an absolutely terrible phone, but if you're on a tight budget, you might be able to get it to work.
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- Someguy97
- 7tk
- 27 Jun 2017
b, 20 Jun 2017Not for gaming. I have this phone.Not true I have this phone aswell, quite a lot of game are alright on this phone I even have a Nintendo DS Emulator on it and it works perfectly fine hasn't crashed once, it isn't an ideal phone for games but for a first phone and the games that are available, yes it is a good phone actually.
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- iBt
- 20 Jun 2017
immm unsure, 16 Jun 2017i dont have a phone and this is my first phone and my mum w... moreNot for gaming. I have this phone.
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- immm unsure
- Xs@
- 16 Jun 2017
i dont have a phone and this is my first phone and my mum wont get me anything else all i wanna so is play games and go on instagram so will this phone be ok for me??