alcatel 1B (2020)
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- Glency
- PG3
- 17 Jan 2022
Just 2 weeks into using it and it shut down completely without even powering on again. Just useless!
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- Anonymous
- jnQ
- 15 Jan 2022
The phone is okay camera is not that good seem auto focus is not that great. Hey the phone works. The biggest issue I have is the alarm at 5am it’s quite dark so the alarm goes off and your hunting in the dark to find you phone yah! It doesn’t light up you have to fumble in the dark find it push a. Button to then tap a clock to then turn it off. Other than this if they could update this phone would be better.
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- Johnny Camaro
- RqH
- 07 Jan 2022
MulletGiraffe, 13 Oct 2021Right now the prepaid U.S. Cellular version is $10 USD at W... moreWorst phone I have had....I wouldn't want this junk phone,even for free.
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- Grover62
- kWS
- 18 Dec 2021
Don't waste your money. Has a chopped down version of android (android Go) does not support widgets and after 2 weeks keeps shutting down sometimes it runs for 2 minutes other times for several hours but the only way to restart it is to remove battery or plug in charger, Unreliable! nothing like waiting for a call only to find out you missed it cuz your piece of crap cell shut itself off. have friends who got one and after a while they have nothing but problems too. Cheap Chinese crap!
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- Martin Caballero
- LDY
- 30 Nov 2021
Martin Caballero, 30 Nov 2021This phone is also marketed under the TCL brand as TCL L7+Actually, the 16 GB variant is sold as TCL L7 and the 32 GB version is sold as TCL L7+
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- Martin Caballero
- LDY
- 30 Nov 2021
This phone is also marketed under the TCL brand as TCL L7+
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- Michael
- swg
- 07 Nov 2021
Look,im 12.I have this phone for about 7 months now.I am a user who gets a phone and waits to see if the stuff i installed will explode the phone(it didn't).It has survived drops up to 2 meters without a case and a screen protector.Yes,it has 2gb of ram and android go,so has the Meizu M6t,so has the samsung galaxy a10.It can run apps just fine.It struggles a bit when you have like 10 mb left of ram but otherwise its a good phone for 80 EUR.
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- a0p
- 23 Oct 2021
It is a good phone for this money.
I bought it for my mom two weeks ago.
Sometimes it gets hotter after a long phone call, but there are no other complains for now
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- MulletGiraffe
- rU$
- 13 Oct 2021
Anonymous, 12 Jul 2020where you got it for EUR 60? Right now the prepaid U.S. Cellular version is $10 USD at Walmart.
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- Mosthated
- rH8
- 12 Oct 2021
Charlotte, 03 Aug 2021Can you get the usual apps on this, using the likes of play... moreYes but if you like to game I wouldn't waste your money on it
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- Charlotte
- T0U
- 03 Aug 2021
carlson, 22 Jun 2021Awesome phone. l was surprise of what it can do and how wel... moreCan you get the usual apps on this, using the likes of play store?
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- carlson
- 7Aw
- 22 Jun 2021
Awesome phone. l was surprise of what it can do and how well it works together as a package. Would recommend to anyone who wants a basic, simple yet fully functional phone, even the price with tax was only $128.00. Do not shy away because of the price, check it out yourself. Probably one of the top 3 in the budget phone category. Even at this low price l would not hesitate to put it up against more expensive phones that are available on the market. Quality, performance, battery and price, will speak for itself. Carlson
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- carlson
- 7Aw
- 12 Jun 2021
Anonymous, 27 Mar 2021I had a $300 phone, only paid $90 for the alkatel 1B, what ... moreNice little Phone
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- Tom
- mMJ
- 24 Apr 2021
Tom, 24 Apr 2021This review is for 2/32 GB model. I paid $80 or 65 Euro for... moreI forgot to give a rating. I give it a 9/10 for the price.
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- Tom
- mMJ
- 24 Apr 2021
This review is for 2/32 GB model. I paid $80 or 65 Euro for it.
Build quality and design - phone and screen are made entirely out of plastic. Plastic quality is on the lower side, but not too bad. The phone is light but it's rigid enough and assembled well. Design is simple but not ugly. It has interesting striped texture on the back that enhances the grip.
Screen - this is a strong point of this phone for the price. Nice colors and clarity thanks to the IPS panel. Brightness is sufficient. Touch responsibility could be a bit better. Sometimes when you want to press something, you have to touch the screen twice because the first touch didn't register. It doesn't happen often and it's not very annoying, but it still happens. Overall responsiveness is not bad for the price, but when you compare it to more expensive phones you will definitely notice a difference.
Sound - the phone doesn't have a separate speaker for multimedia and ringtones, so all sound comes from the earpiece. Volume and quality of ringtones is sufficient. Phone also has strong vibrations. Volume and quality of phone calls is fine. On max volume it's really loud so it might be a good option for people with hearing deficiencies. Phone also has a headphone jack, the sound from headphones is good. It can also play radio when headphones are connected.
Cameras - they are adequate to the price, very basic quality. Don't expect miracles, but there is no tragedy either. You will see what you need to see on the photos. Colors and amount of details, especially when zoomed, are obviously not as good as on the more expensive phones. The camera has autofocus which is not always obvious on entry level phones.
Battery - from my observations it will last about 5 hours screen-on time with WIFI turned on most of the time. It's not the best result but it's not the worst either. Just average. The battery is replaceable. Charging speed is pretty slow.
Performance and memory - it's really awesome for the price. 2 GB of RAM is the bare minimum in 2021, there is no point in going lower, but despite that, some manufacturers still sell 1 GB phones for the same price. Another positive surprise is 32 GB of internal memory of which about 25 GB are available for user. This is unusual since phones at this price range usually have only 16 GB. 32 GB memory makes it pointless really to extend it with a microSD card (there is a microSD slot though). The processor is Snapdragon 215 - a low budget but fairly new processor since it's not even 2 years old. Performance when doing basic things like phone calls, messaging or internet browsing is sufficient, in fact, it's very good for the price. Using the phone doesn't annoy you, there are no significant lags or hiccups, everything is fluid enough. I think it might be thanks to Android 10 GO edition that's specifically optimised for low budget phones. I don't see any major differences between Android GO and regular Android. Of course don't expect that EVERYTHING will always be fluid, this is not a flagship. Sometimes you will have to wait a bit longer. But for the price, the performance is really really good. I didn't play any games on it but I saw people on YouTube playing GTA San Andreas on it and it worked good, so some gaming is definitely possible. Basic apps like Google Maps, YouTube or Facebook work OK as well. Phone gets significantly warm under load but it's not alarming yet.
Other functionalities - decently bright flashlight. Navigation works. The phone doesn't have a fingerprint reader but interestingly enough it has face recognition, but it works so-so, it's dependent on lighting.
SUMMARY - if you need a a phone for doing basic stuff like calling, messaging and internet browsing, look no further, this phone is for you. Besides, it can do a bit more than just basic stuff and it still holds up. I doubt you will find a better phone for this price, at least when we are talking about new phones and not used ones.
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- Anonymous
- NBF
- 27 Mar 2021
I had a $300 phone, only paid $90 for the alkatel 1B, what a perfect little phone, yeah the camera is not as good as your expensive phones...but its a phone not a camera, does everything I need it to do, ideal for someone who does not live on thier phone.
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- jono
- nIZ
- 13 Mar 2021
Anonymous, 28 Apr 20202GB RAM in 2020, lol. This is electronic and plastic waste.... moreI'm using a phone with 1gb ram at the moment believe me when i say 2gb ram is the minimum for 2021 unless you are on android go or a much older OS
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- Bucheery
- 3AM
- 22 Sep 2020
good choice i by it in Bahrain.
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- phone3h6n
- TiN
- 28 Aug 2020
Cb, 06 Aug 2020Purchased mine in canada 25july 2020 reduced to $110 from $... moreYou should have bought the Moto E 2020 which has twice the storage, 13mp camera, 3500mah battery for 130$
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- EqY
- 06 Aug 2020
Purchased mine in canada 25july 2020 reduced to $110 from $150 the week before at the mobile shop. Mine has 5mp front camera and 8mp rear specs at alcatelmobile.com. Rear camera best setting in the phone however is 5mp 4:3. This explains the blurry crappy photos mine takes. Not really even usable for taking photos or messaging. Otherwise this phone functionsrather well for me.