alcatel U5
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- Anonymous
- Nxb
- 29 Dec 2022
My grandpa had a model like this (5044S, Canadian model with a SD210 instead of a MediaTek). It "worked" for him but the built in Google apps took up so much of the internal storage it constantly gave warnings. You likely shouldn't buy this phone now, but if you have it laying around and know somebody who might need to just call and text I see it as an option.
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- Rick Astley
- uSZ
- 17 Dec 2022
Plsss if you have this phone for a long time and u don't like this phone u can buy a new cheap phone.
If u don't have that much money and u want new phone, I have a few phones to recommend for u to buy under 100 dollars. (if u live in Asia)
1) realme C11 (best quality)
2) iTel vision 3 (good for gaming)
3) Tecno pova neo (long battery life)
I actually had this phone for a while and its very slow when playing Minecraft or roblox. So I decided to replace it with a new phone.
I posted this so u don't have to suffer with this bad phone.
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- Lowo1115
- 3Z5
- 31 Aug 2022
This was low-end phone even at the time it was released, but so was the price, too. It is still usable if you know how to use it.
- disable apps automatic updates
- many apps could be replaced by web-page shortcuts made by Chrome (and apps themselves removed od rolled back to release state)
- I even succeeded to disable Gogle Play and Google App autoupdate by managing user storage free space around 200 MB (by adding or removing copies of a dummy video of about 50 MB) - 200 MB is enough for RAM cache etc. for flawless running, and the apps cannot autoupdate if it is less than 300 MB.
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- Lowo
- 60b
- 31 Aug 2022
This was low-end phone even at the time it was released, but so was the price, too. It is still usable if know how to use it.
- disable apps automatic updates
- many apps could be replaced by web-page shortcuts made by Chrome
- I even succeeded to disable Gogle Play and Google App aurozpdate
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- no name
- t7K
- 05 Feb 2022
This is a bad phone, very slow on light games and when browsing the internet. There's only 2 gb of usable space on this phone, it also has a bad camera its very blurry. Battery life is horrible too the biggest reason for battery drain is the phone being idle.
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- Norma
- mp1
- 10 Dec 2021
Wish I'd read the comments on this forum before I purchased this phone. Been a nightmare, Apps all over the place, screen not responding. Lost data from my SD card, now the battery is draining. Buy something else.
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- Alcatel u5 rants 1.0
- t7K
- 20 Nov 2021
worst phone I've ever had. Out of this world lag, terrible camera, always crashes and battery drains even more while idle. Got rid of it two months ago and replaced it with a realme C21Y it has a few defects but its 1 googolplexianth (1 with 1 googol zeroes) times better than this trash.
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- Previous U5 user
- t7J
- 08 Nov 2021
Alcatel u5 loading minecraft be like: This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years
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- firenado
- mrZ
- 27 Oct 2021
have owned one of these for 4 going on 5 years now. yes its slow yes the battery kinda sucks and no camera at all would probably be a better option than what it comes with, but it was only 50 quid I use it to make calls listen to music and do the odd email/messaging. and for that its good enough. unfortunately the flash storage is almost completely burnt out now and with the end of 3g looming near I expect that I will have to get it replaced but in the mean time its been a loyal digital companion. (ps also dont even think about using google maps whilst it almost works the cpu is not powerfull enough and you will miss turns)
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- JohnM
- iiY
- 02 Apr 2021
I bought this locked to Telstra for $19A, only 3g but 16gig of storage. I bought it not as a phone but as a MP3 player, and I use it to listen to podcasts and eBooks. For this purpose it is great, no sim card but hooked up to WiFi.
I did use it as a phone for a month. I did a trip to western Qld. Wevsoon found that ALDI mobile, although Telstra, doesn't cover the remote areas. I installed the supplied Telstra sim paid $30 for a month and got coverage in lots of places. All right, it is slow and annoying, but it is cheap and for me, reliable.
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- Ozpi
- YTb
- 27 Jan 2021
it's very very slow when you turning on. most of the time hangs when you switch to another apps. not good at all. Battery life? don't even ask me . its frustrating that alcatel owned by nokia.
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- Anonymous
- 73W
- 24 Oct 2020
AnonD-720385, 04 Dec 2017I have just purchased the ALcatel U5 mobile phone. I wanted... moreHey my battery last for 4-5 hour while playing game continuos and while using normal app it last for 5-6 hour only is it ur facing too
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- Anonymous
- 8{R
- 29 Aug 2020
Anonymous, 10 Apr 2019im sorry but alcatel is a budget phone company of course th... moreWell I paid two thousand 500 in Mexico I have only had it for a few months and it gave problems of restarting and loss of memory card , right out of the box. What trash . I could have got a Moto with a bit smaller screen for the Same price . Pure garbage. And I didn't even get through this message without the phone losing the page 3 times . Save yourself the frustrating , I want to break my phone syndrome . Buy anything but Alcatel or Nokia , who manufactured this peice of dung. Never in all my years of owning Android's have I ever been so angry at a phone. Stop !! Don't buy it !!
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- Anonymous
- 8{R
- 29 Aug 2020
Nešo, 05 May 2019It's the best phone , and I would say that anyone should buy it.Really . You must work for the company. Pure junk right out of the box new . Restrts at random constantly just drops any app , calls , or anything you try to do I have had better phones from years ago . Don't find out the hard way. Just don't buy this junk . Mine is only a few months old and it gave me problems right out of the box.
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- Brian
- 8{R
- 29 Aug 2020
Dogspurt, 18 Aug 2019An awful phone, don't buy it! especially from the 3 UK netw... moreI currently own an Alcatel 5006g . I have only had it a few months it gave me problems right out of the box ., Restarting whenever it wants and losing access to memory card , causing restart whenever it wants. Will drop calls and any other app constantly. Takes 5 to 10 min to restart. , And literally does this all day. Biggest peice of gàbage Android I have ever owned. Super slow and so frustrating that i constantly scream and want to break it into pieces. Junk. The seller should be ashamed for robbing the people . I could have got a real cell phone for the same price . Never buy Alcatel. Just pure trash and frustrating . Think I am exaggerating ? Just use this phone a few days even new out of the box and you will want to smash it. As far as that manufacturer, I guess they think a one time sale is all they need they certainly where not thinking about keeping customers. I think the only thought of them was to unload their mistakes on the people at the buyers expense... Pure crap . Don't buy this phone..
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- Kat
- HXR
- 28 Mar 2020
Classic Guy, 30 Jan 2020the battery is removable and sure its trash but if you give... moreI wouldn't be so mean as to give this annoying non working excuse for a phone to a child.
Nokia owning alcatel should be embarrassed
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- Kat
- HXR
- 28 Mar 2020
Anonymous, 14 Feb 2020There are TWO versions of the U5: 4G and 3G. Was tricked by... moreIt was absolutely the worst phone I've ever had. I thought the crap I put up with it doing,like constantly stopping to put on home screen that some app or system wasn't responding and to close the app,which I never had open was annoying as,it was useless and considering alcatel is owned by Nokia i expected better.
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- Anonymous
- JdZ
- 14 Feb 2020
There are TWO versions of the U5: 4G and 3G. Was tricked by vodafone that it allegedly has "4G and 12MP camera", but in reality i got the 3G version, which has a "8MP"(in reality 5MP interpolated) camera that cannot even focus and has garbage image quality, and android 7(!)
running on an awfully slow MT6580 and 1gb ram, with 8gb storage. It would lag doing anything at all, even receiving a few watsapp messages would make it stutter to death, and battery life is the worst i ever saw, it drains in 4 hours or less if you use cellular data, RAM is at 80% AVERAGE.
and idk if the 4gb version with the mt6737 and android 6 runs better, but the 3g version should've had android 4.4 at best, nougat is just too overkill for that trash SOC. just save yourself some headaches and buy something with at proper SOC and more RAM/storage, you will thank me later.
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- SIX SERBIA
- d%{
- 04 Feb 2020
gh0st, 25 Oct 2019Only for sms, or calling. Its trash for things other than that.thank you.
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- Classic Guy
- SiE
- 30 Jan 2020
the battery is removable and sure its trash but if you give it to a little kid its great.