alcatel U5
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- AnonD-751114
- mHe
- 10 Apr 2018
AnonD-716902, 19 Nov 2017alcatel is owned by nokia and has been for quite a while al... moreThere are indeed two versions, 3g/4g and maybe that covers the difference in battery longevity too.
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- AnonD-751114
- mHe
- 10 Apr 2018
What a mixed bag this phone is, battery life is non existent, even on minimal brightness, and background apps turned off. In built speaker reasonably loud, audio from headphone socket non existent. Screen good for standard, LCD, but you need constant mains charging. As for the inbuilt FB client, it fails to download update, even if you update manually, it works until you power off phone. Camera, well no auto focus and tragic, oddly front facing camera although probably only in reality 2mp seems to fare reasonably well. Not much lag in most use, but shows when you play games, even video stutters on occasions. Only major issue I guess for price is battery. Agree with another here who said Pixi 4 better, yet probably has better build quality than Pixi. An odd mix of semi good and downright inferior components me thinks.
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- Jose
- S4W
- 04 Apr 2018
My Alcatel U5 has the platform Android 7.0 (Nougat)
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- Pauline
- mxw
- 03 Apr 2018
Sandrs, 17 Mar 2018Joy launcher keeps coming up on my phone when I don't want ... moreJoy Launcher is a common thing on Alcatel Phones and it tries to install itsel. It’s a pain because it uses loads of resources like your RAM and slows your phone down. You can get rid of it by doing the following:
First go on to ‘Play Store’ App. When it opens go to the 3 lines one on top of the other (usually top left or right corner) tap on the 3 lines and then scroll down to settings, tap on settings, on the next screen tap on ‘Auto-Update Apps’, you will then get 3 options, tap on the ‘Do Not auto-update Apps’. You need to do this otherwise when its removed it will download and install itself again when you remove it if you let Play Store Auto Update.
Now to Remove it. Go back to Play Store and in the Seach Box type in ‘Joy Launcher’. It will then search for it. When you find it, tap on it and it will usually give you 2 options which are ‘Uninstall’ and ‘Update’, Click on ‘Uninstall’. It will then Uninstall and that’s it gone.
Hope that helps.
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- AnonD-747479
- 0F1
- 26 Mar 2018
Alcatel U5 has to be the most annoying handset I've ever owned ... Left overnight it just switches itself off and is highly temperamental in when / whether to boot back up. Sound volume too low (even at maximum). Bought it as a short term measure and it can't be short enough in my opinion .... My advice, don't bother - pay a bit more and get something decent.
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- Sandrs
- m7a
- 17 Mar 2018
Joy launcher keeps coming up on my phone when I don't want it how do I get rid of it
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- Knightsteven
- 39x
- 16 Mar 2018
Good phone but need to toughen front screen like gorilla glass no battery over heating like HTC one has improvements as well needs a slight change to front off phone plus double front speaker there isn't many problems with the phone except make it unbreakable like cat phones shock proof and water proof then 100 out off 100 vast improvement on alcatel 4
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- AnonD-744441
- Q$N
- 14 Mar 2018
Is anyone having problems with formatting their simcard in the phone?
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- Captain jack
- 3He
- 28 Feb 2018
AnonD-731912, 19 Jan 2018Have just got this phone (on a cheap plan) and it's taking ... moreYes you can use generic chargers it safe
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- AnonD-740706
- 0F0
- 27 Feb 2018
vick, 18 Jan 2018Does it support the newest version of Facebook and Facebook... moreMine does
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- AnonD-740706
- 0F0
- 27 Feb 2018
AnonD-731912, 19 Jan 2018Have just got this phone (on a cheap plan) and it's taking ... moreI've used both and it still takes aeons to charge, runs out quicker than charges.
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- AnonD-740706
- 0F0
- 27 Feb 2018
Anonymous, 12 Feb 2018Very poor battery performance. Way too long to charge and w... moreMine too I'm really disappointed with it. Not as good as pixi 4.
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- Chilby90
- wfx
- 22 Feb 2018
I have the optus version of this phone. It is called the Optus X Spirit. Has anyone tried to use this phone with Chromecast? I just want to know if I can mirror this device with my TV if I was to purchase Chromecast.
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- Anonymous
- vab
- 12 Feb 2018
Very poor battery performance. Way too long to charge and way too quick to empty. Fortunately, it was cheap but won't buy it again.
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- AnonD-735881
- pYQ
- 07 Feb 2018
very good fone does a gd job plus you can get your apps ect without no lag and that highly recoommend this fone :)
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- AnonD-731912
- 0Fj
- 19 Jan 2018
Have just got this phone (on a cheap plan) and it's taking forever to charge with the supplied charger. Is it safe to use a generic usb plug/charger? Is it the charger or the battery that's the issue?
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- vick
- 3bm
- 18 Jan 2018
Does it support the newest version of Facebook and Facebook messenger ( not f.b. lite or messenger lite ) ??
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- Sarahh
- mVx
- 07 Jan 2018
My daughter got this as her first phone at Christmas. Very, very pleased with the phone. Great battery life, easy to use, camera pretty good too. Great value for money!!
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- Emma
- pYV
- 26 Dec 2017
Brilliant phone fast n easy to use battery doesn't drain quickly as many people have said n it charges fast aswell memory is pretty good on it long as you don't download apps with big storage plus if you have sd card you can add memory to what's already on the phone it's cheap n cheerful Ive gone through 7 cheap nasty phones till I got this n I'm very happy finally ignore the negative reviews it's a great phone for a great price
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- Nozu
- HXa
- 24 Dec 2017
Works fine. Good phone with 4g support. Battery life is reasonable. Last a day with normal use. Charging speed is improved with a 1amp charger.