Alcatel 1 (2019) Sim Free Unlocked UK 4G Smartphone, FullView 18:9 Display with 8MP Camera, 1GB RAM / 8GB Storage and Android Oreo (Go edition) - Metallic Black

For a budget phone you can't go wrong. Screen is bright and clear, plastic case feels solid no flimsy areas, just be carefull the first couple of times you remove the back. Sim, ssd and battery access all require you to remove the whole back and the plastic has very little give with the usual very small clips.It uses Android GO, a light version of Android but this still seems to have everything that I want from my phone. Arrives with all major short cuts on the front screen but you can change to how you want. I have left as is because I can access phone, sms, chrome browser, camera, gallery and there is a direct Google search bar.I noticed a reviewer mention excess heat from battery. I have not experienced this from either the ac charger or from usb3 connection on my laptop. Infact my phone lives tethered to my laptop as a 4g connection.Everything works as you would expect: WiFi, hotspot, tethering, bluetooth, print service, data saver, etc.There is no accelerometer so pedometer/fitness apps wont work. I probably don't use average apps as mine are usually tools eg: DMX calculator, guitar tuner, DJ mix. But all of these perform as expected.

It’s a cheap phone that’s promising. It’s been more than two mouths since I purchased this and so far it working perfectly fine. The battery life on the other hand is bad and it does run out quickly. Overall I would recommend buying this for a child maybe, this is because it doesn’t have a lot of space meaning that you’d be limited to the amount of apps and photos you can have and I brought this for my nieces and nephews so they can use YouTube. I know there are more affordable options such as Amazon tablets but I wanted something similar to a phone so they’d stay away from my phone 😅.

Have to give it 5 stars based on the price. OK the performance is poor but for 50 quid, you get a decent piece of kit, camera is useless but expected that. It's a lightweight phone that I'd reckon you could put about 10 apps on it before it would freeze, battery life 6-9 hours depending on usage,

The fist day j used this phone I was really pleased with it. Its very basic but that's what I wanted, and seemed great value for money. You can download whatever apps you like, just be careful they don't use up too much memory. The main problems I had were that the battery drains very quickly, and at first it let me use data when not connected to WiFi but after a couple of days this stopped working and so I cpuild only use the Internet at home. Still an OK phone for £50, we will be keeping it in a drawer for emergencies

Purchased this pos to hold me through while I got another phone, yes although it's a 'cheap' phone it can barely do anything, battery life is non existent as goes from full charge to less than 50% in under a hour from just listening to music, phone crashes all the time and straight up force closes apps when in use along with taking ridiculous amounts of time (literal minuets at time to load a simple app!) to load or do anything.Do NOT waste your money on this even if it is a very temporary phone to have. It causes way more annoyance than convenience and is a absolute rip off wouldn't even spend half knowing how useless this device is.

I bought my first android phone to replace an ageing Blackberry Classic. My spouse has had an android device for some time and I have found it relatively simple to use. I am not too fussed about aps, just a few that I use were already preloaded, so I will on;y need to load several more. My only complaint is that the Quick Start Guide and the User details are written in very small fonts and for someone partially sighted, virtually unreadable. I had to go online to the website to download and enlarge a pdf to be able to see how to install battery, sim and sd card. So, far, so good. I will report back after a couple of weeks and might be able to provide a more informed opinion.

All I was after was a basic start phone. All it needed to do was Google maps and WhatsApp. Which, admittedly, it does do both fine I suppose.I find my self constantly closing apps whenever I am typing though. It is very slow to react as well. I find myself getting quite frustrated with it quite often and after a month or so I came to regret not spending the same a punt of money or a smidge more on a second hand phone. Fortunately it was cheap about that it only really needed to last 6 months or so to be worth it.I am going to be replacing this pH before it dies on me which I wouldn't normally do.I do not recommend

This is ideal for a no frills phone, that said, well worth the money for the user friendly stuff that is available. I soon got accustomed to the different layout etc. and would recommend it.