Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3 mobile phone: review, description, specifications and reviews

Every year more and more companies join the struggle for the budget segment of smartphones. If before it was possible to name with confidence to ten manufacturers who produced such devices, today it is even difficult to imagine what the total number of brands that create tens of thousands of available phones. This fact is undeniable, and today in the article we will consider just one of low budget-devices.

It's about "Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3" - a product of the once famous telephone manufacturer, who clearly moved from the leadership position, yielding to the pressure of other giants. Obviously, with the help of such devices Alcatel intends to occupy different niches, and the most accessible of them is not an exception.

Positioning

Immediately I would like to note that the name "Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3" means four models of phones. Their full index ends with the prefixes 3.5, 4, 4.5 and 5. The differences between the devices are in the operating system, the volume of the battery, the size of the screen, the processor, the dimensions and design. As a matter of fact, we receive 4 completely different devices which unite belonging to one segment and release by the uniform supplier.

The model "Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3" (4 ") can be called the second cheapest - its cost is 4300 rubles. Even more accessible version, with index 3.5, will cost 2690 rubles. Agree, the devices are really worthy of being called budget smartphones.

I also want to say that on the sale each smartphone (except the one noted above, the very "first" version) will receive different versions - with LTE support and without it. This means that the manufacturer went by mass filling the market, making a variety of products available for selection.

"MULTIPURPOSE"

I would also like to draw the reader's attention to the factor of having different operating systems on each of the smartphones. As noted by manufacturers (announcing the release of "Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3"), smartphones will be made with Android, Firefox OS and Windows Phone. However, it was already immediately after the release of the devices it became known only about the modifications with the Android-platform. And now, for example, only such a version of smartphones is on sale. What is the reason for this reduced assortment is difficult to say. Probably, the manufacturer decided to send only such models to the Russian market.

Appearance

The design of the smartphones described in this article is actually better than one might have thought from the beginning. True, the presented photos do not say this. On them, the phone "Alcatel" One Touch Pixi 3 is depicted as a "brick" with a plastic casing and thick sides around the display. As you know, nothing elegant, attractive or stylish promises, whereas in practice the situation is somewhat different. Judging by the reviews, the smartphone "Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3" is made of a pleasant to the touch matte plastic, which successfully lies in his hand and does not fall out during a conversation. Functional connectors, like navigation in general, are placed quite conveniently. But, as users note, the quality of the assembly is lame here - the back cover creaks, the backlash of the case as a whole is observed.

If you summarize the information regarding the design of all Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3 devices, you can conclude that, given the cost, the exterior is quite ordinary and even has its merits. The phone's dimensions are also typical.

Screen

With displays that are pre-installed on each of the models of "Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3" (reviews about which we are considering), however, everything is not so rosy. Judging by the technical characteristics, the most affordable version has a resolution of 480 by 320 pixels, but on the contrary, the most expensive version is 854 x 480 pixels. In this case, the screen size of each device is specified as a prefix to the name. For example, it could be the Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3 phone (3.5).

As you understand, the quality of the image on such unpretentious screens leaves much to be desired. On the high density and clarity of the picture can not speak, and given the price of smartphones, hardly anyone will do on this particular accent.

About any protection that would cover the screen and protect its glass from scratches, also nothing is known, so we will conclude that it is not. Otherwise it would be noted in the parameters.

Platform

With the performance of smartphones "Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3" (the reviews will confirm this) is also not so unambiguous. Even in the technical description of the models it is indicated that they are offered with different hardware bases, depending on the modification. For example, describing the most powerful, 5-inch, "Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3" feature notes that here is preinstalled MediaTek MTK6570 or MTK6580, as well as Snapdragon 210, depending on the availability of LTE support or lack thereof. The same applies to each of the other modifications of the smartphone.

In particular, 4.5-inch version of Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3 (4027D) is equipped, depending on the buyer's choice, MTK6572M or MTK6735M.

If traditionally in an individual review we specify the performance and capabilities of the processor, then in today's "collective" description, we will have to content ourselves with only general remarks that apply in equal parts to each of the phones presented here.

Count on the great ability to play applications and games with dynamic, colorful and realistic graphics in the case of devices like "Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3 5017x" (and others) is not necessary. This is a budget smartphone, the equipment of which is quite suitable for solving basic problems. At the same time, you need to be prepared for possible problems in gadget performance, to delays, hangs and braking of a smartphone. Such problems are not uncommon for devices with small random access memory. But it does not differ here in a large volume and reaches only 512 MB. In this issue, perhaps unique is the device with a 5-inch display, which comes with an LTE-module. It was equipped with 1 GB of RAM.

Cameras

Each of the described devices has 2 camera modules. Each of the modifications has individual characteristics: its resolution on a 3.5-inch smartphone reaches 2 megapixels and 0.5 megapixels (main and front cameras respectively), and on a 5-inch smartphone it's 5 and 0.3 megapixels, or even 8 and 1 , 3 Mp (on the most expensive version, which is offered with the LTE-module).

Batteries

Each of the devices offers batteries of different capacities, ranging from 1150 mAh (on a model with a 3.5-inch display) and ending with 2000 mAh (on the LTE-version with a 5-inch screen). The service life of smartphones, respectively, varies depending on this indicator. However, the power of the phone's processor should also be taken into account in this matter. Since we are not talking about such productive and functional devices, there is no need to worry about too fast charge. Although in the responses of users there are complaints about the small battery capacity.

Multimedia

The ability to reproduce audio, video and other kinds of entertainment content - this is perhaps one of the most significant advantages of gadgets that we are considering. This is especially true for budget versions.

Imagine that for such an insignificant (in our time) amount of money you can buy yourself a real multimedia player that can be worn at hand and used anywhere. Only for the sake of this purchase of the device can be justified, although again the quality of the picture on the display, like the sound reproduced by the device, will not be presented at the highest level.

Connectivity

Of course, we do not forget about the characteristics of the communications preinstalled on each of the smartphones. First of all, it should be noted the support of two SIM cards on all gadgets. This is already a positive quality, which lies in the ability to be connected in two mobile networks.

In addition, the devices are equipped with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth modules, which allow to talk about an even wider range of opportunities in the field of multimedia. The same goes for the GPS receiver, which allows you to locate the device, and FM radio. As already noted, features such as 3G or LTE support should be called optional.

Memory

The capabilities of smartphones in the entertainment industry depend heavily on how much data can be placed on them. It is, as you know, the memory of the phone - the disk space, which can be filled with personal user content.

Devoted to the smartphone "Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3" instruction indicates that each of the devices (except for the top version with 8 GB) has a memory capacity of 4 GB. Moreover, the devices support the connection of a memory card, which can significantly increase the available volume for recording.

Where can I buy?

As mentioned earlier, the phones from the One Touch Pixi 3 series are presented in the domestic market of mobile devices in a slightly truncated assortment. At least we could not find all the modifications with the preinstalled FIREfox or Windows Phone. Although, of course, users would be interested in observing how this or that device works.

If the fact that the company really intended to introduce smartphones in different combinations of operating systems, it is true, then it can be concluded that they are on sale in the markets of other countries. In this case, of course, you need to order them online, using popular Chinese auctions, for example. There, if you look, you can also find whole catalogs of not only smartphones, but also accessories for them - various covers, memory cards, films on the screen and other products.

Reviews

The opinions of people who have worked with such available devices can be found without difficulty. To say that most of them are positive, you can not. To be more precise, then, most likely, you can assert about the solid "troika" delivered by these smartphones to users.

Many recommendations of buyers argue their choice of the device with its cost, design, communication capabilities.

If we talk about the most common shortcomings, then they do not need to go far - due to the availability of the gadget the manufacturer has clearly saved on its display and processor. About the camera, navigation modules and the battery can no longer be talked about.

Users note that the smartphone very often shows errors in the work, sometimes it hangs up (even while working with the operating system, without connecting additional applications). Sometimes it happens that the phone completely turns off for no apparent reason.

Of course, all this applies to the averaged model, that is, all those that are presented at the very bottom of the ladder hierarchy of smartphones in the Alcatel product line. If we talk about a more expensive representative Pixi 3, then with him such problems happen less often, and due to this work with the device seems more comfortable and stable.

conclusions

What results can be summed up after the article in which we gave mobile devices such a characteristic? First, you really need to pay attention to the advantages of smartphones, which we described. After all, it is clear that the main rate in them is done not so much on the functionality, coherence of work and build quality, but how much is installed on the "Alcatel One Touch Pixi 3" price.

The company-developer simply bribes the user with such a cost of the phone, and before that it is difficult to resist. Many people took the device only because of the low price - which can also be understood by analyzing the recommendations of visitors to various forums.

At the same time, you need to understand that by setting the cost of the gadget at this level, the manufacturer was forced to cut costs in another area, cutting down the costs for the quality of those components with which the device is manufactured. As a result, the output turns out to be less qualitative, although it still falls on the market and is offered to the mass consumer. This is the strategy of Alcatel. And with the same approach, many Chinese developers are working.

If you need a phone that, by its potential capabilities, can become a smartphone, but the quality of its work in this role will not bother you at all, the budget Pixi 3 is just for you. If you need a functional "dialer", it's easier to buy a regular phone with physical keys and not spend extra money.