How much is the Alcatel one touch. Smartphone "Alcatel One Touch": review, specifications, settings and reviews

The Russian buyer has long been familiar with Alcatel products. There are a wide range of mobile devices of this company on the market. Unfortunately, they are not sales leaders, but they have their own audience. As part of this article, an overview of the Alcatel One Touch Hero phone will be presented. Let's take a closer look at its features and specifications. We will also provide customer reviews about this device.

Equipment

This phone model is packed in a small white box. The name of the device is presented on its front panel. Under the cover is a plastic substrate, which contains the smartphone itself. The manufacturer, choosing a laconic design, wanted to show that this model does not need bright advertising. Note that this solution is currently used by most manufacturers.

What else is in the box besides the Alcatel One Touch Hero phone? As mentioned above, there is a plastic substrate in the upper part. It ensures safe transportation of the device. Underneath is the charger. It is a modern format, consists of a power supply (adapter) and a removable USB cable. The manufacturer also provided the buyer with a branded case-book and a stereo headset. However, the latter is entry level. In addition to these accessories, the box contains instructions, a certificate and a warranty card.

Appearance

The Alcatel One Touch Hero smartphone is a typical mobile device. Given that it has a 6-inch screen, respectively, the size of the device is rather big. As for the height of the case, it is almost 159 mm. Thanks to the width of 80.6 mm, the device looks proportional. This model received most of the positive reviews due to its small thickness. The case is quite narrow - only 8.5 mm. As for the mass of the smartphone, it is in the middle range (150 g). The designers of this company, despite the rather large size, were able to create a convenient device, therefore, according to many buyers, they can be safely proud of. When interacting with the phone, the user does not feel discomfort. The device lies well in the hand. It is convenient to use it.

The layout of the controls is standard. On the front panel, in the upper part, there is a front camera, a sensor, a speaker hole. Below the screen are three touch keys. On the rear panel, engineers placed the main camera lens, flash and noise-canceling microphone. All three of these elements are at the top. Below them is the name of the One Touch line. There is a large speaker output hole at the bottom. There is also a magnet that is designed to attach the cover-cover. At the bottom of the case is a small recess used for the stylus. On the right side end there is a slot for installing micro SIM cards. Under it is the lock key. There is also a swing to adjust the volume. Many users paid attention to its location. Due to the fact that it is under the lock key, out of habit, they constantly touch it.

On the left side there is a slot where memory cards are installed. The standard port for connecting audio devices is located on the top end of the case. On the opposite side is the microUSB connector.

Please note that the manufacturer used matte plastic. Thanks to him, the case turned out to be non-staining. It does not slip in the hands, so the risk of accidental falling is minimized.

Screen Specifications

Most of the positive feedback was addressed to the screen characteristics of Alcatel One Touch Hero. It is ideal for those users who prefer smartphones with large displays. This model has a 6-inch screen with a fairly high resolution Full HD. It is based on a high-quality IPS-matrix. It is worth noting that the manufacturer in this model bypassed competing firms, since for the average level of devices such characteristics were still new.

Worried about the designers and the protection of the display. It is covered with DragonTrail glass. Due to the fact that it is covered with a special oleophobic coating, users will not have problems with the accumulation of fingerprints.

IPS-matrix provides wide viewing angles. There are no problems with brightness. The smartphone is convenient to use both in a dark room and outdoors in bright sunlight. If necessary, in the settings you can choose to adjust the brightness in automatic mode. There is a multi-touch function, which is designed for 5 touches made at the same time.

A huge advantage for this model of phone was a thin screen frame. Its width is about 2 mm. This creates the impression that the screen completely occupies the entire space of the front panel.

autonomy

The phone “Alcatel One Touch Hero” also has decent results in terms of battery life. The manufacturer used a lithium-polymer battery with a capacity of 3400 milliamps per hour. It is worth noting that such a battery provides at least 18 hours of talk time. For fans of listening to music, this unit is perfect, as the battery in this state will work for a day. If you put your smartphone in standby mode, you can count on approximately 500 hours of operation.

In their reviews, users 100% agree with the characteristics presented by the manufacturer. If the device is used in combined mode, then it will need to be charged no more than once every two days. If you reduce the load, you can achieve an increase in time by 24 hours or even more. It will take about 3.5 hours to restore the battery life.

Performance

The “heart” of Alcatel One Touch Hero was the Chinese MediaTek processor. Model MT6589 operates at a frequency of 1500 megahertz. Thanks to this indicator, this chipset deserves the Turbo title. It is based on four computing modules. The type of each is Cortex-A7. The main processor is paired with a PowerVR SGX544 MP graphics accelerator.

Users drew attention to the fact that for this smartphone there are no impossible tasks. It copes well with all resource-intensive applications, and also easily launches “heavy” games. This result was achieved due to the fact that the manufacturer integrated 2 GB of RAM. The system takes up about half. The rest is for the needs of the user. Given that there are two modifications on sale, the amount of integrated memory will be different. In a device that works with only one SIM, 8 GB is installed. But in a dual SIM device, there is twice as much memory.

Camera

The manufacturer used a 13-megapixel sensor as the main optical module for Alcatel One Touch Hero. Has flash and autofocus. However, as users have noticed, the quality of the pictures is not up to the declared. This is shown in low detail. To achieve the best quality does not work even during the day, with good lighting.

The front module also did not please users. Unfortunately, a 2 megapixel sensor is used as a selfie camera. There is no need to talk about the quality of these pictures. Naturally, noise, blurring and poor color reproduction are clearly visible on the frame.

Software and basic settings

On board this device is installed Android version 4.2. Naturally, at present, this operating system is already considered very outdated. But do not forget that in Russia this model went on sale at the end of 2013. At that time, such equipment was considered relevant. The main advantage of this device is that the manufacturer used its software shell on top of the operating system. It is quite convenient, has a beautiful interface.

When you turn on Alcatel One Touch for the first time, settings can be made through a special application. It's called the Setup Wizard. Here it is proposed to select a language, activate the keyboard, set the current date and time, and, if desired, set up a Google account. After that, a window appears on the main screen, in which “Done!” will be written in large letters. After confirmation, the device is completely ready for work. Those who have already dealt with the new shell from Alcatel can skip this step and set up the phone manually.

"Alcatel One Touch": reviews

What conclusions arise after studying the characteristics of this phone model? Note that the users of any serious remarks to this device did not arise. The following features were noted with positive feedback:

• excellent communication quality;
• high speaker volume;
• excellent vibrating alert;
• transmission of speech without distortion.

In terms of performance, it also did not disappoint. The device perfectly copes with all modern tasks. Many laudatory comments were made to the address of the screen. Its features are undeniably impressive.

However, not only the benefits were found by users. Like many other models, One Touch Hero is not without flaws. These include:

• rather high cost (at the start of sales about 16,000 rubles);
• low resolution cameras.

Perhaps this is the most significant disadvantages of this model.

This is the official instruction for Alcatel One Touch POP 3 5025D in Russian, which is suitable for Android 5.1. If you have updated your Alcatel smartphone to a newer version or "rolled back" to an earlier version, then you should try other detailed operating instructions, which will be presented below. We also suggest that you familiarize yourself with the quick user manual in the question-answer format.

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You've hit the nail on the head, as it contains all the information from Alcatel's official website, as well as a ton of other useful content.

Settings-> About phone:: Android version (a few clicks on the item will launch the "Easter egg") [Out of the box" version of Android OS - 5.1].

We continue to set up the smartphone

How to update drivers on Alcatel

You need to go to "Settings -> About phone -> Kernel version"

How to enable Russian keyboard layout

Go to the section "Settings-> Language and input-> Select language"

How to connect 4g or switch to 2G, 3G

"Settings-> More-> Mobile network-> Data transfer"

What to do if you turned on the child mode and forgot the password

Go to "Settings-> Language and keyboard-> section (keyboard and input methods)-> check the box next to "Google voice input"

Settings-> Screen:: Auto-rotate screen (untick)

How to set a melody for an alarm clock?

Settings-> Display-> Brightness-> right (increase); left (decrease); AUTO (automatic adjustment).

Settings-> Battery-> Energy saving (tick)

Enable battery percentage display

Settings->Battery->Battery charge

How to transfer phone numbers from SIM card to phone memory? Import numbers from SIM card

1. Go to the Contacts app
2. Click on the "Options" button -> select "Import/Export"
3. Choose from where you want to import contacts -> "Import from SIM card"

How to add a contact to the black list or block a phone number?

How to set up the Internet if the Internet does not work (for example, MTS, Beeline, Tele2, Life)

1. You can contact the operator
2. Or read the instructions for

How to set a ringtone for a subscriber so that each number has its own melody

Go to the "Contacts" application -> Select the desired contact -> click on it -> open the menu (3 vertical dots) -> Set ringtone

How to disable or enable key vibration feedback?

Go to Settings-> Language and input -> Android keyboard or Google keyboard -> Vibrate feedback of keys (uncheck or tick)

How to set a ringtone for an SMS message or change alert sounds?

Read the instructions for

How to find out what processor is on One Touch POP 3 5025D?

You need to look at the specifications of One Touch POP 3 5025D (the link is above). We know that in this modification of the device the chipset is MediaTek MT6580, 1300 MHz.

Settings->For Developers->USB Debugging

If there is no item "For developers"?

Follow the instructions

Settings-> Data transfer-> Mobile traffic.
Settings->More->Mobile network->3G/4G services (if the operator does not support, select only 2G)

How to change or add the input language on the keyboard?

Settings-> Language and input-> Android keyboard-> settings icon-> Input languages ​​(checks the ones you need)

Contents of delivery:

• Telephone
• Battery
• Charger
• stereo headset
• USB cable

Alcatel has introduced a cute smartphone with a simple but catchy name One Touch Star. This device stands out among other similar devices with a high-quality display matrix, since it is made using AMOLED technology. This means that you get a screen with vibrant colors and the deepest black levels.

Otherwise, the Star is quite typical: a MediaTek MT6577 chipset with two 1 GHz processors, 512 MB of RAM, a good five-megapixel camera with the ability to record HD videos with stereo sound, two slots for installing SIM cards, and a slot for a memory card, wireless technologies Wi-Fi Direct, GPS, FM radio and more.

Now the smartphone is exclusively sold in the MTS retail network at a price of 8,490 rubles and so far only in gray.

Design, dimensions, controls

I will not dissemble and I will say frankly that the appearance of One Touch Star almost completely copies the “apple” iPhone 4/4S phone: the same body shape, dark front panel and light sidewalls, the same location of the headphone jack, USB and microphone, the power button ( even the form was repeated). In general, it creates a complete feeling that you are holding the fourth "iPhone" in your hands, only made of plastic. Someone will be indignant about this, but personally I don’t see anything shameful in this, let other companies copy well-known branded devices, only the quality of workmanship should not suffer. Fortunately, everything is fine with Star in this regard!

As mentioned earlier, the front panel is black, the lower and upper parts almost merge with the screen. The surface is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass! Additional protection can be considered a thin and small rim protruding one millimeter around the perimeter above the surface. Fingerprints are noticeable on the screen, they are erased quite easily.

The edging is made of semi-gloss plastic in light gray, metal-like. Towards the center on the right and left, it narrows slightly, creating a visual effect of thinning the body. The quality of the plastic is good, at least after a month of active use, one shallow scratch appeared on the bottom end.

The lid is also made of semi-gloss dark gray plastic. It's thin but flexible, just like the Samsung Galaxy S3 or S4. Fingerprints on the panel are invisible. Unfortunately, so far only one color scheme is available on the Russian market - gray. The company's website presents models in pink, silver and white. Quite bright and pleasant colors. I hope that as soon as the MTS exclusive passes, devices of these colors will appear in other stores.

Smartphone Alcatel One Touch Star is very compact - 117x60x9.7 mm, weighs only 119 grams - fits even in the pocket of a summer shirt, now this is especially true. In the hand, Alcatel lies perfectly thanks to the smoothed corners and the sloping back surface.

In general, the “Star” is assembled well, but in my sample, the panel slightly moved away from the back on the right, and when pressed, the case creaked a little.

The front camera, two sensors - lighting and proximity - are located on the front panel. Next to them is an indicator of missed events (blinks or glows white) and a speech speaker. It has a high enough volume to comfortably hear the interlocutor on the street. The intelligibility is good, the timbre is pleasant, although a little low-frequency. There is no echo or chatter during a call.

Under the screen are three touch buttons: "Back", "Home" and "Menu". Interestingly, the last button performs not only the function of calling the context menu, but also displaying a list of previously running applications. Without backlighting, the keys are not visible, and with backlighting, they are noticeable even in bright sunlight.

At the bottom there is a microUSB and a microphone, there are no elements on the right. On the left is a thin and flat volume rocker key, it is not very convenient to use it due to the fact that it is almost recessed into the case.

On the top is a standard 3.5mm audio jack and a small on/off button for the phone.

On the back of the device there is a camera eye framed with a chrome insert, a speaker covered with a metal mesh, a flash and a second microphone for noise reduction during a call and recording stereo sound when shooting videos.

In order to remove the cover, it must be pry on the notch on the bottom edge. On the left is a slot for installing a microSD memory card, on the right are two slots SIM1 (2G / 3G) and SIM2 (only 2G). It is noteworthy that this smartphone does not use standard mini-SIMs (25x15x0.76 mm), but micro-SIMs (15x12x0.76 mm), i.e. the same as, for example, in Samsung Galaxy S3/4, HTC One, Meizu MX2, iPhone 4/4S and others. So, be careful!

Alcatel Star and Meizu MX2

Alcatel Star and HTC One

Alcatel Star and Meizu MX

Display

The One Touch Star device is equipped with a screen with a small diagonal of 4 inches, the resolution is standard for budget smartphones - 480x800 pixels, the density is 233 pixels per inch. However, despite the high density, we must not forget that the matrix is ​​​​made using AMOLED technology, so there is a clearly visible special pixel construction - PenTile. This technology has both pluses and minuses, I think it’s not worth describing them, since we considered many models with a similar matrix.

Despite the small, by modern standards, diagonal, the touch layer supports as many as 10 simultaneous touches! The sensitivity is good.

The brightness and saturation of colors are high, at the angles of inclination the color rendition is slightly disturbed: the picture becomes coldish shades. The settings are standard.

Viewing angles of the Alcatel One Touch Star screen

Battery

A removable lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 1500 mAh, 3.7 V, 5.6 Wh is installed. Model - TLiB32A.

The manufacturer claims that the phone should work up to 400 hours in standby mode, and up to 10 hours in talk mode.

With a load of 20-30 minutes of calls per day, about 2 hours of listening to music, 3-4 hours of 3G Internet, the battery was discharged in 6-7 hours. Only when playing music, the battery lasts a little less than 25 hours, only when watching a video (maximum brightness, maximum volume in headphones, resolution 800x480) - 4 hours 40 minutes.

The output current of the network adapter is quite large (1 A), so it charges the Stara battery in just 1.5 hours.

Communication options

The smartphone works in cellular networks 2G (850/900/1800/1900 MHz, both SIM cards) and 3G (900/2100 MHz, SIM1 slot only). Speed ​​HSDPA - up to 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA - 5.76 Mbps.

Instead of SIM1/SIM2 names, you can set your own, for example, "Corporate" or "Internet".

The maximum allowable SAR tested on this phone model is:

• When used near the head (UMTS 2100 + Wi-Fi + Bluetooth): 0.461 W/kg
• Body worn (GSM 900 + Wi-Fi + Bluetooth): 0.637 W/kg

Available Bluetooth version 4.0 (A2DP) for file and voice transfer. There is a wireless connection Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n (Wi-Fi Direct). The device can be used as an access point (Wi-Fi Hotspot). In the "Settings" there is a special item "Tethering mode", which contains: "USB connection" and "Wi-Fi access point", as well as access point settings and "Bluetooth modem". USB 2.0 (HighSpeed) is used to “transport” files and synchronize data.

During the entire period of operation, no network loss was noticed, Wi-Fi worked stably, when using a Bluetooth headset, everything was also in order.

Memory and memory card

The smartphone has only 512 MB of RAM. At the moment, this amount is not that small, but for 8,000 - 9,000 rubles there are already devices with 1 GB of "RAM". On average, out of 512 MB, just under 200 MB are available on Star.

Internal Flash-memory in the device is 4 GB, of which about 2.5 GB is free. In the "Storage" section, you can choose where to install applications: SD card or internal memory. The gadget supports memory cards up to 32 GB.

Camera

This device has two cameras: one main 5 MP with autofocus, the other front 0.3 MP without autofocus. There is a single section flash. The maximum photo resolution is 2560x1920 pixels, video resolution is 1280x720 pixels at 30 frames per second, regardless of the lighting level.

The quality of photos is more or less adequate for the cost of a smartphone. There is only one drawback - not very clear photos taken from a great distance; portrait and macro photography are excellent. Focus is fast and accurate, the white balance is slightly "walking".

The video shoots in HD resolution, the picture quality is average, but the autofocus works correctly, and the number of frames does not drop. The sound, as always for the MTK6577, is poor due to overloads, but stereo.

The camera interface looks about the same as on any other MediaTek-based device.

Camera and video camera settings:

• Shooting mode
• exposition
• white balance
• Shooting modes (normal, HDR, auto-detect, portrait, smile, best shot, bracketing, panorama)
• Net
• Geotagging
• shutter sound
• Timer
• Photo size
• ISO (auto, 100, 200, 400)
• Microphone
• Electronic stabilization
• Duration
• Quality

EXIF information from a photo file

Video file characteristic:

• Format: 3GP
• Video Codec: MPEG-4 Visual, 12,000 Kbps
• Resolution: 1280x720 30 fps
• Audio codec: AAC, 128 Kbps
• Channels: 2 channels, 16 kHz

Photo examples:

Photo from video:

Performance and software platform

I will not talk for a long time about the speed of the device, describe in detail the behavior, since it uses the well-known Taiwanese chipset MediaTek TM6577 - 2 cores at 1 GHz, graphics accelerator - PowerVR SGX531. Below is a brief technical information and performance tests.

Alcatel smartphones are compact, ergonomic devices created by a major Franco-American company. They are distinguished by a bright design and multifunctionality. The brand presents a line of models in different price segments.

The devices support a variety of GSM standards at low and high frequencies, allowing you to make and receive calls anywhere in the world. Thanks to the built-in browser and 3G support, you can install some instant messengers and social networking applications. You can also use your phone as a convenient navigator: the devices are equipped with a global positioning system and an advanced energy-intensive A-GPS system.

Upgraded versions of Alcatel smartphones support the LTE Internet connection standard and provide contactless connection of devices and data transmission from one to another at speeds up to 173 Mbps. The convenient and clear interface facilitates operation of the device. Interesting games and useful applications will diversify your leisure time.

Alcatel mobile phones are equipped with a high resolution camera. By expanding the device's RAM using memory cards such as microSD, microSDHC, you can create a whole archive of impressive photos and videos. The MP3 player has the ability to set your favorite melody as a ringtone.

Thanks to the powerful lithium-ion batteries, which hold a charge for a long time, you can stay in uninterrupted talk mode for up to 36 hours. The “smart” energy saving system will ensure competent energy consumption and user comfort.

The field of activity of the French company Alcatel is the release of software, computer and telecommunications equipment, and the development of communication networks. For a long time, the company was not engaged in the production of telephones. Only in 2004, the division of this brand merged with the division of the well-known Chinese company TCL that produces this product. Thus, an enterprise called TCL & Alcatel Mobile Phone appeared, and the production of these devices in China began with it.
Since 2005, all Alcatel smartphones have been a product of TCT Mobile. Their products are of excellent quality among devices of a similar price category. They have a stylish design, pretty good performance, and with each new model they use more and more advanced new technologies. For example, the Alcatel One Touch Idol Ultra phone is presented as the thinnest smartphone in the world at the moment.
In our online store you can buy an inexpensive Alcatel phone in Moscow. The model range of this brand in the catalog on the site begins with a ridiculous price - 590 rubles. Due to the fact that there are discounts in the store under a special bonus program, you have the opportunity to purchase a device with the necessary characteristics at a very low price. Also, quite often we have a variety of promotions, and there is a sale from the warehouse of various models.