Alcatel One Touch 511 Review

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Alcatel One Touch 511
3.7 stars
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Nick.'s Review of Alcatel One Touch 511

18th Apr 2002

Overall Rating

3 stars
  • Value for money
    3 stars
  • Reception
    3 stars
  • Features
    3.5 stars
  • Style
    4 stars
Good Points

-Light - bright and can be activated w/o going through those annoying menus.
-Size - smallest phone on market
-Great voice command.
-Good variety of features


Bad Points

Durabilityproblems.
Voice quality
No FM radio
Slow between menus
"Zoom" function doesn't apply to SMS
Battery life does not live up to expectations


General Comments

Pursuaded by a bombardment of advertising here I just had to get this Alcatel One Touch 511 mobile phone. Now I'm returning it thanks to robust consumer legislation in this country. Anyways, the alactel 511 has a misleading character - it looks smart, feels smart but certainly doesn't act so. The phone has OK reception - as good as the 302 I owned before, but the sound quality is atrocious. It's hard to hear people when you're driving let alone in a shopping centre. Also, it's not that durable a phone - dropping it has scuffed the face and affected reception a bit. The polyphonic sound is simply diabolical - you can't hear it ring in a crowd. Thank god the salesman said it had FM radio.

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  • blizzardus. on 23rd Jun 2002

    Look, I also had the chnce to test a 511 for a few days. The menus are not slow (maybe a sec later than the most phones) and IT DOESN'T HAVE an FM radio!!! That thing is for an external headset with radio- u don't get it with the phone. Good battery life, no internal memory for sms and numbers :( But a great phone!!

  • borgie. on 4th Sep 2002

    If a phone is 1 second slower than other phones, which has no delay at all, of course people will get frustrated. I did. It's a piece of garbage. And the battery life is terrible. Stay away folks. Don't believe all the teenies thinking this is a small, cute and nice phone. It is not.