Nick.'s Review of Alcatel One Touch 511
18th Apr 2002
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Reception
- Features
- Style
-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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Members' Comments onNick.'s Review
blizzardus. on 23rd Jun 2002
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.
Alcatel One Touch Easy Free User Manual
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!!