Alcatel OneTouch 10.16 (OT-1016)

The Alcatel OneTouch 10.16G is a dirt-cheap old-style phone with an alphanumeric keypad. It has no camera, but can call and text, has a radio, and quadband GSM compatibility. Battery life is very weak however.

" Brilliant phone if you simply want to make calls and send texts, nice, simple and cheap as chips. "

" For the price, you can't go wrong. It doesn't have any internet with this phone. Not much choice Onn ring tones etc. Only one for the alarm and it's awful. But I use this as a standby phone. And does what it says "

" Bought for me grandad ideal as easy for him to use "

" Basic phone suitable for someone who would only use it occasionally. It does require charging often although not in use very often. This might prove difficult for elderly people like myself. "

" Bought this phone while moving house and waiting to get landline connected. Don't usually use a mobile. This one was absurdly difficult to make work. No instructions were provided. However, I've no idea how it compares to to others. I have used other...

" I have a sister who lives abroad, and when she came to this country for a holiday I wanted to buy the cheapest, easiest-to-use mobile phone for her to use when she was here. This phone fits the bill perfectly. "

" It is a very good phone. I like it vary much.Battery life is very good. I am very happy with this phone "

" Price was ok to fill in for a couple of weeks but would not recommend, first one I took back as it was resetting itself, got another and its now doing the same thing,lose contacts ect. Will be complaining to manufacturer this time. "

" This phone does all the basics, I bought one for my daughter - cheap and cheerful, whilst her phone was being repaired, and I liked it so much I bought one for my elderly Dad as it is very straightforward. Excellent gadget for the price. "