The Alcatel 1016G is a cheap and basic phone that is supposed to be easy to use. It's also small and light, which may add to its appeal for some. Features are a bit thin on the ground, even for a simple mobile phone, but can it make up for this with...

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.

I leave it in my car glovebox as an emergency phone

A fairly decent standard phone. Easy enough to use and battery not bad. Bought for elderly disabled mum who was in hospital and she has managed to use it fine.

It is definitely a great basic phone. I got it for my 9 year old son to let us know his whereabouts after school .

Great Value for the money. Would certainly recommend

it is a good phone for the price if you are on a budget and need it for just texting and calling and the battery is amazing it lasts me alday even wen its low it never seems to die

It's excellent and the phone calls are very good

This was purchased for my 75 year old Mother in Law who has an aversion to any technology. However, she can work this and that's a testimony to the simplicity of the phones design. I would say this is a 5 star phone if you're the same as my...

Basic phone but has sufficient facilities to use as an emergency item. I purchased this to,use in conjunction with my animal tracker.