Alcatel One Touch 916 Reviews & Tests

Expert review by : Niall Magennis (trustedreviews.com)

Alcatel One Touch 916

Alcatel is targeting potential Blackberry buyers with this budget, but smart-looking messaging phone.

Low asking price ; Stylish design and good build quality ; Excellent keyboard ; Good battery life

Relies on an old version of Android ; Can feel a bit sluggish to use

Less successful is the optical joystick that sits above the keyboard. It isn't really of much benefit on this this phone, as it's just far easier to reach out and touch the screen than trying to scroll around menus or webpages via the joystick.

May, 2013

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Expert review by : Basil Kronfli (recombu.com)

Alcatel One Touch 916 Review: In Depth

When a phone is less cutting edge and more cost effective, it's very easy to let it slip under the radar. Of late though, there...

Sep, 2012

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Expert review by (3g.co.uk)

Alcatel One Touch 916 Review

The Alcatel's One Touch 916 is a nicely priced handset aimed at

Very usable keyboard and touch-screen; good budget snapper; nice Gingerbread tweaks; Facebook button

Some freezing and crashing; square screen doesn’t lend itself to media and games

Aug, 2012

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Expert review by : Simon Thomas (3g.co.uk)

Alcatel One Touch 916 Review

The Alcatel One Touch 916 proves itself a good value handset for texting, and boasts an impressively sharp display and decent snapper. The odd freeze when running games and apps lets it down occasionally.

Very usable keyboard and touch-screen; good budget snapper; nice Gingerbread tweaks; Facebook button

Some freezing and crashing; square screen doesn’t lend itself to media and games

The Alcatel’s One Touch 916 is a nicely priced handset aimed at those who want to email, text and run social media. Plus you get a physical keyboard without going for a BlackBerry. It has some performance issues, but the screen and snapper are great...

Aug, 2012

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