We’ve been watching the Alcatel OT-980 progress from mildly interesting messaging phone into potentially the best cheapest smartphone yet throughout 2010, and next month it finally goes on sale in the UK. We don’t like to hang about though, so we’ve got one for review right now: check it coming out of its carton and ask us what you want to know right here.
We said when we went hands on last week that the Alcatel OT-980 promised to eclipse every other budget Android phone we’ve seen so far, and after playing with our review sample, we reckon it’s still on target to. This little chap is shockingly fast, pulling up websites at speed and locking onto our position on Google Maps without a hitch. We had Dropbox downloaded and running ASAP, and were able to access all our files on the go.
Alcatel OT-980 UK preview and hands on photos
Digging through the settings, we also found Alcatel’s not been too sloppy: there are extra options to make use of the slide out keyboard to lock the screen when closed, or answer a call when pulled out.
We’ll be giving the Alcatel OT-980 a full review next week, but in the meantime, have a look at our unboxing and hands on photos here.
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Out 1 October | £99.99 | Alcatel
