I
bought a new phone a week ago~ <3 Its ALCATEL One Touch 813D. I was never
interested in Alcatel phones before, but I was really intrigued when first saw
this phone from my friend Angeli during the ZE:A mall tour and I immediately
liked it when I learned that it’s a touch and type phone that supports the use
of dual sim as well! :D I had been looking for a nice looking dual sim phone
before, since my other phone broke and I always feel so lazy charging two
phones, so seeing this phone was like a godsend to me~ I researched about it
when I got home and saw that the price was only Php 3,399.00! Really affordable
for a phone that supports wi-fi plus other awesome features :D.
The
box as you can see at the picture above doesn’t look like the typical box that
usually cases a phone because in here we can actually see and inspect the unit
without having to open the box. It makes it more interesting and I guess time
saving as well especially on the part of the seller, haha. The phone comes in 5
colors and obviously I got the red one, because the other colors aren’t
available then. I would have picked the purple one if I got a choice because
Angie’s phone is also red.
Anyway
so inside this tiny box were the phone of course, a manual, warranty and the
usual accessories. I never would’ve thought that all the accessories would fit
inside this especially when it looks so small and as if the phone had occupied
all the space.
Not really a fan of qwerty phones, but its
tolerable *shrug*. The cover has a velvety feel
and not glossy so I wont have to worry
about making any finger marks on it.
I don’t like that the
manual/guide comes in this folded paper thingy, I mean a booklet would’ve been
better! And it doesn’t really cover everything there is to know about the
phone. I researched about the phone’s guide on the net and found one on
Alcatel’s website and I think there were almost a hundred pages in that pdf?
Come on alcatel, print it in a booklet type why don’t you?
Intrested?
You might also want to check the specs of this phone here, and there’s one on
Alcatel’s webpage too. And here’s a video of the unboxing of this phone
(below). There were a few things that I didn’t like about this phone, like its…
- lack of games (THERE IS NO GAME ON THE PHONE, but you can download some on the internet)
- lack of settings for just about anything about it that I would’ve wanted to change (I think….)
- it only reads .txt and .pdb files for ebooks (doesn’t most ebook comes in .pdf and .lit files?) plus I have no idea how to put the ebook there without having to go on the internet on my phone first
- it doesn’t play the music continuously (or maybe I’m just not that familiar with it yet) and I have to play the song first for it to be put on my ‘playlist ’ and not just add it there randomly
- it won’t view ‘too large’ pictures that my other phone can view just fine
- the pictures it takes are just too LQ for a 2mp, compared to my other phone which is also 2mp. Everything just looks so gray and dull, changing the settings doesn’t even help.
- the micro sd is placed at the back part before the battery, so I have to turn the phone off everytime I have to take it off and use my other one..
Just
that and a bunch of other minor stuff no one really needs to know.
You
might think that I probably regret buying this phone with all the negative
stuff I listed, but no, I just love to complain is all. I still think that its
pro’s outweighs the cons no matter what and the things I don’t like about it
isn’t really that important anyway.
And
oh, btw I forgot to mention that its battery will last up to 3 days with
standard use (up to 4 days in my case) but probably less than a day with the
wi-fi and bluetooth open, and of course with heavy usage (audios, videos and
games). Uhmm, I guess that’s it, I don’t know what else to say. Feel free to
ask me if you have questions J,
I’ll do my best to answer it as long as I can.
