alcatel Evolve

  • Released 2013, October
    136.5g, 11.8mm thickness
    Android 4.1
    4GB 512MB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 4.0"
    480x800 pixels
  • 5MP
    720p
  • 512MB RAM
    MT6575
  • 1400mAh
    Li-Ion

alcatel Evolve - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
Launch Announced 2013, September
Status Available. Released 2013, October
Body Dimensions 121.5 x 64 x 11.8 mm (4.78 x 2.52 x 0.46 in)
Weight 136.5 g (4.83 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches, 45.5 cm2 (~58.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~233 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset Mediatek MT6575 (40 nm)
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU PowerVR SGX531
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 4GB 512MB RAM
Main Camera Single 5 MP
Video 720p@30fps
Selfie camera Single VGA
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio FM radio, RDS
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1400 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 400 h (2G) / Up to 410 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 13 h (3G)
Misc Colors Black
Price About 70 EUR

alcatel Evolve - User Reviews

  • This phone was awful in every way. It lagged constantly, especially when using Chrome. It would literally take a minute just for the keyboard to show up. Took 5 minutes for GPS to work in google maps. Screen was dim and looked terrible. Kept overheating. Its 2017 now and even back then it was terrible.

  • Please where can i get the touchpad of alcatel onetouch evovle. Mine has stoped touching. I live in Enugu, Nigeria. Thanks.

  • I have a problem with the phone: Sometimes it does not ring and does not vibrate. This happens randomly, for example once on every 20-25 calls. On the screen there is an indication that someone is calling, but no sound and vibration. The audio profile is the default "General". Do you know how to solve the problem? The device is in perfect condition and was never dropped. No other problems noticed.

  • I noticed those problems only while google software is updating, if you use the google play store. I dont recommend it unless you have an sd card because the post factory updates take up a lot of space. The slow down seems temporary but still takes up too much extra space in my opinion. I thought the oem software was supposed to manage this aspect but it seems with phones nowadays the companies dont want to spend money on any kind of technical support post manufacture, so the newer ones just go with default google updates? This used to be no problem but since they want to make apps friendly for everyone nowadays to develop and use, this means the google frameworks need to occupy more space on the phone. If you know what you are doing or are not the average consumer I dont see the necessity with the newer google frameworks especially if you are trying not to bog the phone with stuff you dont use?

  • This phone is very durable and works well for very cheap phone. The only real downfall is no storage space for additional apps

  • If you're looking for a very basic smartphone, this device is it. It's a good one to introduce new users to the world of smartphones, and is pretty easy to use. Don't purchase if you're looking to use this frequently/heavily. The phone gets slow/crashes apps frequently and has very little storage space without an SD card. It's small and light, but the battery life is not great. The rear camera is okay, while the front camera is just bad. Don't expect too much from the phone, it's barely a smartphone in itself. For its price, it's not a terrible phone, but it needs a lot of improvement.

  • This phone suckes! Won't let me use any big apps without going home and losing all of my work. If you want a phone, pay the extra money and get a better one. Also the keyboard freezes up and doesn't come back for a long time. I hate this crappy phone!

  • This phone is a piece of crap. The screen goes black especially when you are reaching someones voice mail and you cannot end the call. Furthermore, I have had this phone for 2 mnths and now I have no sound whatsoever --took the battery out turned sound off and on, cleaned the speakers with compressed air, turned the power off--still NO SOUND WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS STUPID PHONE???????????????????????????????????????????­???????

  • Jk, this phone is pretty bad but it really is remarkably durable without a case

  • Overall durability and simplicity makes this a versatile and easy to use phone

  • this phone is really bad. I got it for Christmas in 2014, I think? the biggest problems are that the keyboard will disappear while typing and then it takes a long time to come back. also, it freezes a lot so i have to take the battery out of the phone when it locks up. i can't even use chrome because it's very slow. the storage is very terrible and the battery life is no good. i had to delete facebook and use it through my browser. the battery life is so bad, i have to charge it a lot. when it hits like in the 20's, it'll rapidly go down to 15%. i dropped my phone one day at 39% and when i put the battery back in, it was down to 14%.sometimes the time skips on my phone. i don't recommend this crappy phone. get yourself an iPhone or whatever. i know i will get a better Android phone when i finally have a job and have the money to afford it. don't be fooled by the cheap price.

  • This phone lags on the ffing menu screen wtf? It sux. Whoever says this is a good phone obviously made the phone. The developers dont use this piece of sht.

  • Faris legitimate shot to be removed

  • this was my first phone and i loved it so much.i paid 50$ for it and i thot that was not a bad deal and it was not. i still like it and i am going to keep it.The only problem i had had was it would freeze some times but that never made me upset.It would run slow but i did not really care.sometimes i hated it when it did that.the camera never bothered me.THE ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT IT IS it has been threw so much and it never broke.i have dropped it,spilled water on it,threw it at a wall,dropped it in water and it still works!i think i have just gotten lucky it has not broke.overall i think it is a ok phone

  • This phone is charged and now wont turn on, it is a piece of crap

  • I got this as my first phone, it sucked horribly, it never worked properly, every time i go to use it, it shut off. The camera quality is really bad too. It never had enough space and that sucked as well. I had that phone for 2 or 3 years i don't know how i put up with it so long. That phone sucked! I am very happy now because i have gotten a much better quality phone (HTC Desire 626) and when I got it I couldn't wait to smash the alcatel.

  • This phone has got to be the Worst phone i have ever purchased in 15 years.. For a smartphone its extremely dumb!! If it wasnt for me needing to be reached for work, id through it in the EAStRiver.. Horrible!! Just Horrible!! Do Not purchase this phone for ya dog!!

  • I am frankly irritated by those of you accusing the people on here who are giving their honest opinions on a phone they have purchased as telling lies and being liars...each of us have had different experiences with our phones and thus being a review of said product are stating

  • Frankly it doesn't matter " oh the phone is good for $$ " companies should take pride in their products and not just say that its good enough for being cheap....for some of us who have bought this phone we deserve better. For some of us every penny in our income matters and we deserve to have a smart phone that works because obviously we bought a smart phone for a reason.

  • Well "creator" it's hard to say for us to not buy it when frankly you only find out about the serious problems after you purchase it!!! Just admit as a grown up that the "creator's" need to go back to the drawing board and work out the bugs

  • I also needed this in an emergency and the function to do that didn't even work thankfully someone else at the accident had a phone to call 911 that was reliable.

  • I HATE this phone!!!! :-( it doesn't have enough storage, and in my case hasn't even been texting properly. To boot when the phone is on I sometimes have to remove the battery to get my screen from black to my sign on screen. Recently I tried resetting it back to factory settings and its going down hill from there. I have had this phone for three months and I will never recommend or purchase any Allcatel phone ever again....I hope this helps someone not to be screwed over by buying this phone.

  • Buy a better phone imo.

  • This phone has no storage, and a bunch of unneeded apps that take up space. The only thing it's good for is talking and texting, you can't update Facebook because of insufficient storage, the email doesn't even have an empty trash feature, they say oops we forgot to add it wow, I don't know who threw this gadget together, but shame on you

  • sux i have full storage after 5 pictures looks like a track phne

  • EXACTLY I have the same stupid problem no storage restarts on its own and the camera quality is sooooo horrible

  • I agree with you! I want to drive an icepick through this POS...team that up with T-Mobile and you just want to kill something. This phone sux badly, I can't wait to get a REAL PHONE and REAL Service provider. Proof again that Walmart will sell you on anything just to get your money.

  • This phone is pure crap. It doesn't allow you to download a lot of apps. There may be a lot of storage left but it will still say "insufficient storage" it turns off and on randomly. the camera also sucks horribly. I cant wait to get a new phone so I can smash this thing with a hammer

  • I could not agree more

  • agree, it also messes up the order i recieve a long text message

  • Phone sucks can play alot of games. camera sucks. the whole phone sucks. how could they even release the phone?

  • Worst phone ever!! Battery life is so short! Storage space is so low! I can't have more than 4 apps and if I do its going to tell me I have insufficient storage space! The camera is pure bullshit! Every time I take a photo it comes out blurry! And another thing..this phone lags way too much! I can't even type a message properly without it lagging after I type a letter! I just wanna throw this thing off a building and then run it over with a truck! So frustrating and aggravating! Definitely getting a new phone

  • It's bad

  • Acceptable specs?? Your joking, right. I hope you are...

  • Your joking, right. I hope you are...

  • No flashlight, due to there not being a flash in camera mode, which is where the flashlight functions from. Ridiculous, right? I guess any phone that only has 2G, in this age of technology, I shouldn't be surprised...

  • Have had my Evolve 2 for about 2 months & I promise, when I get a new phone, I'm going to do the "Hulk smash! Phone freezes numerous times a day, will power off at any time (battery fully charged) and the worst is, when I'm ending a call, screen goes black & I have to pull the battery to get it to power up. Very dissatisfied with this piece of junk phone AND METROPCS, who will, not in any way, offer to help resolve any of these problems and very poor customer service. Boost Mobile, here I come. And then, Hulk SMASH!!!!

  • Have had my phone for about 2 months & have NEVER, EVER seen or tried to use a worse phone. After making a call, screen goes black & have to reboot. Phone reboots on its own 3 or more times a day. When trying to use WiFi, more times than not, the phone is unresponsive. All of these issues that I'm experiencing, I'm now finding out are common with this piece of junk they call a phone. BUYER BEWARE!

  • slow- heavy- low battery life plays radio without data

  • I'm only composing this letter due to my endless frustrations since I've had this phone in my possession. I chose this phone because of the size. I thought it was absolutely beautiful...until I started using it. I was switching from a Samsung Galaxy III and I selected this phone instead of the Samsung Galaxy 5 or 6. I was sadly disappointed when I found that this Alcatel OneTouch only came with 2gb which I had almost depleted with my contacts alone! THEN, I went out and purchased an SD card to expand my memory where I also discovered was NOT supported by this phone BUT worked in my Samsung just fine so i had to purchase a SPECIFIC SD card to work with this phone. Upon purchasing the SD card, I found out that the music I wanted to import from my computer's Windows Media Player was NOT supported on this phone either and it runs on an ANDROID OS, so I didn't understand why it wasn't working on THIS phone but I had NO problems downloading and listening to on the Samsung. I believe your developers need to go back to the drawing board and come up with some better ideas because as of now, Samsung has the upper hand as far as features and usability goes. Love this phone and am sad that it doesn't hold up to the standards of the other phones that are out there. I pray you do better in the future.

  • Does the phone have a flashlight on it how is the camera??

  • Place how can I get my 3G and edge and also speed on is only 2G that I have been using

  • Good overall phone, but doesn't get to 4G LTE capacity. Only capable of reaching 3G level. So , therefore there are a lot of dropped calls in certain areas.

  • Worst phone ever! It would be better to bang it with a hammer a few times then get a better phone. Impossible to disable ICE app. The disable button is ghosted. What a terrible product! Don't buy it!!!!!

  • This phone is awsome, it is very stable. Never ever crashes. Sound is clear. Battery time is great - about a week. Of course I use it only as a phone, I am not a monkey to surf the internet with it while I am on the street. I have a home PC and when I want to surf the internet I use it insted of the phone.

  • sceens white how do i get it to work????

  • Did you fine one?

  • one touch evolve .. 1gb only :(

  • I got one off ebay for $15 bucks in good shape. It is GSM unlockable and has low end but acceptable specs. Makes for a good travel phone that I don't mind losing somewhere accidentaly.

  • this phones battery life is short, and finding an extended battery life is near impossible.

  • Give me a break.You probably work for Alcatel.

  • I've owned my Alcatel One Touch for a little over (6) months ago. After less than(5) months the phone went crazy. It was in permanent silent mode. It didn't ring. Speaker phone didn't work, etc. There warranty process is you spend your money to send their shitty product. If you don't have a replacement phone, they don't care. They don't need to be a part or option of phones to purchase with Walmart"s family mobile plan because when bot if their pitiful phone breaks, your stuck. I have had this phone back for less than two weeks and already see early signs of what happened last time before this phone went out and I see it breaking again within a few months. Keep in mind this phone cost $125.00. The worst part about it is, their repair center and support team are one of the rudest customer service company I've ever dealt with. Do your homework people before you buy. I wish I did.

  • This is the worst phone ever! Do not buy. Total waste of money. It only comes with 1.45 GBs, WiFi sucks (you can't do anything using cellular. And WiFi cuts out no matter where you are.) It takes horrible pictures no matter how photogenic something is. And recently I haven't been able to call or text or receive calls or texts because it said it could not connect. Do not buy. It ways a big mistake.

  • For being a $35 phone at 7 eleven convenience store i think this phone is well worth the price. I've had mine for a year and a half now and it just recently started acting up because i deleted some pre-installed google apps and now get the "com.android.phone" not responding whenever i turn the wifi on. It's only 35 bucks some im buying another one and will start playing around with different roms on this one.

  • three words: very user unfriendly !!

  • OK, before I say anything else, terrible phone. To make it slightly less terrible until you reboot it, Settings>About Phone>Advanced Settings> Don't Keep Activities (Checked) Background process limit (No background processes)

  • worse phone ever, I now can not do anything if I'm not in WiFi and even then phone calls get dropped, I sound like I'm under water, it echoes even when I have full signal. I just want to run over it. this phone sucks

  • This is the only phone my parents could afford but mine and my brother's have broken at least 3-4 times each since we first got them less than two years ago. It's completely ridiculous. Worst phone ever.

  • Horrible. I have it and I wish I just didn't have a phone at all. I can not wait to get a new phone. Camera is horrible, snap chat will not work with this camera, turns off for no reason. Get any other phone not an Alcatel.

  • This is the worst phone i have and will ever have. I text people and dont get their reply till the next day. The battery drains so fast even when im not using it. Takes forever to charge. If you people are looking for a good phone dont buy this one.

  • this is the worst phone I have ever had I am just glad I didn't need it in an emergency - Today I could not even make a call on the phone - Many times I had to take out the battery and put it back in so the phone would work I would NOT recommend any phone made by hit mfg I am now looking into another phone to buy

  • this was by far the WORST phone I ever had - I had to open the back many times to reset the phone and when I needed it most it didn't work I would NOT buy a phone made by this manufacturer - I am now getting a different phone

  • It's awful, it has a terrible battery life so I had to charge it several times every day, it's so stinking slow i t was almost worthless I couldn't play any games that moves fast or it would lag out and freeze for 15 minutes,the storage was so small I could only have a few apps, the RAM is so small any app I did install would slow it down even worse than it already was, it's total crap and was designed by idiots

  • My alcatel is always @ 2G

  • yes you can screenshot. Press the off and turn down volume button at the same time.

  • I have the Evolve 5020, I've had a few minor problems but for the most part I like it. The camera takes good picture, and when I have had a problem all's I had to do to fix it was take out the battery and SIM card and reboot and it is fixed but yes there is a 'but' as of late it's charged 100 percent when I go to bed and it is at 23 percent when I get up approx 6 hours later and this is recent and I can't figure out why .... wi-fy and blue tooth are off..... so this sucks .... any suggestions ???appreciated.

  • two weeks old and the battery life is less than 5 hours. Bought new battery and the battery screen shows android uses 38% of power and Google Services uses 22%. Battery life is still 5 hours.

  • Can you screenshot?

  • Within a month of buying, texting is now nearly impossible. The phone lags excessively and takes 5-10 seconds for EACH LETTER to appear on screen after I press the key. Never encountered this problem on any phone before.

  • This phone is decent. It is fairly durable and it fits nicely in your pocket. Unfortunately there are many flaws in the phone as well such as storage, battery life, and freezing. My phone freezes a lot which gets very fruxtrating. Also, the battery life gets drained away in a 4 hour period with data on. The storage bothers me the most because with all the other apps downloaded prior to usage, I can really only download maybe four apps with consistant updates. I bought an sd card, but I cannot use the space it has. This is a decent phone as I said, but it has flaws.

  • Crappy phone.Had this for 5 months and only use it for calling. Battery runs out fast

  • This is a fantastic phone no glitches no freezes good for gaming if you have an issue id suggest not pirating or doing anything like that cause id call that a virus keep it real it was a good phone until you messed it up

  • I purchased the Evolve2 to replace my Samsung Galaxy Express. I am very pleasantly surprised and as of yet do not understand such negative reviews. It is super fast logging into Facebook. Infact, much faster than the Samsung which was a much more expensive phone with better reviews. The Evolve camera is not that great but it is not horrible. I love the quickness of texting and how it basically spells everything out for me. I am very happy with my phone and am thinking of purchasing one for my hubby for fathers day since he needs a new one. Sorry so many people have ripped on this phone.

  • this stupid phone keeps deleting all my contacts. my crushes number? deleted! all my important business contacts? deleted! it re-sends me the same text messages from my friends over and over like 10 times each. the screen goes black spasmodically. apps keep force quitting on their own. very slow. horrible internet connection. this phone suxx!!!

  • This is the CRAPPIEST phone I have EVER had. Today it stopped connecting to both 3G and WIFI and now I can't use ANY of my internet-based apps or social media.

  • the phone is smart in body but stupid in loading my apps It is like I am using 11 ten phone which is atleast working gud

  • This is the most stupid fone I've ever had.... It shuts down n won't power no matter if its well charged..... It tells me to force close n then it automatically shuts itslf dwn.... This is bullshit!!!

  • The worst phone ever.my husband had an Alcatel and a year to the date his died on him and he had to purchase a new phone. That was two weeks ago. Today my Alcatel one touch completely died.if these phones aren't going to last but a year, the company should tell the consumer that it's a temporary phone. Not that it worked well in the first place but at least I could call 911 if needed. ..thanks a** holes

  • Great Phone!! I love it!!

  • You can't pick up this to answer it without it going to a different screen or hanging up on the caller,, Crap,, Crap

  • I just got it yesterday and its freezing all the time i can't do anything and the keypad takes forever to pop up and when it does it just goes back down again please somebody help me i like the size it's just really slow please tell me what I can do to fix it????

  • Absolutely the worst phone I've ever had. It's extremely slow and freaks out whenever I receive a message.

  • It's called the AlcaSMELL Badtouch

  • why people trashing this phone..this device is fantastic..but I recommend this phone is ONLY for gaming experience!!..this phone can handle many apps games and others valuable files..there's no need to trash this!! it's a good phone for gamer only!!

  • This phone sucks it is my first phone and I agree with Bree the camera has no flash and at night you cannot see your pictures, it is all just black junk. Wish I had an I-Phone or some other phone. T-Mobile only sells two cases black and magenta, they are the same diamond design on both of them. So, do not buy this phone I think it is equal to those disposable phones. The customization of this phone is equal to 0.

  • I switched to T-Mobile and got the Alcatel one touch phone. It is the worst phone I have ever owned. The phone won't turn on, other times it won't shut off. when it does turn on it won't let you to your contact list. Tomorrow it will be used at the lake as a skipping stone !

  • This is the worst phone I've ever had experience with. The camera quality is horrible you cant take pictures at night due to no flash and it always froze. Now my alcatel one touch evolve won't power on and I've tried tons of chargers,called T-Mobile, and there response was no warranty there's nothing we can do. Save your money this isn't worth even being a starter phone i'd rather have a flip phone.

  • So sorry you paid $269.25 for a $30.00 phone.

  • i bought this phone couple months ago i had spent 269.25 on it and everytime i make a call and have to press 1 for english ect. i cant because it will not light up at all so i can the camera is horrible and it will now and then act like there is no micro sd card in and cant remove the battery in case it freezes up then sitting there 5 min hold a button to get it to shut off i only bought it cause it had a big enough screen thats the only good thing about it im just better off going back to my old phone before this piece of crap

  • Your 3g needs to be on

  • The only reason I got this phone is because of the price. It was super cheap and at the time I didn't even know it wasn't 4g capable. So it really doesn't matter what plan you have. You truly get what you pay for. Next time I do research on my next phone purchase. By far the worst phone I've ever had. But worth the $32 bucks I paid for it.

  • I can't switch to 3G mode (WCDMA)...why?

  • bad phone I have space to download a game and it always says no space 2g of space and no it wont work pice of junk

  • A friend of mine got me this phone about a year a ago in lagos Nigeria, what people are saying about this phone is absolutely nothing but the truth. Please save up your money and go for a good phone with good specs and performance.

  • This phone is trash. It so freaking slow and the storage is stupid. The camera quality is terrible. It closes my apps when it lags super bad. I recommend nobody to get this phone. It's the worst phone I have ever had.

  • All the reviews are true this is a poor phone i had two of them and both sucked both cameras are poor NO storage the keyboard freezes and the phone always freezes i dont reccomend this junk to no one! That was th worst phone i ever had

  • through the internet connection its appears on my phone 2G instead of 3G so it makes browsing slower and slower.

  • this phone is junk .. my charger spot is broke so trhe plug doesnt fit into it anymore after like 3 months ..piece of junk otherwise features are ok

  • Just because you worked with apple doesn't make the phone any better. I have sooooo many problems with lagging, it takes like 3 minutes just to open a text and it can never keep up with my texting. I'm also now having trouble with it shutting off randomly. I got this phone for free and I still don't think its worth the money! I'm about to go to the sales associate who convinced me to get this piece of junk and demand a new phone.

  • WORST. PHONE. EVER. First off, both cameras are crap. Secondly, ALMOST NO STORAGE! Third, this thing is the slowest phone ever. And this thing cost me $90. I have to charge it 5-7 times a day with power saving options at max. This thing is crap. Go, save your money, buy something more useful.

  • To the Alcatel designer. That's just not a good enough response. I know in this day and age people complain all the time but they BOUGHT this phone coz' they thought it was good, turns out it isn't. Your reply smells of a horrible arrogance which is maybe explains why it's so bad. I just got it and it's causing me massive problems already, power loss, frequent battery charging etc. Terrible, gimme Samsung. At least you had the balls to reply, I'll give you that. T-Mobile gave it to me as a free replacement for another phone so maybe they're trying to offload it.

  • I purchased this phone as a upgrade from my Galaxy I used for 4 years with no problems. I paid 150.00 on Feb 28, by March 15 started having trouble with letters on keyboard , then in same week it started locking up when using it with Square , then last week people started complaining they couldn't hardly hear me while talking on it , day before yesterday people said I sounded like I was in tunnel, yesterday I sounded garbled, today can only talk on speaker phone.....I'm done with this piece of crap and am owed 150.00 for phone and 20,000.00 for the headache its caused me.

  • I just bought this phone yesterday. Guess I should have check the reviews before I bought it. However for the short time I've had it no problems. the Talk Text works perfectly.if I have any problems during the first 30 days I will take it back.

  • I needed a PHONE. This one cost me 30 bucks. I don't need a portable miniature computer toy. For me the camera is a great addition. Great investment for A phone. Works GREAT!.

  • can the company that made it update the phone to a new software of android. Plllllzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz update the phone

  • i am one of the creators of this amazing phone! we worked with apple so if you dont like it you dont buy it.

  • I completely agree with everyone about this phone i was also tricked into buying it $50 for it and all it does is shut off on me front camera no good facebook sucks and all the time getting error messages so not worth the time but of course this is only my opinion.

  • The reviews are true. WORST PHONE EVER. I wish we could file a lawsuit against the people who made this phone. No storage AT ALL - the storage is used up by programs already installed on the phone, front camera sucks, the gallery is corrupted - it literally deletes and alters my pictures.

  • I got it because of the screen size and advertising about camera quality. Shortly after, a few hours maybe, I brought it back because turns out its just a very poor phone. If you are searching the market for inexpensive androids I fully recommend Samsung galaxy s4. Don't waste any money on this, its just tricky advertising.

  • Horrible!!!!! Do not waste a dime or minute. Class action is in order.

  • I have had this phone about a year now and I assure you everything bad they say about it is true. I paid $50 for it at best buy. Keyboard crashes, chrome crashes, not enough storage. Overall it really sucks.

  • Garbage. Cannot hang up the phone until person I'm talking to cuts the connection. This is a real problem when I reach someone's voice mail. They end up getting several minutes of dead air from me. Charge 1 - 2 times per day.

  • This phones not the best. But it's not the worst. The things that aren't the best is the keyboard it has to catch up when I'm texting. The front camera sucks, you can't take a picture with it unless your outside in the sunlight or you have a really bright light. Also it doesn't have enough storage.

  • The selfie camera is really grainy and dark. The phone itself is ridiculously slow and needs to take a lot of time to load and catch up to itself. This phone is just pretty terrible in general, and I understand now why it was only $50.

  • Are you an employee of the company? Own this phone for a year and you will know it's garbage. The only way this phone could possibly be decent is if you have no internet or data and never download anything.

  • The battery life is fine if you turn off data/internet. But this phone sucks all around.

  • This really is a terrible phone. Not worth the 100 bucks I paid for it over a year ago. It does freeze and crashes a lot. Do not get this phone for any reason.

  • I got my Alcatel for just 3 months and having trouble freezing all time. It's a very poor cell phone. Pls, don't buy it!

  • Phone is trash!! I believe all the horrible reviews, should've checked reviews 1st. Have no memory left on the phone but 12g of space out of 16g on SD card & not able to move apps over. This phone is a complete insult to hard working people who don't have $500's to throw away on a phone!!!

  • This is the worst phone on the planet. I rather have no phone than deal with Alcatel one touch. This crap seem like it's running on AOL Please do not waste ur money PS... phone freezes up all the time it is junk..

  • Everything said bad about this phone and more I was attracted to the big screen I have it one month and hate it like no other . going back to Samsung the best phone ever.

  • Less than a year with this phone. I hope I had check reviews first but I didn't. It suddenly freeze, I can not make phone calls and whenever I want to call someone or go to main menu it just acts crazy it will freeze, or take me out of any application. Very very disapointed. Do not buy this phone. One touch, you will waste your money buying this and very soon you will have to buy a new one. I learned my lesson

  • I own the Evolve ONE. Poor battery life, slow processor. Email sync issues. A phone is really a computer. This is a cheap computer. Buy a decent phone. The Evolve II is not compatible with my Chase Bank phone deposit app. Get a Samsung or LG.

  • DO NOT BUY. HORRIBLE phone.threw this thing across the room 6 times before I could finish typing this review. Doesn't function. Keyboard is the worst in existence, good luck trying to type. Biggest chore of the day is trying to send a text on this thing. Headphone jack sucks, breaks easy. Same with charging port. Everything crashes. Won't receive half your texts. If there is one drop of moisture within 20 miles, every time you touch the screen it will get super confused and try to open like a hundred different things. Total waste of time and money, I can't even think of anything good to say about it.

  • I brought this phone eight months ago in Puerto Rico for $100.00, right now T Mobile is selling it for $79.00. It is pretty good, although I paíd much more for it than in the states. I use DU Speed Booster and DU Battery Saver, recently installed Lollipop Launcher, works very well. I talk, text and look up información with Google Search. Not bad, I own a tablet, so when I need other información I use my tablet.

  • Seriously, people have other agenda's here I think . This is a great phone with a great value. So these negative reviews? I'm pretty sure they're from the competition. This is a great phone!

  • I'm on my second Alcatel in two mths can't call out on them. People can't hear me.

  • Yeah, I've has my phone for less than a year, and after a few weeks I was looking for a new phone. The keyboard crashes- A LOT, Chrome randomly shuts down, Google Play music will turn off or switch songs in the middle of my JAM (still pissed; one does not simply skip Bohemian Rhapsody), and you cannot send pictures. The few GOOD things are that it charges fairly quickly, and the back facing camera takes SUPERB pictures. ........That's it.

  • I've had this phone for about a year and two months, and it is actually really crap. I had to replace the first one in a matter of months after the headphone jack wouldn't work AT ALL and the bezel around the screen and camera were getting shot to bits. Second time around, I (somehow) got it to connect to a Smartwatch 2, and now I'm afraid to actually use the damn thing because more times than not the actual launcher doesn't respond as well as everything else and I have to restart the phone. This happens inexplicably on any app, and most of the time it sits on my desk, off. Please, I beg you, DO. NOT. BUY. THIS. GARBAGE.

  • This phone is the absolute WORST cell phone I have ever had! Its very slow, the keyboard disappears while typing, Facebook messenger along with regular texting closes by itself I could make a huge list of things that are wrong with it. Wow its horrible.

  • This phone is crap, I bought this phone in September by October I started having problems, now all of a sudden I can't sent pictures in my texts anymore only by emails, who read emails anymore.. lol. it keep saying unknown error, attachment unsuccessful, also I can't open any downloads that someone sends to me . Why is that Alcatel?

  • what a heck of a phone which is really and originally slow on the internet. Alcatel should really build upon this phone to release a comforting one to replace this..awwwww !!!!!

  • Im with you what a rip off

  • This phone really was a headache. It froze up all the time and the keyboard was slow as molasses. Not to mention when typing it'll go away randomly and take minutes to come back up. Plus the phone is slow. It got to the point where I'd have to wait a good 2 mins just to get it to skip a song. Also sometimes you can be surfing the internet and it will randomly go off. I expected the camera to be bad but this phone overall is just a pain to deal with. I would not recommend this phone.

  • It was a good phone at first. Then after a few months it started having lots of problems. Now i haven't dropped it or anything and it randomly started messing up. Yes I'm on my phone constantly you'll never see me off it, but I've done it with others, no problems occured. It's buttons stop working occasionally it'll take me out of an app for no reason it shuts off and now i can't even get into it anymore because whenver i try to put in my password it freaks out and won't let me do it. At first i thought maybe it's just me, but then i read these lovely reveiws and realized it's just a bad phone in general. Definitely not buying a phone like this again.

  • I want a new phone AND a refund now..thinking of filing class action lawsuit!!

  • This phone sucks :-( keyboard goes blank ALL the time cant take good pictures.wont "lighten" up!! Again..THIS PHONE SUCKS!!!

  • how do i get files off it to pc? keep getting error msg or saying i need to install driver?

  • Very crappy i cant even download or even insert my sd card without phone messing uo

  • I couldn't agree more. I'm 14 and I am a tech wiz myself haha, I guess it's just our modern day tech getting to our brains. Well I had this phone. I slammed it against the wall I don't know how many times. I got so frustrated with my evolve that I actually cried several times. I lost it, but my family switched to Virgin Mobile USA anyway so I didn't care. I'm thinking of buying it for my 2 year old sister as a toy that she can play games on. She wouldn't care how scrappy it is, because all the phone even amounts to IS a two year old's toy.

  • I think I know what's wrong.....you need to cut the crap, get good grades in school and stop getting your privileged items taken away all the time.

  • Everything is good except it doesn't hold battery, have to charge every few hours. Phone sound very clear, didn't freeze like the Samsung Galaxy. For $25 at BestBuy it is a good deal.

  • i have a certain email server and i cant get into my account . it uses outlook . anybody knows what to do?cant find help support online, thats crazy

  • I've had my phone since March 1st of this year, and it's in good condition. I haven't cracked it, dropped it in water, or anything. My parents ended up taking it away for 2 months, and forgot they took it away, so I only used it for 8 months.It was a good phone, but when I got it back, IT WOULDN'T FREAKING BOOT!! :@@ I'm just so ticked off right now, because I just got my tablet taken away for a month (grades), and my parents said I could have my phone, because I reminded them it EXISTED, and they gave it back. I'M JUST SO MAD RIGHT NOW. Does anyone have any idea of what could have happened? My parents didn't touch it for 2 months, so they didn't break it. Please help, I need advice. I might have the warranty.

  • I am with T-Mobile and I have had 3! They are all defective! The first two you couldn't hang up phone couldn't dial numbers! The last one is better but still awful! Its been a year and on third one! They keep replacing it. Got told the other day it's something I am doing! I said you don't have I one else complaining? They

  • thz 4n is just wow! 4 thz who undergrade it are just competitors.xo let them vanish,alcatel is the best.

  • Its Horrible My Sound Had Stop Working ! 😤 When I Call Ppl They Can't Hear Me And No I Have Not Drop It In Water Or Had Damage It !! If You On A App For A Long Time Max 30 Mins It Would Automatically Go To The Home Page & If You Got Back On It Would Pause On That Page You Can't Go Back Or Can't Go Back To The Home Page I Know Thus For A Fact Because It Just Happen Recently ! Alcatel One Touch Evolve Is An Horrible Phone !

  • I got this phone yesterday as a favour replacement by the WIND salesman because the Samsung $249.00 phone died after 10 days use. (he claims the Samsung had water damage and would not replace it with the same model) This phone really is useless and not a fair exchange! I will be fighting for a better phone and this sluggish, jumpy, juice draining phone can go back where it belongs.......in the garbage!!!

  • Is mine the only one that goes off all the time when im in the middle of reading something on the internet? It's so frustrating! I know it's not an overly expensive phone but for the price it is, surely it should still be a working, efficient mobile phone? The keypad is dodgy too, the cursor always comes up in a different place to where you touch... im glad to be investing in a new phone this friday. Sorry alcatel, I tried you out, but I wont be using you again.

  • This Is Crap, i'm Not Kidding. I Don't Have the Time to Tell You Why But Just Don't Not Trolling or Spamming of Any such. Single Core 1GHz Processor? Cmon. And Not Getting Newer Version Of it Either. Bullsh!t, I'm Telling You. This BLack Friday I Hope I Get the LG Optimus F6 Or Something Better Because This Is a Disgrace. I Wonder Why Alcatel Wastes Their Time on Some Crap Like This. Avoid This Phone, and AVOID THIS COMPANY. Switch To LG, Samsung or HTC OR Apple Because This is Something that I'll Throw In The Street Later. I'm a TechWiz When it Comes To Phones, And I'm only 13. So Don't Think I Don't Know What I'm Talking About. Good Luck Bribing Customers With This Crap Alcatel.

  • Ridiculous, like you guys seriously can't make the phone better? Like on the internet it freezes up. Just grow up like seriously.

  • Had for only a week. I thought it was just me. At first it wouldn't charge. took 3333-4 tries. Then it was charged but didn't turn on. I can't access any part that lets you choose a 4 digit passcode to access your voicemail so I can't get to my voicemail.They refuse anything I type in.The screen would freeze up. I was able to send one text so far. I had an inexpensive phone before this one and I only paid $19.99 for this one. My last one was better and was only $14.99 3 years ago. Customer service couldn't help. My husband is an engineer and at least he got it somewhat working.If you have heart problems or anger management issues, don't get this phone. I am a very low tech person and would almost rather go without a phone than this frustration. LOL

  • I bought my via Wind Mobile, For the price it gets the job done. Its not going to last forever but its a good stopgap to get you through. Ive dropped it a bunch of times onto concrete and hard floors at work and its still unscratched on the screen, yet there's minor nicks out of the little lip on the bezel. The phone lags a bit once its below 75% battery, It is not recommended for someone with anger issues but if you can handle a slower phone but one that works for media and netflix this one will work.

  • Phone sucks but anyways could this phone screen be replaced any other ways other than going to at a t mobile store?

  • I have the same problems and when I talk to t-moblie about they act like they don't care

  • I am having the same problem and when I tell tmoblie they act like they dont care

  • I hear you. I currently have this phone because my galaxy s4 broke and needed something cheap. It keeps repeating text messages, it's super slow, and does what you said. I'm only keeping it long enough to get the iphone6 now.

  • This phone shouldn't even be considered a phone or an electronic at all cause it is the worst phone ever. When I go on the Google play store it tells me that I don't have enough storage to download it. Even though I haven't installed a single app! Not even one app! I'd give it a minus 5 stars because of how incredibly slow this junk is. The keyboard is the worst because when I tap somewhere I want to type it shows up 15 seconds after. I honestly would never even bother buying from Alcatel ever again because it's just soooo bad. My parents had the same phone but they got upgrades because they have money. I'd get a job but my parents won't let me so I'm stuck with the greatest phone in the world.

  • Paid $40 in Best Buy, it is quite cheap with that price. One of reason I bought this phone because it comes with FM radio, many new phones don't have it anymore. Used it about a week, it seems OK with that price. Don't expect it's fast. The worst to me is the camera, it has 5mp but the pictures taken are terrible. A lot of noise, and blurry. Not good enough to share on Facebook. Otherwise, it's fine with me at that price for basic usage to check email, look at news ....

  • As my first phone, this is really good for the price. I got it for $50, but I see some of you got it for less. Still very good for what it is. Here is the cons. It is slow, but it can run most apps. What it can't do is run everything at once. Sure it can multitask, but its better if you do so with about 3-4 or less apps at a time. One thing that improved the Alcatel's performance was disabling all the apps that you don't use. Unless you absolutely MUST geotag every picture you take, or run all the Google Play Store services at the same time, disable them. Overall, excellent phone. Don't be ashamed of this phone; it can do more than you can in a single second. Sure its not the latest and greatest, but don't let society dictate that because its not, it's a piece of crap. Any phone in the right hands is a powerful. The fault lays not in the tool, but in the wielder. That is all.

  • this phone keeps repeating text messages

  • This is one of the worst phones I have ever owned. It stops working by itself. I will be reading something online and it just backs out of the website or page I'm on. I cant stand having this phone anymore and next payday I'm buying a real phone that actually works.

  • lol

  • For the price, this isn't a bad phone. Yes, it does lag and randomly shuts down. Also, there are many apps that it will not run, BUT I paid $20 for the phone, so.......what can I really complain about? It does mostly what I want it to do. If you want a cheap smartphone that you can check email, use internet, and listen to music...as well as use basic apps, then buy this phone.

  • Sorry to keep defending this phone, but I just don't know where the freezing, re-booting, etc., are coming from -- except from some hyper-active over-grown children who don't really know how to use such a device. It is a bit slow and clunky, and I may keep it out of sight at the next party, to avoid being treated like I have bad breath. But I must ask, again, what part of "a measly 30 bucks at Wal-Mart" don't you understand?

  • This is the worst phone possibly made. Even when connected to wi-fi it still runs slow, even text messaging. It has destroyed 2 chargers, which I have gotten within 2 weeks of each other. It keeps restarting for no reason. I have never dropped it/water damage/ etc. No reason it shouldn't be working properly. I'd be better off with a regular cell phone that doesn't even have data, at least I can make phone calls and text people without it freezing and re-booting.

  • WORST phone Do not waste your money on this phone Its a headache to use To many glitches Cant even watch a YouTube Ill be lucky to get my internet to work Before I had this phone great everything This company should stop wasting there time

  • This is absolutely the worst phone I've ever come into contact with. DO.NOT.BUY.THIS.PHONE. The grief it will cause you is not worth the small amount of money you will save. I had a super crappy flip phone before I got this phone that had only been 15 bucks -- so i thought anything would be a step up. I was wrong. I miss my old phone; there are so many issues with this phone I don't have the time to list them all but it continually disappoints. It's simply a ridiculously bad phone. It's slow, the MESSAGING app crashes all the time so sending a quick text is impossible, the different sound setting are annoying and have changed ON THEIR OWN before. It randomly turns off and on, trying to get/send pictures on it is horribly difficult, the camera is worse than the one on my crappy tiny flip phone,when i delete and uninstall things in an effort to make my phone faster, they REINSTALL without my doing anything, if I get texts while it's off it won't tell me when the text was actually sent when i turn it on, and there are so many more issues. This phone is an embarrassment to modern technology, a headache to deal with, and is not worth the lawsuit you will get when you finally lose it and throw the phone through a window or at someone else.

  • You don't! Well unless you want to wait 10-15 business days ("most likely"). And I'm not a reckless person. I'm 48 yrs old and NEVER even dropped it once. I was told that it was not my fault, BUT with the questionable wait and a big move coming up I couldn't wait. Even though my phone was only 3 months old, and the dude at Metro told me "was not responsible". Rather than wait I talked it over w my fiance and just decided to get a new one. Was offered the same phone for 30, which i foolishly took, BCUZ I still pd 30 bux plus 55$ for me to start over the month, and I bought another charger cuz I thought perhaps that was the problem, as I said I am not rough, etc. Well I really F'ed up cuz guys what do y'all think is happening to THIS "NEW"phone. Yup the charger doesn't seem to fit the port, it takes FOREVER to charge, yes even longer! And it's getting worse by the day. I am so F#@$%*¢ DONE with the phone and metro too!

  • I bought this phone because it was on sale for $50.00. Now the meaning "You get what you pay for" has come to full force. I decided to switch it out with my Sparq 2, which is basically a flip phone that uses a slide out pad insted of opening. Sadly, this device has worse internet than my Sparq 2. The call quality is horrible. It has a staticy sound to it, and poor volume. I had trouble hearing when it was on speaker, and held up directly to my ear. The phone is extremely slow. Have fun using the phone with more than 5 apps added to it. Takes about ten seconds for everything to react. The screen is horrible. With very high glare, you can't see anything with any light reflecting off it. And you might as well glue a cleaning-cloth to it, because every time you swipe, you're going to need to swipe off the smudge. Some of the reviews I saw were 3, some even 4 stars, but i'll give this phone a big fat 0. You're better off either buying a flip phone, or an LG phone, since the cheap LG's are worth their money.

  • I purchased this phone for my son b/c it was advertised as having unlimited text, web and talk. I purchased it through T-Mobile servicing. A few months after I gave it to him, it started showing some type of programing glitch and he was unable to use it for two months. For 45 days service was paid for that could not be accessed and since it was prepaid T-Mobile said there were no refunds. My son dropped the sim-card out of it and another one was purchased through Walmart. This came w/ the Family Mobile Plan provided by T-Mobile and was cheaper than T-Mobile's plan. I took the device to a T-Mobile store and they would not touch it b/c the service was Family Mobile and not T-Mobile and Walmart only sells the service and does not trouble shoot the phones, at least that is what I was told. I called T-Mobile back and b/c I had suspended their services, they at first said they were unable to help me b/c my account was inactive. But upon my insistence, she activated the account and told me to send the phone back to them as it was still under warranty. I was instructed to send it by express mail that cost $30 almost as much as the phone. I sent it by 2-day postal service delivery and received a phone back in 10 days. I purchased another sim-card from Walmart (Family Mobile) and transferred the old number. This replaced phone was in worst shape than the other. Each time you make a phone call and connected with your party, the screen would go black so forget responding to prompts. You could not pull up the screen nor disconnect the call yourself. The ring was not very loud and the phone would freeze for no apparant reason. I was instructed by T-Mobile and Family Mobile to take the device to Walmart. Walmart advised me to contact the manufacturer, Alcatel. After 2 hours of tech support w/Alcatel, I was instructed to send it to them b/c something was wrong w/the phone. I asked would I again be responsible for the shipping to them and they responded "yes." I told them I had already paid once. They told me "Yes but you sent it to T-Mobile, not us." T-Mobile told me that they only receive the phones, but they send it back to the manufacturer for repairs. And even though T-Mobile were the ones that sent me the faulty device, b/c I no longer had an active T_Mobile account, they could not do anything about it. My question is what does a faulty phone have to do with phone service? They are 2 different entities to me but not to them. At some point even though the phone is still under warranty, I will eventually pay for another phone or two in shipping cost. My advice, NEVER BUY A ALCATEL SMART PHONE b/c ITS NOT A SMART IDEA. SMART FOR THE COMPANY THAT KEEPS RAKING IT IN, BUT NOT FOR YOU. Had I read these reviews prior to the original purchase, I probably would not have purchased it in the first place.

  • I've had the Evolve for six weeks, now, and I haven't had any problems. Either everyone else is doing something wrong or I'm doing something right, because mine has yet to "freeze." Yes, the battery power sinks like a rock, and the response to commands is a bit slow, but this was 30 bucks at Walmart. C'mon, folks, put it in perspective!! If it lasts a year, I'll be pleased. Go pick on a $529.00 device!!

  • how do you fix the charger port

  • I fully validate prior posts that the One Touch Evolve 5020T is simply awful. I have never used a smartphone that is so terribly slow in all functions. My flip phone on mobile web works faster than this. Even accessing buttons on home screen or phone settings is miserably lagging. Freezes up constantly. Performed all maintenance functions possible but no improvement. Was like this from day one. Phone just died after one month, would not power on. I also have a One Touch Fierce and it works great. Stay far away from the Evolve!!

  • Terrible phone: it's obnoxiously slow, unreliable, and unresponsive. It would freeze on me, constantly; then it just froze-forever. After only two months, it wouldn't turn back on, completely died on me, of natural causes! Just died in it's sleep. Run away from this phone! Poor product.

  • Tmobile isn't getting away with this one.

  • Shame on you the joke is on me, This phne is by far the biggest piece of junk I've encountered, freezes up if you even look at it in a hurry forget it, if you have 5 to 10 min to waste then this Cell is up your ally, this phone is so slow I could walk to the library search the book read it before you can type in the second letter,Stay far far away

  • I found this cell phone had little storage, camera very poor pictures. A waste of money

  • go to contacts, tap person,tap three dots bottom right corner, drop down menu swipe upward to ringtone setting then choose list type, click choice circle. hope this helps

  • I have used multiple phones. Tmobile Wing, HTC G1, TMobile My Touch 4G and HTC One. I got this phone as a a loaner phone from tmobile and it is pathetic. It constantly freezes and is extremely slow. It is best used for calling and reading text. It camera does not do well either it is always out of focus and needs lots of light.

  • I have this phone 1 week. This is my first android. The phone works fine. My main concern is that the manual for directions to do certain functions is not very clear. I've tried to set certain ringtones for friends and family and it's not working and I can't seem to find any info for my phone online. The camera will lighten up if you adjust the colors on it. I took some pictures and they came out beautiful but I'm having a problem with the crop.How do you shrink a photo to fit the screen? For the price this phone has a lot of features that the more expensive phones have but you can't beat the price.....

  • I don't understand the lock-ups. I've used this phone heavily for 2 weeks, and no such bad luck. Maybe I just got a good copy. Battery run-time has improved, I guess from the "break-in" period. Call quality is better than reviews suggest. By the way -- I called tech support with a question, today -- fantastic!! They answered on the third ring, understood English, were very courteous, and answered every concern on the bullseye. I'm not quite ready to pound the table, but things are looking good.

  • Absolute garbage. This is BY FAR the worst device I've ever owned. I got it from TMobile off the jump program. I had the Xperia Z1s and didn't care for it, so I was using my old HTC 8x. I decided to get out of paying $600 for a phone I didn't care for, I'd jump to their cheapest "Smart" phone and so I got this. A couple months later, I drop and shatter the 8x so I had to use this. I can't say one positive thing about this phone. It's beyond slow. It can't perform even the most basic functions without locking up entirely. Maps/Directions do not work, it wouldn't even pair with my Corporate Exchange server, had to download Touchdown. What a joke.

  • No -- 3G only.

  • Battery is a fast drain, for sure. Display is very nice. This is my first smart phone, and I'm a light user. $29.99 at Walmart, so not much room to complain. In a year, I'll re-visit with the hope that T-mobile has better choices.

  • I got this phone after my Nexus 4 broke and YES it was a downgrade and i could feel the sluggish performance but for the price you cant go wrong. As long as you keep the # of apps limited and use less RAM dependent apps, this phone will surprise you, I've even come to like it! My first phone Android was the Samsung Galaxy Prevail, so i know what bad performance is like and how to deal with it. Also, i do like the display on this phone, its rather sharp. Design wise the soft touch back is great and the phone fits perfect in the hand. Call quality is great, and the phone has many features i never would've thought a phone for its price or size would have. All in all, never sleep on the underdog

  • I have had that phone for almost a month and it is excellent for my need. I can used it internationally and change SIM card easily. It works perfectly for all my needs. I can load a dozen of necessary APPS that work fine. Battery time is great and phone calls are perfect for me. I have GPS ,Weather, News, Gmail. The only problem I see is:...it does not cook or make my bed which I think is very important for a lot of nerds. The price is very cheap $30.00 at wall Mart!! versus $700.00 for a Samsung ... Well perhaps the Samsung would make my Bed?

  • First and foremost, if you are looking for a budget phone for under $150, don't touch this thing. Currently, the Moto E would be a much better option. That being said, I'm going to explain why I own this thing. So I got this phone for fun. No really, it was on sale for $30. I'm going to use the Roccat Power-Grid with this to use it as a remote for my PC, and as an mp3 player. Maybe as a backup incase something goes wrong with my own phone. Honestly, I mostly got it as a $30 android device that I can just play around with. Now if there's a fishy app that I'm afraid has push notifications that might bother me? I use the alcatel as a test subject! Is it worth $30? As a toy, I'd say yes. I would not say this is a "good" smartphone... it's a dumb smartphone. It's a toy. Not meant for real-world use.

  • Amen

  • It is not a cortex A9 but a Cortex A7 other than that I don't see any mistakes. Also yes it is a slow phone with only one core and lackluster ram by today's standards, but you must take into consideration what market this phone is aimed towards. I have one. it was given to me. I have rooted it and removed all of the Metro crippleware and it does what it is intended to. It lags a bit here and there but it is a PHONE.

  • Ok everyone that hates the Evolve. Seriously people it's a cell phone. It don't need everything on it to call, text or use the camera and video camera. PLEASE STOP ACTING LIKE A CELL PHONE HAS A BRAIN!!! Us US citizens have the brains, atleast some of us do and THIS US citizen LIKES AND USES the EVOLVE every day and DON'T have a problem with it BUT I ALSO HAVE A BRAIN AND I USE THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, ESPECIALLY A CELL PHONE!! Sorry for screaming in this comment. I just get tired of people that have brains that GOD gave them making excuses for why they don't use those brains to figure out they need their brains FIRST before any items to have common sense, using their minds, thinking first also, actually using an item more than once or for a week or two before complaining and just using those brains that supposedly hold your head up! Sorry but i'm an OLD SCHOOL chic that graduated from High School AND college and if i can use this cell phone and like it, ANYONE can! That's all i gotta say/type BUT don't act like children after reading MY OPINION ON THE ONE TOUCH EVOLVE. This is MY OPINION only just like everyone else I have an opinion and since i use my cell phone every day and have for atleast a month, i feel i can type just like everyone else and put my review and my hands on experience for anyone to read. Thank you and God bless!!

  • I have the one touch fierce which is also garbage. Alcatel NEEDS to drop out of the smartphone industry so that MY HEADACHE will go away. I've never realized any company is so lazy in its efforts to create a product. Alcatel, get your lazy butts working or don't sell your trash.

  • I can tell you right now. DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE! THIS THING IS A TOTAL PIECE OF SHIT! Ok enough with the all caps. It's battery life is horrible, the processor and ram are deplorable and the camera is shit. It lags every second and I'd rather have a flip phone than this piece of shit! I can't wait to run this bitch over with a car!

  • The battery life sucks as well as the camera. The front facing camera doesn't even show anything its too dark. I would not wish this device on my worst enemy.

  • All of us users should take Alkatel to court for the inconveniences they are causing us

  • I've used this phone for weeks. Camera is too dark and the battery runs out quickly even at lowest brightness and many other services and features disabled.

  • Is this phone 4g compatible for unlimited fast data

  • I people are liers I had this phone for 4 months and it doesnt freeze on me. The only problem is the battery and the camera is too dark.

  • I just got this phone 3 days ago And now I wish I would read reviews first.Lesson learned. Phone is just horrible Battery dies fast ( even with location off; low darkness; GPS off..etc) Freezes a lot. Internet signal is very low. Just bad..all I can say. Don't get this phone!!! From Russia with love! ))

  • Camera is dark. Texting is slow as hell. Internet is super slow. Freezes up way too much. Alcatel needs to give us faster software and a better camera. Then it would be a decent phone.

  • I literally hate this phone it's a piece of junk first of all it freezes so much even when I first got it and it's memory is terrible it can't even hold that much info I'm telling you guys DO NOT GET THE ALCATEL ONE TOUCH EVOLVE!!!!!!!

  • Freezes almost every day. Almost never works right.

  • I agree with the battery part not lasting as long as I would like but like they said good cheap phone that you can do everything on works for me

  • I'm on a low budget, and really the only thing I want this phone for is texting, HOWEVER, I do use my phone frequently and text a lot. Should I get it or the Alcatel Sparq 2?

  • I know right i had mines for one week and it froze and now it wont work and i have to use a stupid non touch screen phone

  • Had this phone one week, and already have to get a replacement on my warranty. This phone sucks! Do not waste your money!

  • Please, please,please send an update for this phone either android 4.3 or 4.4 KitKat...(thanks)

  • NO good. do NOT waste your money on this phone. battey will NOT hold charge. this one is less than 3 months old. I know somewhere in china theyre laughin' all the way to the bank for the Big Hustle.

  • Them front camera is soooo dark

  • Is this a good phone to get?

  • ever figure out why the front facing camera is so dark? only had the phone for a few days now and love it over my HTC1 and samsung SCH-R720 only complaint is the front camera

  • This phone just need a software update either android 4.3 or 4.4 kitkat. Please alcatel update this phone software

  • True

  • I hate this phone to, it is too slow.

  • I can't wait to run this phone over

  • This phone is a piece of dogg shit battery life sucks and camera is dark no flash not user friendly inputing phone numbers is a freakin process and the text us pucture text sucks do not I repeat di not waistyour time money or effort purchasing this shit

  • the calls drop, camera is very dim , horrible quality . i could have kepy lg motion then buying this piece of shit . im upgrading and running this bitch over with my car .. PERIOD !

  • yes u can

  • I have this one and literally love it to death!

  • I have this phone and everything negative people are saying about is wrong for me. It's amazing. The only thing I have problems with is the front camera and glen dark it is sometimes. Other than that it works perfectly fine. It has NEVER froze up before. Also the things Google let's you do for your phone is endless. It can remind you when your favorite shows come on, show you where you left your parked car, and tell you how much time you have left until work. I honestly have no problems with this phone. I absolutely Love it :)

  • can i use the evolve while it is charging??

  • I had this phone for 3 months it hasnt gave me no proplems. If ur a heavy user dont get this phone if ur a light user like me then get it. Please Alcatel make a software update to fix: battery drain,heating problem, turn off touch key lights, increase speed, the theme should be black cuz white drain your battery, on silent mode turn of vibrate touch keys. PLEASE DO THIS AND ILL BE HAPPY

  • I got this as my first smart phone as well and I personally love it. It's easy to mess around with and way better than my last flippy phone. It's also really nice an cheap =)

  • I hate this phone... The screen freezes constantly, and today it just stopped working (the screen) Text don't send or come in on time. Incredibly hard to use because of the constant glitches and freezing. Do yourself a favor, and spend a little more and get something way better

  • I love this as my first smart phone. finally gave up on my flip phones mainly because of no desire to text on those it was so difficult and time consuming. I use it for unltd talk and text and no web data, which is fine because I prefer my laptop for web use. great buy at only $50 for an upgrade from flip phone to smart phone!

  • Dude or dudete, dont get it u will be awfully disappointed okay? If im too late, then sorry for u... try to aim for the Alcatel One Touch Fierce my friend has it its bigger better stronger faster power.

  • I think thats a great idea dont forget about think that the new software update should also allow us to change font and theme and hella faster processor.

  • Cant download big games I meant* and I forgot to tell u cant change font or theme which is sad my moms phone can (LG Optimus L9) and I was supposed to get it but it was gone before I could slowest processer in the world dim front camera like hella and terrible.

  • I have this phone too right now im typing fast and its awfully slow alcatel is piece of shit I can download the best games because of small amount of memory only carries 1.36 GB thats sad anf fked up all my friends have games like ashpault and frontline commando 2 this phone has thw worst processor u can imagine... my old phone the Samsung SCH-R350 (qwerty phone) is faster then this piece of sht DO NOT GET THIS PHONE! Alcatel one touch fierce and evolve came out together and the fierce game first why they called it Evolve if it downgraded?! Terrible phone dont get this. -Snyder(sorry for long para.)

  • i just bought this phone a couple weeks ago, brand new! and it freezes everytime i get off the internet, the front camera is dark, and doesn't show good quality. as well as the back.and, the censors are messed up. i click one thing and it does something different. so, i no have to find a new phone and switch out, this phone is awful.. i don't recommend this phone to anyone!

  • I just brought the Alcatel and it's the first time I own a smart phone, I always had a grandma phone, the flip flop. I'm have a very hard time learning this phone. It's not friendly user phone, even with the manual. Is there a website where it will teach you how to use it?

  • I recently got this phone and the battery runs down in about 13 hours. It also takes me 6 hours to fully charge the battery again. Do I need a new battery? Everything else works fine.

  • Hi Jade, When you Skype do people ever tell you that the pic is dark? I have the app on the phone but people are always saying the picture is very dark and no I am not covering up the front camera with my finger. Even when just trying to take a regular "selfie" the pic is dark, but if I switch the camera around the colors, etc are great.

  • this phone is not bad at all I do Skype and lots more stuff on it it's amazing all some people does is post a pack of lies please stop.

  • I think they should make a software update for this phone one that increases the battery, lets u turn off the 3 touch lights and the setting should have a black background cuz white drains ur battery more. Also silent mode should not vibrate it should let u change that. And fix the heating problem my phone gets hott after 5 mins

  • You get what you pay for, I own the phone and dont use the internet on it, and it does what i need it to do

  • the phone is an utter dissapointment

  • This phone is hot garbage..it cuts u out of google..it freezes, its like 56k when sending lots of texts..it has ni camera flash...straight garbage..

  • this phone sucks do not get it also battery life sucks

  • That's how I feel, I want this phone too but all I see is negative reviews bout it

  • Honestly, if i were you i wouldn't get the phone. I have it. The front camera is horrible it barely holds any apps. Hey I'm trying to save up so that i can get the galaxy S2

  • wanted to add that rooting and getting rid of the Tmobile bloatware and adding Ultimate Call Screen and Magic Launcher is the way to go. Keep everything to a minimum and the phone is fine. Again dont expect miracles at this price level but its defintely a decent phone at the price. you can easily spent 2-3 times as much and get less than this phone

  • as a basic entry level phone for 55 bucks its a great deal gets the basics done reasonably as long as your not in a hurry. it does lack the snappyness of the better phones but for light use its useable and gets you 80% of what you get for hundreds more. phone text light internet at 3mb down on tmobile aint bad. NO its not as good as my old S2 but again its 55 bucks if I threw it in the toilet it wouldnt bother me too much. its something to get me by till i save enough for a better phone with a bigger screen. for those considering this phone if your not a power user and have reasonable expectations this phone may work for you.

  • i want this phone but all the reviews ive seen say bad things about it, should i get it?

  • So far the phone has been good but it freezes a lot and doesn't do so well on the internet which gets frustrating I've already had to take the battery out to get it back to normal. The camera isn't very good either. Overall it's a descent phone though.

  • It runs slow with very low memory, but what do you expect for the price. awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • can this phone have whatsapp

  • INTERNET SPEED OF THIS PHONE IS ONLY 7.2 Mbps?! Even LTE Phones will not give you the speed of Intel Pentium based laptop (you only get a full LTE Speed or full 3G speed when you connect a 3g or LTE Based USB modem to that laptop). Ant the worst par is: Only 512MB of RAM!

  • I picked one up as a backup T Mobile phone or as a replacement for my disposable beat up old Galaxy S 4G for only $50. The One Touch Evolve gave a great first impression right of of the box, it feels quality for being super cheap. Screen is nice enough, kinda washed out but not horrible. The recent apps switcher works pretty smoothly and doing T Mobile 3G speed tests on its connection was returning a solid 2.0 Mbps repeatedly in my location. The biggest con I've found so far is that once I loaded more than 10 apps on it it bogged down big time. To the point to where I did a factory reset and just installed Googles apps the second time to keep it smooth. The second problem I had is that it wouldn't accept any micro sd card I own. It would either just not display it, or it would insist the micro sd was defective and needed formatting. I never figured it out, I just ran with internal storage. Third problem I encountered was my mobile banking app wasn't compatible; very odd because it's been compatible with every Android I've owned, even my Cyanogenmod running HP Touchpad. Come to find out I heard that it is because of the fixed focus camera that can't do Mobile Check deposits. In the end; great bang for the buck. But sadly my 4 year old Galaxy S 4G still runs smoother with all my basic apps installed.