alcatel Pixi 4 (4)

  • Released 2016, Q3
    9.7mm thickness
    Android 6.0
    4GB/8GB storage, microSD slot
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  • 4.0"
    480x800 pixels
  • 5MP
    1080p
  • 1GB RAM
    MT6580M
  • 1500mAh
    Li-Ion

alcatel Pixi 4 (4) - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
Launch Announced 2016, January
Status Available. Released 2016, Q3
Body Dimensions 121.3 x 64.4 x 9.7 mm (4.78 x 2.54 x 0.38 in)
Weight -
SIM Micro-SIM
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches, 45.5 cm2 (~58.3% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~233 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Chipset Mediatek MT6580M (28 nm)
CPU Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Mali-400MP2
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 4GB 512MB RAM, 8GB 1GB RAM
Main Camera Single 2 MP or 5 MP
Features LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps
Selfie camera Single VGA or 2 MP
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 520 h (2G) / Up to 500 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 10 h (2G) / Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
Misc Colors Black, Orange
Models 4034X, 4034G, 4034F, 4034D, 4034A, 4034E
Price About 60 EUR

alcatel Pixi 4 (4) - User Reviews

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  • This phone is literally the worst. It comes with 4gb of internal storage (most of which is taken up by apps you can't delete), it has a horrible ram of 512mb, it can't think properly and touchscreen is horrible. Spend $50 more and get yourself a better phone.

  • My dad bought this phone and it came pre-installed with 5 games

  • I wrote a comment about this phone and as normal the phone crashed like plates at a Greek wedding and my comment vanished. Only buy this phone model if your mentally insane! Even for a low end budget phone, its junk!

  • DO NOT BUY THIS PHONE. I have 2 apps installed on this, and it doesn't even have enough storage to handle 3. Can barely run games with WiFi turned on - if you try, the phone will slow down to less than 1 frame per second. Mine has an internal storage of 2.14 gigabytes, and you can't transfer apps onto some kind of external storage. The camera on this phone is a joke, too.

  • If the playstore version won't work, go onto Google and search WhatsApp APK and install an older version compatible with your phone. You also have to go into settings/security and enable "install apps from unknown sources" to allow you to install the downloaded APK file.

  • maybe dont buy the cheapest phone available then

  • This phone ROCKS. Got one from my aunt, who didn't like because it being so small and slow. Performed a factory reset, removed the joylauncher cr@p, disabled a bunch of useless default apps, and voila! I got the best 4' android phone EVER. Of course is not going to run as a pixel, but it runs apps fine, and browses the internet with no issues. Connects to my good old pebble and a jbl bt buds simultaneously. Music sounds pretty well on it via bt, but speaker is a joke (Not that I care). Android 6.0 runs perfectly fine, and only uses less than 3gb of the internal memory, which is the lowest amount of internal usage used by android os I've ever seen. Just in case, I got the 8gb / 1gb ram version, which is model 4034A. If you're in an endless search for a decent 4 inch android as I was before finding this gem, look no further, and get one of these before they become extinct (alcatel does not manufacture this specific model anymore, based on the inventory shown on their website). Looks like the 4034A is the one with 1gb ram, the other versions are 512 ram, which is evidently useless nowadays

  • 30 wasted, whatsapp wont work, (top if someone can help me)

  • I have 3 apps on my phone. and i have no space. I paid 60$ for a sd card for the 80$ phone and i cant put ANYTHING ON THE SD CARD. not my apps,pictures,nothing. i have instagram,petzbe (basically instagram for pets),and 1 game. i have disabled almost everything the phone comes with for space and still have no space. i cant even get my photos off the phone now. It tries importing then says there was an error. tried manually going in it says theres no photos when there is. It is the biggest peice of junk i have ever owned in my life. i wouldnt ever charge 80 cad for this peice of crap. I am so angry. i cant even make phone calls because they drop or someone cant hear me or theres just always something wrong with it.

  • Great little phone. Just would have liked a compass so that I could use star finder apps...

  • I wonder what people paid to complain. At $30 aud I'm just glad it works. To get a decent phone would cost $400. Pay what you get. How on earth can someone expect to sell their phone.

  • Oh and the phone is way too small.

  • Still better than what it's already got.

  • Not really, the phone is too awful with those specs

  • Worked well for me but I do not enjoy joylauncher But now when I take pics it's there but it disappears from my gallery. REALLY? I THINK I HAVE TO GO BACK TO SAMSUNG

  • Carphone Warehouse version is MERDE. Low RAM, Android 6 not updateable. speaker had to be repaired. Selling on ebay for half price.

  • Calm down, it's proper cheap. Megapixels aren't everything, 5MP and 1GB RAM will suffice for the demographic this phone is aimed at.

  • Camera SHOULD be at least 8 megapixels and this phone should have ATLEAST 1.5GB of RAM.

  • if you use this as feature phone plus whatsapp only. it is ok . fine.

  • Really impressed with the price point, it's interesting to see how far can we push a phone on tight budget. It's only $30~ish. It's cheaper than Chinese take out for two for Christ's sake! Pretty decent to play around, wouldn't recommend for daily driver though. Or just give it to you nan.

  • alcatel are poor performers and reflect the price dont buy

  • seems ghood

  • It's a cheap phone what to do you expect or do you expect it to be in line with an S6/7 or an ijunk

  • No way on this earth is this phone worse than a horrible flip phone, you must be a fanboy of the company beginning with A

  • Absolutely rubbish non stop freezing always disconeccting from wifi, turns itself off, force closes apps, download 1 game and have no storage

  • What can say that an thousand people of said. Its a cheap phone and yes its worse than flip phone. I have this phone. But with 4GB of Storage and 512MB ram. It;s slow to start, freezes with 3 web pages open. and lags opening up apps. The phone can take a maximum of one or two apps. Before it tells you of low storage and wont update. Unless you delete, The so Joy Launcher is supposed to improve performance including battery. But it slows everything to a snail pace. Yesterday i had the phone constant rebooting and freezing. I had to buy an new sim card and lost £10 of credit. AVOID LIKE A PLAGUE Windows phones are better than this.

  • This is a garbage phone. I bought it to replace a phone and didn't want to break the bank. I'm constantly booted out of messenger on this phone as well as other apps. The apps they have preinstalled, I don't want but I can't get rid of them. I don't want to "Boost" my phone in the middle of a game or conversation. The memory is almost full and I can't transfer anything over to my SD card... It is slow and their apps suck the battery life. Apps I have never used are using Data. I wouldn't recommend this phone to anyone.

  • how do download the facebook app

  • how do i send mulitpull txt, as the phone does not come with instructions.

  • The phone is rubbish apps and games keep not responding all the time

  • Or disable in Settings- Apps

  • SLOWER/ WORSE SPEC than the PIXI 3. BEWARE of you buy from Car phone warehouse, that's the low memory version (Mike reports only 2GB internal) Terrible battery life, about a day after 3 months use (used to be 3 with background data disabled) And the hands free speaker is very distorted. I'm not usually opinionated in reviews, but, really? Car phone warehouse should drop this

  • Just go into settings - more- ( 3 dots menu) doable background data.

  • Worst phone manufacturer

  • I put an SD card in my phone of 32Gb and stav is right, it is running 8 x faster. But now I cant see anything on the screen because its running so quickly and I cant type fast enough. I have had to throw it all away because the battery only lasted 3 minutes when it was running so fast and it got hot.

  • I found joy launcher to have a lot of issues it kept coming up joy launcher not working so I downloaded google launcher & installed that & the phone runs a lot more smoother & NO stupid octopus appearing on the screen

  • My advice is when you get the phone straight away download google launcher from the play store & install that ! As the phone comes with joy launcher which has issues it slows the phone down keeps coming up joy launcher not working ! After downloading google launcher the phone runs a lot smoother with NO issues !!! Its a basic little cheap phone which will do as a spare don't expect too much from it

  • I bought this handset as I needed a cheap phone after a week of using it the screen went black & the phone was unresponsive & a box kept coming up saying joy launcher not working ! After removing rebooting the phone it kept happening so after doing a bit of research I was told to download google launcher from the play store which I did & I changed the launcer

  • I have never been a fan of anything google and this phone has confirmed my opinion on it. When the phone is not installing some app I neither selected or even want it is updating all the other apps it has installed against my will. No matter what settings you choose and set it will continue to do this anyway. Most annoying it is so busy doing its own thing I do not think I will ever get chance to use it as a phone when I need to as it is locked in its own functions too much. What a waste of money they say its a smart phone but its not smart if you cannot make calls because the phone is too busy to let you into it.

  • I bought a Pixi after my flip phone that I had owned for about 6 years died. I was genuinely surprised at how cheap it was, only $100 CAD. It is a good device for calling, texting and web surfing. The only real complaints I have is that it has small storage, ram and a slowish processor, so games are not something this phone does well. It loads all webapps fine, it can play 480p video no problem and doesn't seem to care when the video is higher resolution, it just scales down. Honestly if you want a powerful, high tech phone this one is not for you, but if you want a cheap, functional smartphone I recommend it. 7/10

  • Got two, unfortunately :( The first got stuck in a loop loading Android and only a factory reset would get it working again, clearing all data on it and the sd card as it was formatted as internal memory. The second had to be replaced as the display became corrupted in the first five minutes of use. Worse was to follow with Alcatel updating the default launcher with "Joy Launcher - live wallpaper", which removes useful features of the factory launcher, and substitutes them for an extremely annoying smiling mutant Octopus spider thing that hangs from a thread from the top of the home screen (no I'm not kidding), plus according to google play and several reviewers now contains advertising, but I removed it and disabled updates before seeing any ads myself because it was so infuriating. the new launcher seems to be aimed at, and possibly even written by two to five year old kids.

  • it has to be the biggest load of rubbish I have spent 5 visits to o2 i 2 days and the blurtooth still does not work Buy at your peril

  • It looks like there are two memory options. 4GB, giga byts, of storage with 512MB, mega byts, of working RAM, random access memory. Or 8GB, giga byts, of storage with 1GB, giga byts, of RAM. If you think of storage as a book case where your books are stored. The bigger the storage, the books you can keep. RAM is like the table where you read you boos at. The more RAM you have the more books you can have open on the table at the any one time. The processor speed is in GHz, giga herts (billions of times per second). This determines how quickly things can be done.

  • It doesn't claim to have 4GB of RAM. RAM stands for Random Access Memory which is basically the speed of the operating system. 512mb is pretty slow by todays standards. 4GB is the size of the internal storage (including Android and pre-installed apps). Unless it has the capability to use USB storage there won't be a lot of room to store new apps. The 4GB storage version has 512mb RAM The 8GB storage version has 1GB RAM

  • it has 4gb, just 2gb is used up by android. RIP

  • 512Mb of RAM wow! Not many Apps can be installed with that so why try to make out it's got 4Mb?

  • Built-in storage is 2GB, not 4GB. Too little for all todays apps.

  • i buy it in indonesia the 8GB version, it works well. the only problem is the TFT screen is ugly in vertical angle 4/10

  • Buy a new one, they're cheap.

  • I've resently flashed my pixie to the original firmware. And now it is showing only 512 kb of ram instead of 1 gig like its suppose to, anyone has any idea why

  • Google voice would be my suggestion. I've seen others talk about APN settings being the root of this problem.

  • It developed charging problems after 4 months and stopped working in the fifth month. Very bad expedience!!

  • Hi, everyone, I have the Alcatel 4034x too. But find. Two major problems. I can,t receive or send text messages. Keep getting message, messaging has stopped unexpectedly. ? Driving me mad. No idea why this us happening. Can anyone help. Please 😤

  • I've got the 2MB version which is, occasionally, irritating; the 4MB would've been better. But.... for 25 quid it's a useful piece of kit, and one which I'm not going to shed any tears over if I crash and b####r it up (as my previous phone!).

  • Got the one with 3mp camera, 512mb ram and 2gb memory. I love it for the most part, it' pretty fast and everything works like a charm, perfect phone for someone who doesn't need much. I have only one problem, not sure if it's faulty with my only or generally with this model. The 3g signal is very often dropping to no bars at all, even tho for the most part it is decent. It's not too much of a problem, because it still has enough signal for people to call me and if it doesn't have good enough signal for quality call, it switches to 2g which is always full. It's just bothering me, even tho it doesn't give me any problems...

  • as a sales person, never recommend this phone. everytime sold this phone people come back to returned or some issues

  • Both of it's cameras are pretty decent in normal light conditions, you can take a good picture or shoot a good video on a cloudy day. I love front flash. CONS: It only has 2 GB of internal storage, and its system apps waste about 1.6 GB. Just crazy. Of course, you can fix it a little by disabling some apps. And something really important: There are two apps (weirdly, they're system apps), Facebook App Manager and Facebook blah blah, I don't remember and you just CAN'T uninstall them. They're really suspicious, so just clear their data every once in a while and it'll be fine. And about the storage problem​, even if you disable apps, because of Android marshmallow, you can't move apps to your SD card. Other than that, it's really good and I definitely suggest you to buy it.

  • Don't get this. It's ok for a backup phone. Recommend getting cm13 on this, alcatels os is ugly the 8gb version might be ok, but 4gb is very bad, always running out of space, and i cant make the sd card work

  • Worst phone ever . not better than pixy 3 why no flash on camera and why are there some batteries not charging waste of a $100.00 upgraded phone? My ass

  • Oh no I have just been and bought it out of car phone werehouse , done it on a big bundle , but I think they have given me the wrong sim to put in , going back today for some help. I bought the pixi one touch 3 5 inch I love it , its a bit slow , but just want a basic phone with a little front camera , not really a phone person

  • If you are thinking of getting this phone, I would definitely recommend spending a bit more on the 8gb model, as even if you are not much of an app user or have an sd card your internal will soon fill up with texts and photos and videos on he 4gb model and it will get tiresome deleting these things, I know as I have the phone myself.

  • It might be a bit late to respond to your post but I have found a few phones that meet your criteria. The best one is probably the plum gator 6, but that doesn't have lte if you want it, and the design might not be to your taste. It does have a good main camera and battery though, which does make it better than the others, arguably. One with a sleeker design and lte connectivity is the micromax vdeo 1. It has a worse main camera than the aforementioned phone at 5mp, the other one having an 8mp main camera. It does have a better selfie camera though at 2mp, the other being 1.3. The last phone is the unnecto Quattro V, which is really the worst of both worlds, so I would recommend you choose one of the first 2. Anyway, I hope I was helpful, if a bit long-winded.

  • Nope, just the Swiss way to tell someone to use his brain.

  • Good manners! Is this a British Etiquette?

  • Smartass. Someone from the UK isn't going to fly to Romania just for a mobile.

  • Anyone plz tell me where can I found pixi 4 (4) model 4034E or 4034F having 5+2mp camera and 1 gb ram for using in India/bangladesh??

  • You realise that this is actually a feature of the phone that you can disable under settings?

  • The phone has an automatic timer that turns it self on or off at a specific time when u set it to.check for that..

  • What a piece of crap. After the phone has been turned off it turns itself back on after a few hours. It will be going back for an LG.

  • Am i able to download pictures or videos sent to me by friends to my computer please?

  • I'm just curious does it work only on EE or is it unlocked

  • Just ordered one of these. Free when you buy £20 credit with EE. Can't get much cheaper than that! Just hope it's half decent

  • Come in Romania and you'll get it for 47 euros.

  • How do you send group messages?

  • How can I uninstall some apps? Thanks

  • Amazon, ebay... Loads. Just type Alcatel pixi 4(4) case into your search engine...

  • If you mean the 3 buttons at the bottom then no.... No backlight, normal.

  • I've just got one. It came with 4.2.2 Is there a software upgrade to be found?

  • I just bought one and there seems to be no backlight on the navigation buttons. Is this supposed to be so or is it just a faulty phone?

  • It's the same phone and size as the Alcatel Dawn.

  • I can't seem to find a case for my pixi4-4.5 phone can someone let me know where I can buy one

  • EE says it has 3 mp camera and indeed the box said this. But I think it says it upscales it to 3 mp!...is that right??

  • I'm not quite sure what you are answering in the affirmative to. Are you saying that the 8GB model is AVAILABLE? If so, where?

  • yes one version with 8gb storage/1gb ram/5mp camera, and other with 4gb storage/512 ram/2mp camera

  • I note that availability how now changed to Available - Released However, the 8Gb memory model (4034F) is still apparently unavailable, the 4Gb model has been available some months now.

  • it means he has 2 cameras, one in front 2p, and secound 5p

  • Camera - 2 Mp or 5 Mp.....what does this mean? Are there 2 versions?

  • i have purchased the but not using .unable to operate please give manual for use

  • Where I can buy the one with better spec (1GB RAM and 8GB ROM)?

  • I don't understand. Over here, where I live (Europe), there's already a Pixi 4 on sale. 4 inch screen, 70 euro. However, only the lower spec version (4 GB, 512 MB). Is there a better version to be released, or what? I am really with my sights on this phone. It's what I really want.

  • In El Salvador: Lowest known price: $44.99 Model: 4034A Screen Density: 240dpi Internal Storage: 8GB RAM: 1GB Video: 720p@30fps Secondary Camera: VGA GPU: Mali-400 MP Just wanted to share some of the specifications that I see using CPU-Z.

  • I live in Brazil. USD100,00 here, August 2016. Good hardware, low price.

  • 4034F is the 8GB internal Memory 1 GB RAM model. I am waiting for it to become available in the UK (Western Europe).

  • Jaunt got one but won't let me but email in ,help?

  • Only sold in latin america

  • Just bought one of these - fantastic value, clear screen, fast processor. There are at least four different models available, according to the information in the box: - 4034D is the dual-SIM version - 4034X is a lower cost version: single SIM, 1.3MP front camera, 3MP rear camera (although still with HD video) 512Mb RAM. Currently available in UK. - 4034F not sure - 4034M not sure

  • Got one today after years of saying nobody needs a smartphone, boy my 30 quid changed my world! A great little bit of kit if want the basics, good screen even I can read, I have cataracts. Not that happy it asks so many questions on set up but that's Android. Note to all smartphone makers though: Battery life!

  • What an amazing phone for the price, only £25 from asda 😃😃

  • I like the size, most of the specs and having Android 6.0 So for now I'm happy with my purchase (model 4034D). Though, I'd pay a lot more to get (by priority): - a better screen technology like IPS/OLED (resolution is good, please no uselessly high PPI) - an higher quality plastic, better finish - the 1GB RAM / 8GB EMMC version (not available in western Europe) - a GPS (the specs are currently wrong on this page, it's only software "GPS" using GSM towers, Wifi AP and stuff like that) - USB OTG I'm sad it's difficult to find good small phones...

  • I don't seem to be able to get the 1 GB ram model here in the UK. Can anyone help me.

  • Great phone if you're not a hardcore user. It runs the basic apps smoothly. Not a good camera though.

  • i got the Phone and about 1 gb ram is not true yes is is a quad core and it is using 6.0 android system but is good not great

  • Better than samsung note 5 in case of lagging