Vodafone Smart 4 turbo

  • Released 2014, Q2
    155g, 10.4mm thickness
    Android 4.4.2
    4GB 1GB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 4.5"
    480x854 pixels
  • 5MP
    Video recorder
  • 1GB RAM
    Snapdragon 400
  • 1880mAh
    Li-Ion

Vodafone Smart 4 turbo - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 20(800)
Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch Announced 2014, Q2
Status Available. Released 2014, Q2
Body Dimensions 134.5 x 67.5 x 10.4 mm (5.30 x 2.66 x 0.41 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz)
SIM Micro-SIM
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen
Size 4.5 inches, 55.8 cm2 (~61.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~218 ppi density)
Platform OS Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 305
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 4GB 1GB RAM
Main Camera Single 5 MP
Features LED flash
Video Yes
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
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1880 mAh battery
Misc Colors Black, White
Models 890N
SAR 0.45 W/kg (head)     1.32 W/kg (body)    
Price About 100 EUR

Vodafone Smart 4 turbo - User Reviews

  • I've never seen an Android phone that can't do that before

  • I am using this phone since 3 yrs, very good no issue of any kind, I am satisfy it is enough.

  • i already have this phone,given by my aunt the problem is the screen is broken, im here in the Philippines no vodafone store here. How do i get or buy the screen to be replace it?? PLEASE HELLLP ME. THANKS

  • my freind got this phone, 890n... nive enough, untill you wnt to attach something to the USB... There is NO power out! (do a search for USB for it..) so USB OTG will not work or anything else - many who are selling it think it can... :( :(

  • in a vodafone store or buy it online at vodafone.com

  • Were can l buy this phone

  • Phone is very good but the biggest problem is the battery which lasts only 2 hours if you are browse internet and take couple of 15 minutes + calls

  • The phone is great, but it decided to lock me out and since not me, nor the manufacturer or Vodafone is able to unlock the damn, stubborn device. It seems, I'm going to loose all my files and pics, also texts from my friends and family. Help if you can!! I've tried five different PUK number, the message on the screen now that I have two attempts left, then locking out will be final! Vilma

  • The audio of the Youtube video is often very low. I tried to increase it with some Apps but without success. Can someone help me! Thanks

  • Why wont micro SD card work in phone?

  • Amazon.

  • Yulong - china -google them

  • Thanks, yeah Vodafone charge £20 like you say. Was just hoping there was a code, but I can't find code on eBay either.

  • Nobody has hacked it yet, so it £20 to £25

  • Hi, Please can anybody help with a free unlock code? I'm genuinely struggling for money at the minute but can use the phone for wi-fi access. It would be great to great to use mobile internet too. Genuine thanks if you can help x

  • Is there any way to activate usb host(otg) need help

  • It's a bit fiddly, you have to press down on the volume and the power button at the same time and hold it for about 3 seconds.

  • Yes, mine and my mum's are the same, a separate variant was made, probably due to the shift in Qualcomm's production from the 400 to 410 and the reduction in price :D

  • How do i take a screen shot? my child can do it lol, i can not.

  • Is it possible to get terraria on it I just bought it for my son and says it's not available for this device but Minecraft work ok

  • According to gsmarena it has snapdragon 400 and adreno 305 but mine has 64bit snapdragon 410 and adreno 306 anyone else found same thing ?

  • I think it is a great phone and it lasted me 2 years until I got it upgraded, I kept the phone I was having no problems but today I couldn't connect to wifi without my SIM card, is that the problem????? 4,5*

  • Please how is vodafone smart 4 turbo

  • Mostly works quite well.

  • Hey guys. Well I bought my smart 4 Turbo at the beginning of last year, it was a great phone, until the end of last year the phone started to turn off and wouldn't charge at all. I have tried everything, so sad because I have lost everything saved on the phone

  • for the price, the performance so far is brill, my other phone stopped sending messages and is a higher spec, but is trash compared to this far cheaper phonedoes everything it should ,and more. highly recommend for the price.

  • Wanted a phone which was reliable for calls, txts and pics. Also wanted to use banking application. I was having issues with stuff downloading itself, so turned the Wifi off, and took it to a vodafone ninja, who told me there was porn on it because some one had used my internet to access porn. I live alone. I have not accessed porn. The ninja removed a number of apps, no idea how, wouldn't tell me. So left Wifi off until today when I wanted to look at bank balances. Enabled WIFI, went to download banking app. Told me it's already installed. Wow, really? Cannot find anywhere where it is stored on the phone. Gave up, canned WIFI. Now every time I go to answer a txt, there is a flood of offers, games, porn, other stuff... I have not downloaded any of it, have the settings set so it needs to ask first, and as well, keep getting a message to tell me to change settings so stuff can download. Bit frustrating to have to cancel 6 or 7 of those before you can answer a call. Am disillusioned about the phone. Would not recommend to anyone. Will take it back to a vodaphone ninja this week, and if it doesn't improve I am going to can vodafone after having been a loyal person since 1998. Sad

  • there is no need for you to express your opinion in such a rude way by using other dirscriptive words your message can still be put across and us readers get what you mean in a nice way.

  • we are all entitled to our opinion mine is having been the owner of my turbo 4 for 3 weeks it is an alrounder great I love it and am delighted with it. There is no need for a person to express their opinion in such a rude way by using other discriptive words your message can still be put across and us readers get what you mean in a nice way.

  • phone is alaround great

  • I've had the same problem, I don't know how to fix it though it would be great if someone offered some insight

  • hello stock rom? please

  • Finally rooted with Kingo. Has 'cool-reaper' backdoor, your files can be read & re-written from China. (But then Google can shut it down thru Playstore too.) SOME Yulong & CP apps the culprits. Have been looking at 'safe to delete' threads & renaming an app for a while to see if losing it would really affect functionality. Basically got an ipod now without the music, LOL.

  • Great reception in rural areas vary good value for money :)

  • Hi just leting you no this phone only compatible with vodaphone only

  • Terrible reception for messaging

  • phone looks smart and reasonable in pricing.Is it LTE though ?

  • This phone is very good. Unlocking costs fifteen euro. The cost of the phone itself twentynineninetynine euro. Great phone for great money. Ps:bear in mind the cost of the phone before you comment.

  • This phone is shit. Softwares for the basic phone functions are extremely unreliable, mostly not working. Recall list: Forget it, Messages: Crap Alarm clock: Long peaceful (a)sleep.... And getting worse with every fucking update.

  • I forgot my password (not for sim card) and now I can't use it....

  • I think he must unlock it to use it there

  • Is it just me not cleaning the screen correctly or is the screen usually slippery or do I just have sweaty fingers because the moist is really hard to get off the screen

  • I can unlock it. yahoo mess: totalservicezalau

  • I send this phone to my son at India when he insert simcard its needs country code can you help me

  • Press the power button and volume down

  • where data enabled mobile?

  • what are other relevant features that improve or impede efficiency of texting a short message to a friend???

  • you screenshot by pressing the power button and down volume at the same time ...

  • How do you screenshot ??!!

  • I want to ask if it is okay for me to buy it, if i only want to use it for surfing on the internet using as storage for my college stuff and for playing hearthstone? I travel 1,5-2 hours in and out to college and I want to pass some time via hearthstone if I can't study on the road. Thanks for the response in advance.

  • Did you take the protective plastic cver layer off the lens?

  • i find camera is all fine on this fone just having trouble with my game (battle camp ) its laggy but this is a quad core fone and shuld be good speed

  • If you have a pay as you go the only way is through Vodafone and it will cost twenty pounds and you must have enough credit to cover this.If you have a monthly contract and have had it for a year it is free.

  • You will need to coontact Vodafone(in the country you purchased the phone from) and have them do it, they will usually require a minimum spend on your number before doing this for free, although if you know someone else who has fulfilled this minimum spend with there number you could have them call, assuming they don't mind using one of their NAC request for you - 2 per year per number where I'm from, other regions may vary.

  • Hi Does anyone here know how to get the free unlock code for Vodafone Smart 4 turbo. Your help will be more much appreciated. Thank you.

  • definite not poor camera

  • yeah same here!

  • My friend has been and bought this phone but for some reason his ringtones change all the time and only make one noise then stop ringing and also her photos keep duplicating but only coming up as blank grey photos anybody know a solution or having this problem?

  • If the sensor or the lens are of bad quality you won't see any difference installing new software...

  • I bought this phone great fone for the price you pay but the camera is bad and no video calls but the specifications said it has video calling

  • yes I think the camera is rubbish on it too

  • Strange , my back camera is worse than the front one.The images are verry blurry no mater the condition...light etc ,i had 1,2 mp cameras with better quality.Maybe is a deffect.I instaled google camera and open camera.....the same.

  • I agree I have the phone and the front camera is poor and the back

  • The phone does not support OTG so you need an OTG cable for that.

  • Better try the LG G2 for that reason.

  • Definitely not. This is a decent phone for the money but the camera is not great.

  • Hi I want to buy this phone for quality photos and vedio recording, would this be good for the purpose?

  • Hi, I bought a dual USB storage device to download straight off my phone but the phone doesn't recognise it when plugged in. Idownloadedd Videophones recommended driver for my Smart 4 Turbo, still nothing. Any advice or help welcome please. The USB is a Kingston ... Please help ! King regards, Vendim

  • This phone is produced by Yulong not Alcatel. Read the manual on vodafone.com

  • Is a build of TCL Mobile, formerly Alcatel. Solid and fast, quite OK for a normal user. The quad core, RAM and Qualcomm are definitely plusses. Worth a try

  • Hold together the 2 bottoms (on top)

  • Hold the on button and bottom volume button down!

  • The left and right (vol and off) button together. But tricky...

  • I can't make an screen shot. Help me find how to do it!

  • Coolpad. They are doing some tablets as well.

  • Alcatel A very good french company. Been making tech for years.... either as own name or for others

  • ES File Explorer, comes as default on the mobile.

  • Still looking for someone to do a one-click exploit to root it...

  • No, it's not.

  • Hi, I have a vodafone smart 4 turbo and after doing a hard reset (factory formatting) I appear SuperSU installed applications and ES File Explore. Can someone confirm me that come installed by default? Thank You

  • I don't get any notification when I receive a text, not even the icon at the top left.

  • Hey hold down power button and volume down button

  • Decent phone with a good value for money ,troublefree, will not let you down for tha basic tasks of a smartphone.i would recommendit for its pricetag.by the way does anyone know the manufacturer of this phone? (Vodas contractor)

  • I can't screen shot I am didsapointed and I want to screen shot someone help me 😭😭📲

  • root the phone, and then us "app unistaller" and delete the apps you dont want on there" i do it all the time..

  • Full of Google apps that take up space. Google Play won't stop even when disabled & force stopped, 35Mb of nothing, but intrusiveness. Otherwise, excellent. Finish a bit too slick - slips out hand. Viewing angles poor if not right under your nose. NFC starts up with bluetooth on their own =o(...a security worry. Single pane launcher, not 5 panes of stoopit, if you keep your apps in the draw. Notifications hidden, another extra tap.

  • Bought this phone few days ago for £65. First hand its a fantastic phone with great features very smooth. I didn't need a phone for heavy usage e.g. Calls, text, web browsing occasional download (banking) snap chat and a few games. Call quality is great very loud. 4G enabled, don't expect flagship screen resolution but for the price you pay its perfect. Radio is built in for people that may want to know. Overall I know its a short review not very thorough but I would recommend this 100% for the price and what you get its perfect for low to mid range.

  • To take a screenshot hold down on the volume controls and press the lock/unlock button until it prompts you with your screenshot :)

  • We have lots of pnones by alcatel rebranding by our network vodafone

  • This phone is product by alcatel ,call time 9 hours ,standby 400 hours ,1880 lion battery is very good but y dont want this phone

  • Hi, do you know the product of smartphone? Huawei, coolpad..?

  • HEY don't you have cheap phones. Regards Manish

  • Any idea of the standby and talk time on 4G for this phone

  • hi there! any1 have any ideea how to take a screenshot on this phone?

  • Just to clarify, phone IS autofocus, NOT fixed focus, is quad core, and totally rocks! I've got a selection of more expensive devices and have switched to this device I'm so impressed.

  • It indeed has the snapdragon 410. When I first powered this device up..I saw how polarised the screen was, with poor viewing angle..and thought horrid! I was so wrong this is a fantastic device. Placed next to my moto G, you notice the display may have less pixels per inch but its brighter,and whiter in my view. It benchmarks faster, has NFC, and I can't fault it. We are talking £65 in the UK. It is on par with moto G 16Gb version, but with on 4Gb. The audio from earpiece, speaker or headphones is top notch (a little quieter than moto G but full custom equalisation, unlike moto G. Great device!

  • Pretty sure that'd be the Smart 4, not the Smart 4 Turbo as the specs didn't drop! I also live in Ireland and the specs are the same as here :D

  • yes

  • I dont know if this applys to every Vodafone smart 4 turbo bit mine has the Qualcomm snapdragon 410 instead of the said 400 so the performance is much better CPU A52 GPU adreno 306

  • is this has notification led?

  • The turbo version is a quad core 1.2GHz and 1gb of ram. The remaining specs are pretty much the same as the non turbo version.

  • @ CustomerAtVodafone: The price dropped, since I bought mine (which will be fixed a.s.a.p., by the way), but the specs didn't, as far as I know...

  • that's smart 4 not smart 4 turbo

  • Checked specs in shop they turned out to be dual-core, with 512Mb RAM ... not sure if they downdraged the model in Ireland or what ...

  • I've just found out why this phone is as cheap as #*$$. Cuz after I dropped it a few times, the speaker is already broken! So, I'm kinda disappointed in the build quality. In other words, I know now why it's so damn cheap...

  • I don't always get texts that people send me. Its happened since I got the phone and it happens a lot anyone else experience this

  • Of course it does

  • you can stop apps from using credit by entering in settings->data usage-> and limiting evry app separately naot to use internet when on 3g. This phone is has 4G(big speed on internet \)

  • Does this phone work on 3g

  • Does this phone work on 3g

  • How do you stop the apps running all the time it's eatting my credit up and the battery

  • yes i agree

  • Hi. The display is blury in compare of samsung.the camera works fine in daylight but in the night it sucks.it has a great multitasking performance, 846MB RAM usable, 2,1 GB internar storage.gr8 phone at this price. I give him 9!

  • Your local retailer should be able to sell this phone to you, I guess. All major webshops, like Amazon, sell phones as well...

  • How we can order from Pakistan?

  • Ask the staff at Vodafone

  • can u help mei wants this mobile because a'm doing job in vodafone...

  • Slightly smaller than it's bigger brother but still pack's a punch :-)

  • You can't blame the phone that, can you? This site reviews phones, not networks...Even though, it's a Vodafone phone...

  • Vodafone signal @ my place really sucks

  • Brilliant 4G phone. I bought mine at Argos for £90-00 but found it at half the price on Amazon. Screen on my Galaxy S4 has cracked twice through causes unknown and this brand new phone has been bought at less than the price of the repair. Again - a brilliant 4G phone.

  • This is currently the cheapest 4G phone on sale (in The Netherlands), with reasonable specs, given its affordable price. Therefore, it's a no-brainer for me. I've just ordered one!

  • had this phone a few days now, paid £80 for it and its amazing! super fast plays all games with ease, just a shame i dont have 4g in northumberland just yet. worth every penny though.

  • The camera is not fixed focus, it has auto focus.

  • I'm heavily unhappy with the camera, a 5mp camera is fine, but not when it's set with fixed focus, I also installed the Huawei camera app and it behaves a lot better than the original software... So I'd say that Vodafone did a good job, but not good enough :/

  • the Moto G > this

  • Great Budget Phone... one of the, if not THE best phone you can get for under $100

  • Nice one, vodafone real shows improvement. This one is a classic, I like it.