Alcatel GO FLIP 4044 4G LTE (Unlocked for All Carriers) Flip Phone for Seniors Big Buttons Easy to Use - Black

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The Alcatel Go Flip 4 has 2.8 inches display with QVGA quality. We don’t expect a high-definition display, but given its tiny screen, we felt it’s bright and clear enough for a traditional phone with 320 x 240 pixels resolution.Voice dialing is missing. At least you can define ringtones by caller, and use your own songs as ringtones if you like. The Alcatel Go Flip 4 is a classic phone for people who do not use social media and just want a basic phone to do their daily tasks. This is the phone worth considering for someone who misses the old flip phone but still wants a slightly-smart device.

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There's a Wi-Fi hotspot mode, as well as USB modem tethering. That said, the Snapdragon 210's Cat 4 modem is pretty slow, so you probably won't see speeds much above 10Mbps. The phone supports LTE on bands 2/4/5/12/14/25/16/41+HPUE/66/71, along with 2G and 3G GSM and CDMA. This gives it maximum possible coverage on networks from AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint, and it means it will make calls on a merged Sprint/T-Mobile network if the two carriers do finally get together. The less said about the phone's single 2-megapixel camera, the better. Photos in even decent indoor light tend to be blurry and indistinct. Outdoors, everything looks slightly out of focus. Videos are washed-out 352-by-288 frames. There is also no front facing camera, so don't expect to do video calling here.The good news is that we can still zoom in and zoom out the snapshots. We can also record a video using the phone. Another interesting feature is the option to choose a high or low-quality image for the shots. Since Alcatel Go Flip 4 is specifically designed for texting and calling, there is no need to have a huge storage, do they? The phone provides 4GB storage with expandable memory up to 32GB – an ideal space for a phone this size. The Alcatel Go Flip 4 is a compact and lightweight phone with just 133 grams. It fits our hand comfortably, and flipping it using our thumb is fairly easy. The phone works as a hotspot on T-Mobile but, oddly, not on AT&T. Don't expect major hotspot speeds: The Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 processor here only supports relatively slow Category 4 LTE, so you'll get 10-20Mbps LTE speeds rather than much higher. Battery life is fine. It isn't eternal, but I got 7 hours, 48 minutes of talk time and at least three days of standby on the 1,350mAh battery. That's much better than previous Alcatel flips and shoule be enough for most people.

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For those who have never used a flip phone, it may take some time to get used to it. However, it won’t take long to navigate for users familiar with a flip device. The Go Flip's camera is simply bad. There's a 2-megapixel main camera, which records 320-by-258 video. Images look yellow or bluish, blurry or like the lens is coated in Vaseline. The video mode only gets up to a jerky 20 frames per second in good indoor light, and the screen image kept tearing when I recorded. We also thought that the phone didn’t have enough tools to make our lives easier. It isn’t smart enough, especially for the next generation of expressive users who constantly want more than just being connected to people. The Go Flip is available on Sprint and T-Mobile . For both carriers, it's part of a push to shift customers from 2G, which most voice phones still use, to 4G LTE, so the carriers can retire the old 2G networks in the future. (For what it's worth, both Sprint and T-Mobile intend to keep 2G alive for at least two more years.) As of this writing, it's the only low-cost feature phone those carriers sell. Design and Call Quality Google Assistant is good for more than just messages; hold down the button and ask it a question, and it will respond with Google answers. I wish it could be triggered from the action button on a Bluetooth headset, though—you actually have to hold down the center button on the phone's D-pad to make it work.

You can play videos stored on your microSD card, but they look grainy on the small screen. Comparisons and Conclusions Google Assistant is good for more than just messages; hold down the button and ask it a question, and it will respond with Google answers. I wish it could be triggered from the action button on a Bluetooth headset, though —you actually have to hold down the center button on the phone's D-pad to make it work. The Alcatel Go Flip 4 sports a 1,850mAh removable battery. The removable battery is probably the feature we can appreciate in this modern world.