Alcatel OT-708 One Touch Mini

philtheclaret31 October 2009

I bought the Alcatel OT 708 on Monday 26th October 2009. I have to say it's a nice piece of kit. Mine cost me £30 + £10 topup (Virgin Mobile) from CPW which was supplied as a vanilla handset (no network branding which is NOT LOCKED to any network), it may be the cheapest touch screen phone in the world. It comes complete with a little stylus which is tucked away in the bottom of the phone. The touch screen is very responsive and very easy to use, theres not many applications on it as you would expect being in the that price b racket. It's not a 3g phone which makes the mobile web a little slow, but its fine for updating Facebook statuses and maybe a bit of tweeting. There is one weather widget which is pretty cool (no pun intended) on the front screen. The menus are easy to navigate and some leading brands could take lessons in how make the menus easy to use. The screen is a 2.4 inch and at the bottom of the screen are 3 navigation buttons that operate the menu which light up in blue. You also drag the widgets from the side panel to the main screen. I tend to drag the inbox and missed calls box to the middle of the screen. It has loads of themes and ringtones built in and it comes with game not disimular to Simon. This Alcatel 0T-708 Touch Screen phone is really funky and is also very good fun to use. can I just point out that it doesn't come supplied with a usb cable which is just a standard Mini usb cable, and the software suite also isnt supplied but can be downloaded from from the Alcatel website. It had a FM radio and a music player also bluetooth. You can add upto a 4gb Micro sd card for music, pics. It has a 1.3mp camera. An Apple iphone it isn't but then again you pay a fraction of the price than you do compared to an iphone. So don't expect it to do the same as the Apple iphone as it could leave you very disappointed.

Jimolya06 November 2009

I bought this phone when it was first released back in September for £49 on Orange, including a £10 top-up. For that price, this has to be one of the best phones on the market for under £50. It's touch screen is very responsive and resistant to damage and scratches. This phone comes in a variety of colours; silver on Orange, Blue on Tesco and Green from CarphoneWarehouse. This phone has some pretty decent features. It has a nice 'widget' section on the main screen from which you can access music, images, internet, messages and the weather and you can drag the icons to the main screen section to enlarge them. I absolutely love the clever little weather application, it found my town easily and its weather forecast is extremely accurate! I also like the LED light buttons on the front, they're very nice and also responsive and when browsing the menu you can flick your finger to the side, to scroll through the menu. The menu itself is very simple and easy to use and much better than other high-end phones I have personally used. As for multimedia capabilities, you can take/view images/videos and not just ones taken from the 1.3 megapixel camera built in to the phone, as I have been able to view photos taken from my digital camera. There is also a MP3 player and an FM radio, both work quite well with good sound quality. There is also a MicroSD slot(up to 4GB) and bluetooth built into this phone. Internet capabilites are okay for a GPRS device, but mine does not display Orange's web pages properly but displays every other web page I have tried as it should. As for battery life, mine seems to last about 5 days/week with a few calls, texts and GPRS daily usage. If you buy this on Orange, you get some earphones and a 1 metre long USB cable bundled in the box. Overall this is simply an excellent phone and I recommend it to anyone who is going to buy a pay as you go phone for under £50 :)

mark08 November 2009

HELP, ive been trying for hours to put films on this phone that play smoothly and with good audio, ive tried loads on software ie.total video converter amongst others and it is still very pixeley i managed to get lock,stock and two smoking barrels playing quite well but the sound is just a mumble and non usable, has anyone got any ideas how to get films to play on it that you can watch? Any help would be great ie, conversion software used etc. cheers

ken walker11 November 2009

i am having great difficulty finding replacement headphones for this phone; ie not in ear type with mini usb conn'. can u help?

raych14 November 2009

does this phone have qwerty keyboard? and can i put music on it to use as my ringtones or do i have to use the ringtones that they give me? because i hate that, please help because i reallly love this phone but i dont want to be disapointed when i buy it

yankee545615 November 2009

I bought this phone yesterday, it cost me £29 + £10 Top-up ! its a really good phone but the games are really hard to play and seem to take forever to load, also I cant find any new games that work really well with this phone because it doesn’t have a directional pad !!! So you have to use the volume key for up and down, and the LED touch screen for left and right. the touch screen seems to also stay going one way, even when you take your finger of the button, which is really annoying !!!! Over all I would give this phone --- 8/10 ---

mark17 November 2009

yes it does have a touch screen qwerty keyboard and when you put mp3s on it (on a memory card) you can use any mp3 stored on it as your ringtone, hope this helps raych, it also plays movies in 3gpp format.

yankee545617 November 2009

it dosn't have a full "QWERTY" keyboard ? it has a SMS style key pad on the touch screen (1=fullstops ect 2 = ABC, 3 = DEF, ect )

Amy18 November 2009

I'm planning on buying this phone, would you reccomend it and is it easy to use and does it have good reception on o2?

Darkstare66624 November 2009

i got this on orange it was £40 for the phone including £10 top up (£40 total) this phone is brilliant its cheap very cheerful and extremely easy to use it came with a usb cable headphones (and obviously a charger) i have had no problems with transfering things it seems pretty fast to me the only bad thing is that you cant listen/view .wma music or .GIF images everything else is perfect i would choose this over phone over anything up to £100 seriously. 5 stars ***** its good looking , very easy to use (aslong as you like predictor text), and you can access the internet for free on the orange dolphin tarraf i go on facebook and ebuddy with it, it has a bigger screen than the averge phone, this is a must buy if you have a £50 budget plus then you still have £10 to go for lunch whilst you set it up. :)

anz78625 November 2009

were can i get games from?

Sana28 November 2009

i havent got the mobile yet but how can i get good games for it and which ones do you reccomend? also is the screen too small? is it a brilliant phone and easy to use? thanks

lewis r41728 November 2009

were can i get a usb cable for this phone because wen i went to the carphone warehouse they didnt have it in the box so pls help mee

Andre29 November 2009

All looks great but one question remains: QWERTY keyboard or not? A video demo suggests not This is a bummer as I am tired of the SMS multiple function key typing. Its the only reason why I would /not buy this phone.

Airlock30 November 2009

This does look great for the money - Mark asked about video (8th Nov) has anyone had any luck loading and playing films on the phone?... Let me know B4 I buy!

Jamie devivo05 December 2009

i got the phone for my birthday and i have to say its really good. sure it dosent have the fast internet and other wierd applications but they would cost a small fortune. it has lots of thing to play around on and is small and portable. does any one know how to get more games on it?

karen. 09 December 2009

i recieved this phone yesturday. i it wont seem to let me on the main menu. i keep pressing these blue lights and pressing the volume bottons but i won't go on. help please. :S thanks.

karen09 December 2009

i recieved this phone yesturday, but it wont let me on to the main screen. i have pressed all the blue light up bottons and then tried the volume bottons. but i wont let me on, it just vibrates and doesnt nothing. i have watched many vidoes on youtube to see how it work but it seems to show me exactly what the manual says. i couldnt posible be broke for its bran new. i cant even get on to calibrate it for i can't get the menu up. please help me.

jayne16 December 2009

great little phone have 2 in the family but can anyone help me, we have lost the stylus where can I get a replacement - no high street shops can help. thanks J

glenn 19 December 2009

i just bought the alcatel today but it wont let me on the main menu .. the book tells me to press the 'r' area but it still wont work need ur help people :)

Kevin19 December 2009

Just wondering, can you get any more games for this phone? And will they be specifically designed for the touchscreen facility on this phone? I've got this phone...great little phone, easy-to-use, simple and funky...i've even got some Iphone users impressed because of its original design

brett bishop20 December 2009

i brought this phone on 19/12/09 and i think that it is a good little phone. it is cheap becuase you dont get the fancy features like you get on a iphone. the touch screen is really good the only bad point is that it is a bit small. it is easy to text and to call people. the phone includes a stylus (if you dont like to use your fingers). at that price i would recomend this phone to any body who is new to touch screen phones.

lauraa21 December 2009

I absolutely love this phone, ive bought myself it for christmas, and ivee had a playy with it, and its gorgeous. £30 it cost me, money well spent to be honest.

dominic harley21 December 2009

i dont really get what you mean by how you cant get on the menu and is it a qwerty key board or sms and how many games please write back anyone. regards dominic harley

d000minic21 December 2009

hi i dont get what you mean about how you cant get on to the menu and is it a qwerty keyboard or a sms and how many games and can you recommend any im getting it for christmas could someone tell me what it comes with

spiderman-batman hybrid24 December 2009

i have this phone. i like it it has brilliant touch-screen and led responsive features i love it i really enjoy using it the radio is a bit limited you should buy it (8) buy the phone, the wonderful phone, the special phone for cheap, its a touch screen phone, a lovely phone, designed for you and me

Keri26 December 2009

I cant get on the main menu any more either. My son got this phone yesterday for Christmas, "R" button on phone vibrating when touched but nothing happening. It's looking like its a fairly common fault. If anyone susses how to sort it, please let me know, I m running out of ideas!!

C.O.27 December 2009

my son got this phone for christmas and it also wouldnt let him access the main menu but i found the solution...... take it back to the shop and get them to exchange it. he has also lost the stylus pen and would be grateful if anyone knew where we could buy a replacement from

olivia robinson03 January 2010

i bought this phone with some of my christmas money and i am really pleased. the touch screen is really good and evrything works well, only problem is the one game tht came on it is really bad n i cant seem to download others?!? also it has an inbuilt ebook reader which is amazing, the only problem is i can't work out how to get any books onto it and read them, and it doesnt say anything in the manual!!!!!!! help please??

me03 January 2010

justt about to gett it plz tell me if it is good :-)

Matt06 January 2010

I have the same problem that others have described here... the phone will not allow me onto the main menu by clicking the "R" area of the LED interface. Without this ability the phone is useless - anyone got any fixes for this? except taking i back to the shop of course...

Leah06 January 2010

I bought this phone this christmas for my 10 year old daughter who like many of her friends wanted iphones. Great alternative and so much cheaper. It cost me £35 from Tesco, tones and light on it are very attractive and really make the phone. Easy to use with the sylus and drag functions. I'm not a gaget person but wouldnt mind one myself although I'm a nokia fan - they could really take some of the easiness of this phone into their models. My daughter has managed to do something to it as she can ring people, she can hear them but they cant hear her and i'm lost so if anyone can help that would be fab otherwise this maybe a fault that wouldnt be good after only 2 weeks of having it. great phone for youngster at a very decent price tho,

kim09 January 2010

I got this phone for my daughter, how do you put your own music on the MP3 player ?

Shauny09 January 2010

I got the phone for xmas and love it. The writing style is in sms type (1=symbols, 2=abc ect) If you are planning on putting music or films or even ebooks on it then you will need either a usb card reader or a usb cable AND a memory card as the phone memory is tiny. E books need to be brought and downloaded from the ebook site(around $30 a book). If the R section of the LED screen wont bring up the main menu, then press the center of the LED section, this will bring up a bar across the bottom of the touch screen. The last icon on that will take you to the menu. So far no games have been released for this phone other than the ones that are already on it and they are just demo's.

Pedro12 January 2010

Please, please, please can somebody tell me where I can get a replacement stylus for this handset? I've emailed Alcatel (no reply) and spoke to Orange who I bought it from who tell me to get it on the internet...i've been searching for 3 days and can't find a thing. Please put me out of my misery if you know. Many thanks :o)

Commenter 201015 January 2010

A replacement stylus can be bought from game or poundland but they are meant fir the nintendo ds but make a suitable substitute. The vibrating R can be solved by downlaoding the software updater from the alcatel website and downloading the software update. Also just a question is there a way to turn off T9/predictive text i have not yet found a way anyone can help?

Pedro15 January 2010

Thanks Commenter 2010 :o) Please can you tell me if the ds stylus fits in the hole provided for the stylus on the phone as ideally I am looking for a stylus that will stay inside the phone? Predictive text can be turned on and off by pressing down and keeping your finger on the button under the number 7 on the keypad when you are writing a text message. I hope this helps you :o)

Amy24 January 2010

Hi Pedro... Thought I'd respond as your comment about predictive text answered a question for me - very grateful! I just bought this phone: the stylus fits perfectly inside the hole, so much so that I didn't realise it was even there, I thought the tip was a switch of some kind. It looks great so far, anyway.

Hemal Gangani02 February 2010

Hello All! I bought this phone from prange for £20 + £10 top-up! I love it because it has good features and the predtive is really good. I was unsure of the make but it turned out to be an awesome phone! I have drop this phone on concerate 10 times and there isn't a scratch on it casing!

nathan35233606 February 2010

i got my one last year but it brok yesterday so it is good and some times not as good as what it says. dont drop it the screen breaks like hell i have had 4 so far but geting a better one :p

Liam08 February 2010

I bought this phone yesterday £29 plus £10 top up great phone and i am happy with it. the only thing is can you connect to the computer to get music on it and if so where can you buy the cable.

Matt11 February 2010

I'm thinking of getting this phone. Only thing to stop me is the low resolution camera. Are the photos it takes any good?

Mel14 February 2010

Hi people, I am hoping to get this phone in the Carphone Warehouse half term offer for £19-95 (+ a £10 top up), so I would be really grateful if you could tell me if the sms/qwerty keypad is suitable for fast texters because I am one of them people who texts fast. Thanks and please reply.

taffypride19 February 2010

just purchased this phone to replace a Motorola RAZR2 V8 which had decided to die on me...and first impressions are very impressive. Budget Smartphone with touchscreen, memory card support and a decent music player/radio + price tag of £19.95 from Carphone Warehouse = big bargain! Loving the phone so far!

Mel Brown23 February 2010

Okay, as you know I bought this phone in The Carphone Warehouse half term deal and have found how to turn off predicted/T9 text: what you need to do is access the main menu, go to settings, scroll down to imput mode and you should see it on eZi Abc, change it to the Abc mode and now predicted text is off! hope this has been helpful! :)

Miranda24 February 2010

Does this phone have a QWERTY keyboard.??? Please help

RedLichtie25 February 2010

thought I would write a good review on the Alcatel OT-708 (mini). FIRST LOOKS This Alcatel is veery small and light. There is a 2.4 inch touch screen which is very easy to use. On the back is a 1.3 mp camera. At the bottom of the phone is a slot for the charger and the headphones. on the sides are volume buttons and a lock key. THE GOOD Good Touchscreen- easy to use. Handy Swipe bar along the bottom for flicking through menus etc. Good camera (better than you might think) Good bluetooth and other key things such as a music player and a great calendar organiser thing. Great radio!!!! THE BAD Well lets not gripe about this awsome phone but there is obnly one game on it and I really dont get it!!! Bad internal memory TIPS FOR USE You really should get a micro SD memory card for this phone as as I said the memory is pretty poor Go on a good tariff!- I would reccomend Virgin's Addict tariff. So, if you want a great phone with a lot of features for a price which won't breack the bank- buy this phone! Thanks for reading- hope it's helpful!

faty01 March 2010

hello guys , please can you help me a lil bit , i cant find network key can any1 help me plz? :) thnx a lot

Mel06 March 2010

hi, it's me again. in response to mirandas post, no it is not a qwerty keyboard. can anyone tell me where i can find the recieved bluetooth songs. i can't find them anywhere? please help!

Lola Oluks11 March 2010

hi, erm i need URGENT help! Everytime i try to send a text message the screen reads 'not sent, saved in outbox' how do i fix this????? thankss

Dewi Evans14 March 2010

HELP I cant download any music please help gadget show

punkisdead2120 March 2010

you know you have to have amemory card to download music right

David23 March 2010

i got this phone in silve from orange for £30 including a £10 top up too

BunnyNut24 March 2010

@Miranda - No, it doesn't have a QWERTY keypad/keyboard.

Ling08 April 2010

I have had this phone for a couple of months and love it. But today suddenly other people cannot hear me talking, I can make and receive calls and hear them, but they cannot hear me. I haven't changed any of the settings. Have I accidently just pressed the wrong button?

ShortyIsHere11 April 2010

i got this phonee a couple of months ago its an okay phonee but the firmware on it is useless no .WMA support only mp3 which is a downer coz i have loads of songs in that format, now im trying to find a suitables os for this fone im thinking of the apple iphone os or googles android software coz this phone is good no doubt about it but its makers need to rethink their os for it, c'mon guys no alarm clock and its battery life for me lasts about 9/10 hours coz i listen to music, if i find a way to change the os ill let u guys know or i might make one my self haha might take some years but owell

parker201223 April 2010

i have a alcatel and i tried to update it but it says something about network firewall but i tried to change it but i does nothing helpppp

George02 May 2010

I bought this today as the Vodafone 541, it's brilliant and for £30 you cannot complain, the touchpad is nice and accurate, the camera is really quite good (bearing in mind it's 1.3MP), the games are good (if only trials) and rendered well on the 2.4" screen. There are a few short-falls, the video playback is horrifyingly jerky, the video sound is abysmally poor, USB 1.1 transfers can make it painfully slow and, as it is a 2G phone, web browsing can be slow. 8/10 Verdict: A good effort on the whole, while there is scope for improvement, I shall take that for the fact that is was £30. It's a damn sight better than the Alcatel my mother had 10 years ago.

Bill08 May 2010

No need to return the phone if you cannot access the menu by pressing the right LED I think this is just a problem with the calibration and as you may know you access calibration by the menu which of course you cannot access but if you hold the lock button as if you were about turn off the phone, when you are on the profile menu the one with power off silent meeting etc hold the up volume button to access the top touchscreen calibration and hold down to calibrate bottom screen. I hope this helped

Ashleigh Ridgewell16 May 2010

I have the alcatel ot708 for since march this year and it was well good for what it is worth, I did also have a 2008 lg veiwty touchscreen until i lost it, i found that for internet the alcatel is the best and for good buillt in games the lg was the best but now i have the alcatel now and i would rate it a 5 star to its apperence, 3 star for how long the battery lasts between charge ups from a full battery to a flat battery, 4 star to how it makes me feel. I find that the my alcatel ot708 phone goes louder than a iphone, most pc laptops and those 2006 sony ericson flip phone, what i also find about the alcatel that because the phone is a got a small 2.4 inch touchscreen it is easy to move to an application without accidently touching another application to open, The main reason i had got the phone is because it was affordable, good value for money, practical, compact, flashly with its apperence and simple to use. Its strength of the phone as i found is impressive with its protective like casing at the front of the phone and its plastic reflective cover at the back of the phone which is really impressive by it bouncing back the damage that the surface that might damage the phone slightly is good, i atchully find this phone really good, well it could do with more built in memory and to have some better built in games but really good all together.

Jon18 May 2010

Excellent phone, good value, easy to use and download music. Dont like the earphones supplied with phone so does anyone know where to get earbud headphones to fit the mini usb or an adaptor.

joana19 May 2010

how do you use the memory card i have no clue ? help plz thx

lulu20 May 2010

For the couple of people who mentioned about people suddenly not being able to hear them, but you can hear the other person- i just had this too and thought the phone had broken but i found that whilst you are on a call if you press options and the mute button this can rectify this problem...i didn't even realise i had muted it before...i think my ear had done it! :oS

JESSICA. JESSY? JESS?24 May 2010

OMG GUYS PLZ HELP. I REAlly feel like crying. can somebody please tell me how to find out my network key number? I HAVE BEEN LOOKING LIKE FOR A MONTH & HAVN'T LEFT MY COMPUTER :'(. FML.

Mike Broon30 May 2010

Guys i too had the menu problem. To fix this problem you have to download the Mobile Software Upgrade Suit from: http://www.alcatel-mobilephones.com/global/content/download/16504/230408/file/Alcatel_Mobile_Software_Upgrade_V4.0.1.8.rar

Maggz05 June 2010

Heey.. just to say that you can get alarms on this phone, to the people who are saying you can't (just go into the blue menu and click 'Clock' then you'll find alarms) When i got this phone i wasn't expecting a lot, just a working phone, but i was pleasently suprised. The camera is pretty good for its mega-pixels and the price was great for all the features on the phone. I got mine in acid green from the Carphone Warehouse, and since i had previously had a RAZR i also had to mini usb cable. The only game the phone came with was a memory game where you have to remember the order of the colours flashing and then click them in the correct order. Its not a great game but its fine for wasting a little time at the dentists waiting room. All in all i think this is a great phone; easy to get around and very cheap, in fact i would have paid more than i did for this phone because it was well worth the money. --- 10/10 ---

bee05 June 2010

i have this phone and is really useful, the touchscreen is sper responsive but it takes ages to send a message!

Wiggles0187305 June 2010

joana, all you need to do is follow these steps: 1go onto menu 2goto "file manager" 3then choose your type of file you want to access! if you want to save something via bluetooth click memory card and it will be on there

FLYMO12 June 2010

I BOUGHT THIS PHONE IT GOT 1 DROP OF WATER ON IT AND CRASHED!

Laura26 June 2010

@Bill. :) You are a lifesaver thank you so so much (L) x

Stuart30 July 2010

I had the problem of people not being able to hear me once - The fix seems to be like a lot of modern technology - Switch it off and on! Does anyone use the free PC Suite V6.3.21. I have it working but I have found when downloading my Outbox the date/time are not copied (It works okay for the Inbox). Has anyone had a similar problem and know of a work around to solve this?

Stuart30 July 2010

Does anyone use the free PC Suite V6.3.21? I have found downloading my Outbox does not include the date/time for the messages (It does do this for the Inbox). Has any one experienced similar problems and if so do you know of a workaround to solve this problem?

hughesd09 August 2010

got phone for £20 handset only in green its the best phone ive owned good touch screen with the lights on the bottom to navigate 5/5

Janet 13 August 2010

The touch screen on my Alcatel has packed up after 10 months. Can't access any apps or download stored on phone stuff to my PC. Seems if the touch screen stops working the phone is useless. Anyone any suggestions please.

SONA14 August 2010

what is the video format.

loveth16 August 2010

i got this phone(ot 708) but i have lost the stylus, please will i be able to get a replacement that would fit into its right position on the phone?

Jael18 August 2010

I'm thinking seriously about buying this phone - from what I've seen from reviews it has good resistance (to scratches/bumps etc) which is just right for me - but I was wondering more about the message features? My current phone doesn't save the messages that I send out, but I generally need one that does. Can anyone tell me about this one? Also, does this phone have a "fake call" feature? I've heard this is exclusive to samsung phones, that I can't be sure.

Jade-Taylor Britton27 August 2010

i have got one and i've had it a bought 9 months i love it i'v drop it about 10 times and this morning it brock my mum said she get me a new phone she dident think i would want the same phone but i did its a handy little phone im only 10 so that was my first phone and i thank i always want it to be my phone i love it.