Alcatel

i bought this phone as a cheap way to use our free line for work i do with an organization that i don't want people to contact me on my personal line.

it was the cheapest phone i could find. as far as i'm concerned, it's not even a good one for the price. the only thing i like about it is that i can save contacts for this phone to a sim card. however, finding contacts is going to be for the birds since they aren't put in any kind of order. to get a contact, one has to go through the list unless they are a part of the recent file. however, that is problematic as well--one has to go through the list until one gets to the number wanted. if the number is called 15 times there are 15 entries. i don't understand why the entry is not overwritten with the most current call but it's not.

supposedly, this phone has a speaker phone, but i can't ffind it--and i need it. i've read at the user guide and unless i'm blind, i can't find where it's located so i can use it.

the other thing i don't like about this phone is that lock feature is a joke--all one has to do is press the * key and the key that is under the word YES. i don't call that locked--except one can't use any other keys.

if this phone has a 14 day battery, i'm a monkey's uncle. i forgot the phone at work on a friday and when i came into work on monday the phone was dead. this phone has to be recharged everyday and usage means the battery dies even quicker.

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Is so far the worst cell phone I ever had... I don't recommend it... It freezes up very often.
Also sometimes, it looks like it's working fine but does not receive calls or texts and need to turn it off and on, and all the texts start coming all together and double.....
Battery goes low very fast...
Have many issues with the screen...
Sound on speaker mode is terrible, and same to listen music, need to use earphones to have a good quality sound..

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Just because a smartphone is sold without a contract, that's no reason to swallow a raw deal. While the $249.99 Alcatel Authority sits squarely in the midrange of the Cricket Wireless product line, its slow performance, uninspiring camera, and ancient Android operating system are underwhelming to say the least.

Read original review at Cnet.

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