The latest mobile brand to take the Google’s Android OS brought together style, function and affordability. The Alcatel One Touch 890D is an entry level android phone with a 2’8″ resistive touch screen display. The screen is very responsive and is bi enough for me to play Angry Birds in it. I also installed Tweet Deck for Android. The Alcatel One Touch 890D comes with Androind 2.2 Froyo.
The One Touch 890D is suited for the masses. For users who would want to experience the an Android powered phone at an affordable prize. It may not have dual core processors like the high end droids have, but it dual SIM capability which busy people needed. Having dual SIM will no longer require you to get any cell booster or switching SIM cards.
Most of the applications I installed ran smoothly but problems occur when there are multiple applications running. I like the Gmail, the emails are automatically received, I do not have to done send-and-receive just like on my phone.
The only disadvantages are the camera, it’s all plastic, and the absence of 3G. A needed sacrifice to accommodate the target market’s price range.
Design
Touch bar, 110 x 58 x 12.6 mm
Weight 100.7g
Touch keys: Menu, Search, Back
Colours available: Steel Grey, Fuchsia and Electric Orange
Display
2.8” QVGA 240 x 320 pixels, TFT 262k colour portrait display
Resistive touch
Camera
2 megapixel camera
Video playback (QVGA@ 30@fps)
Video recording (QVGA@ 15@fps)
Video streaming
Video codec: H.263, MPEG4 and H264 (optional)
Sound
Music player: MP3, AAC/AAC (optional)
HAC M3
FM radio RDS
Volume hard keys, OMA DRM 1.0 Full
64-tones polyphonic melodies
Handsfree
Vibrator
Flight mode
Features
GSM Quadband (850/ 900/1800/1900)
EDGE Class 12
Chipset MTK6516
CPU speed 420MHz
Dual SIM dual standby
Android 2.2
Google chrome
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
A-GPS, E-compass,
Micro USB 2.0 full speed
Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP
150MB end user memory
Micro SD (up to 16GB)
G-sensor
Voice codec:
HR/FR/EFR/AMR/NB/AMR-WB
Games apps
Pdf viewer
Conference call
Messaging and Apps
Multi e-mail POP3, IMAP4
MMS 1.0
SMS with predictive input Cootek
MMS and SMS unified inbox
SMS capacity in phone 1000
Android GMS standard apps
Facebook & Twitter (Android)
Microsoft exchange active sync
Full HTML with Android browser
IM aggregator Palringo
Vector font
PIM
Phone directory unlimited
(up to product memory)
Calculator, Date & Clock
Organizer, To-Do
Voice recorder
Alarm clock with multiple ring tones
vCard2.1/ vCal
Battery
Talk time: up to 6h
Music: up to 17h
Standby time: up to 400h
Battery lithium 1000mAh
Charge time: TBC
Package Contents
Battery
Micro USB charger
Micro USB data cable
3.5 jack stereo headset
Quick user guide
Wow its dual sim.. You know how much would be the price range?
Its really the dual sim that caught my attention..haha.. The phone seems similar to samsung champ but its a dual sim.. Usually its nokia which is offerring dual sim feature but not with a touchscreen phone so this one is different.
Its the dual sim feature that really caught my attention.. This one seems similar to samsung champ except that its a dualsim w/c is usually offered by Nokia..but not as a touchscreen handset.
where did you buy your unit, I can’t seem to find any branch that has this model. can you please send me an email? I really want to buy this phone , thanks alot! here’s my email add, tombraider05@gmail.com
Hi christopher. the phone was just a review unit sent i
n by Alcatel. unfortunately the unit isn’t available in the Philippines yet and we don’t have any info on the price also. I’ll update the post once I get the info. Or better yet subscribe to my blog to get the latest news. Thanks!
I don’t have the same home display with 3 buttons which are telephone, menu and messages. I have classical android buttons with search in google button.
Do you know to change it?
Did you experience any problems changing the display settings? i cannot change the display settings on my 890D.
I didn’t go that far when I reviewed it. I only was able to touch on the hardware and the software part not much on personalizing the phone. Which display setting were you changing?
what do you mean by classical home buttons?
when I go to Setting — Display — “Sorry application Settings (process com.android.settings) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. This is the error that I get whenever i try to change the display settings. Any idea how to resolve this bug?
We have a problem with sim2. When trying to call using sim 2 or sending sms using sim 2 while sim 1 is active and data for sim 1 is active AND voice call is priority, sim 2 outbound calls cannot connect and sim 2 sending takes about half a minute to go through or they dont go through at all.
do you happen to experience it as well?
Jonas
Posted November 16, 2011 at 10:21 AM
We have a problem with sim2. When trying to call using sim 2 or sending sms using sim 2 while sim 1 is active and data for sim 1 is active AND voice call is priority, sim 2 outbound calls cannot connect and sim 2 sending takes about half a minute to go through or they dont go through at all.
do you happen to experience it as well?
i found that turning the unit off and on again will solve this issue. i had my phone about 3 weeks now and my main problem is the accuracy of the touch screen. when i use a stylus the point showing on the screen is way off sometimes below sometimes to the right about a few centimeters. help?
J’ai acheté mon alcatel one touche 890D à la Martinique en décembre 2011. Je recherche une notice en français afin de pouvoir l’exploiter correctement. Si vous pouvez m’aider, ce serait exquis. Merci d’avance.