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Alcatel offers more for ‘U’ with the U3 and U5 hitting Australia for under...
Alcatel continues to aggressively chase the lower end mobile market in Australia with high-quality budget-friendly devices this time bringing two 'U' series handsets to Australia through Vodafone.
The U3 and U5 are the latest handsets...
Alcatel announce their new phone, the Idol 5S
Last year we were sent an Alcatel Idol 4S to review and we loved it. It was a decent mid-range phone that was priced at around the $600 mark. Unfortunately it never...
Alcatel U5 4G now available through Vodafone Pre-Paid for $99
Vodafone has added another new Alcatel device to its pre-paid line up of devices, with the Alcatel U5 4G available for $99 through your local Vodafone store.
The Alcatel U5 4G was originally announced during...
Alcatel A3 XL – Australian Review
I've been reviewing Android phones since the very first one, HTC Dream in 2009. Back in the early days of Android, budget priced phones had a lot of compromises and pretty poor performance so...
Bargain Alcatel A3 XL Debuts at $179 incl $30 Vodafone Credit
Ausdroid has mentioned recently that the Alcatel A3 XL running Android 7.0 was headed to Vodafone soon for sub $200, making it incredible value for a 720p 6-inch screen device with 2GB RAM, 16GB...
Alcatel will offer their 6″ monster, the A3 XL on Vodafone in July for...
If you have a 6" phone hole in your life you'll be able to fill it quite economically next month with the Alcatel A3 XL heading to Vodafone.
The phone will be made available at...
Alcatel starts teasing A3XL handset launch on Vodafone soon
Alcatel hasn't had any big launches this year, but after announcing new handsets at Mobile World Congress earlier this year that damn is about to break. First up, is the Alcatel A3XL which will...
Optus adds another X series device to its prepaid line up with the Optus...
Optus has today added another X series device to their line up of pre-paid mobiles, launching the Optus X Smart priced at the budget end of the range for $129.
The X Series, which was...
Alcatel anounce 4 new phones at MWC
Alcatel have been producing some decent phones in the past couple of years, slowly making inroads into the Australian market. Today at MWC 2017 in Barcelona they have signalled they plan for a...
Alcatel announces A3 XL large-format smartphone, to launch soon in Australia, alongside TCL smartband...
Alcatel (and its parent company TCL) have made a number of announcements overnight at CES 2017, including a brand-new tablet destined for Australia soon, a European-designed smartband and home monitoring kit.
The Alcatel A3 XL...
Optus Sleek X (Alcatel Shine Lite) — Australian Review
The Optus Sleek X was announced by Optus as its own premium branded device, to take on Telstra’s Signature range (albeit in a pre-paid format). Naturally, we were keen to see what the Optus Sleek...
Australian Smartphone Market Falls in Q3 2016
These days it seems that everyone has a smartphone. There aren't too many people with "feature" phones anymore. The market is seemingly saturated and this may account for the figures that IDC have released...
Boost Dex by Alcatel is now available through Boost Mobile for $99
Boost Mobile has added a new pre-paid mobile smartphone to its line up of devices, announcing the inclusion of the Boost Dex -- made by Alcatel -- for just $99.
The Boost Dex isn't anything to...
Alcatel announces partnership with Liverpool FC for Australia and New Zealand
If you're a Liverpool FC fan -- and let's face it, a good number of Australians are -- then you'll be interested to note that Alcatel has signed an agreement with the iconic club to...
Review: Alcatel Idol 4S
Alcatel since their relaunch in Australia has been attempting to change their brand awareness in Australia, device launches of the low-cost Pixi and Pop branded devices have gone a long way to launching their...