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If you select Device only , your phone can find your exact position but it may take longer as there is no access to supplementary information from the mobile network or nearby Wi-Fi networks. Return to the home screen. Press the Home key to return to the home screen. Select help topic Getting started. Basic use. Calls and contacts.
Apps and media. Read help info. Step 1 of 10 1.
Find " Location " Slide your finger downwards starting from the top of the screen. Step 2 of 10 1. Find " Location " Press the settings icon. Step 3 of 10 1. Step 4 of 10 1. TCL, the parent company of Alcatel, did not follow industry trends with the three devices that we covered last year, but that has changed with the Alcatel 3 The Alcatel 3 has a 5.
Our comparison devices will include the LG K40 , Nokia 4. The Alcatel 3 has a metal frame with curved edges that TCL complements with a plastic back that has a gradient finish. Our review unit feels sturdy, while the design looks a bit fresher than many uniform smartphones in our opinion.
The Alcatel 3 also fits nicely in our hands thanks to its slim footprint and lightweight design, although the Galaxy A20e is around 4 g lighter than our review unit. TCL has placed the power button and volume rocker on the right-hand side of the device, with the company placing the SIM and microSD card slot on the opposite side. The two buttons have a slight play to them in their mounts, but the card reader sits flush with the frame of our review unit. Best Displays , for University Students. The former integrates an Adreno GPU among other components, and there is 32 GB of internal storage for storing apps and data.
TCL has included a 3. The build included April 5, , Android security patches, for reference. TCL has made minor adjustments from stock Android, so you should not need too much acclimatising if you are familiar with Android. There are only a few third-party apps too, including OfficeSuite, Facebook and Netflix. TCL has also included some in-house apps, one of which it calls enjoy.
Find My Device helps you locate your lost Android and lock it until you get it back. See your phone, tablet or watch on a map. If current location isn’t available, you’ll see the last known location. GPS Does It All This handy, easy-to-use app leverages the latest GPS technology to help you find any lost or stolen device.
The app contains tips and tricks for using the Alcatel 3 , along with special offers and coupons. You can set up multiple user accounts in the settings menu should you wish to do so. The device also supports Bluetooth 4. As a result, the device can only connect to 2. Correspondingly, the Alcatel 3 could only achieve slow transfer speeds in our Wi-Fi tests. Our review unit averaged Our review unit proved rather accurate outdoors, with it able to maintain a satellite fix with up to three metres accuracy during our tests. The device could not find us when we tested it indoors, though.
We also took the Alcatel 3 on a bike ride to compare its location accuracy against our reference bike computer, the Garmin Edge Our review unit could not track us as accurately as the Garmin did, with it deviating on straight sections. The Alcatel did a bit job when cornering, although it plotted a slightly wider route than the Garmin did.
Overall, the Alcatel 3 should be accurate enough for all daily navigation tasks. TCL relies on the Google suite of telephony apps, which function just as they do on other devices that we have tested.
As the screenshot to the right demonstrates, the Phone app has tabs for favourites, call history and contacts, with a search bar, settings button and voice input sitting above them. The earpiece in our review unit gets moderately loud, which made it difficult to hear our call partner in noisy environments, like on a busy street.
The headphones are slightly louder than the earpiece but deliver comparable sound quality. TCL equips the Alcatel 3 with dual rear-facing cameras.
By contrast, the secondary camera, which also has a 1. The camera takes passable selfies, but colours look pale. The default camera app also automatically applies a strong bokeh effect, which makes the edge of our face look blurry. Details and fine structures are recognisable, but these also look blurry upon looking closely. TCL includes several options in the default camera app, including beautification effects that essentially smooth out any imperfections.
There is no professional or manual mode, though. The main rear-facing camera takes good photos too, but they also have a rough grain to them even at low zoom levels. The 13 MP sensor reproduces colours more vividly than the front-facing camera does, albeit with poor delineation from each other. The same applies to object edges, which are camera frays. These shortcomings occur when taking macro photos too, with blur and frayed object edges especially noticeable in the background even without zooming. The focused object looks sharper though, and a coarse-grain only sets in when we look closely.
The 13 MP sensor picks out our test objects in low-light too, but they look overly pale and dark as scene 3 below demonstrates. There are no totally black areas, but the camera cannot reproduce fine details and structures. The default camera app contains options for colour filters, AR modes, and a manual mode.
The latter allows you to adjust ISO levels, shutter speed, brightness, exposure and white balance. TCL has incorporated Google Lens as well, which can retrieve information from the internet about the object in focus. Our test videos offer a similar image quality to those of our sample pictures. The main camera compensates for changing lighting conditions quickly, while an image stabiliser accounts for small camera shakes.
The camera can record in p, p or p, but there are no slow-motion options. Choose a scene and navigate within the first image. One click changes the position on touchscreens. One click on the zoomed-in image opens the original in a new window. The first image shows the scaled photograph of the test device. We also subjected our review unit to camera tests under controlled lighting conditions, which revealed that the Alcatel 3 reproduces most colours too brightly compared to the ColorChecker Passport reference colours.
Conversely, grey tones look too dark. Hardly any colours can be made out at 1 lux though.
To install this APK you will need to enable unknown sources on your Android device. If you have Google Voice on your smartphone, you can also use it to record phone calls on your Alcatel 1. Select positioning method. This compact flip phone has smartphone features without the bulk. The company is now operating under the name Metro by T-Mobile as of September , though MetroPCS remains active across many of the company's websites and marketing materials.
Similarly, while our review unit does a good job of capturing our test chart in good lighting, it is almost unrecognisable at 1 lux. As the first image demonstrates, the main camera picks up fine details, colours and textures nicely. There is a distinct pallor in the lower corners of our test photo though.