Alcatel REVVL 5049W 32GB Smartphone, Android 7.0 Nougat (GSM Unlocked)

Cracked my last one wanted one just like it! Love it!

This the worst phone Android phone I've ever owned DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY I'm going to reset it and only use it as a temporary backup it doesn't hold a candle to even the least expensive Blu A4 cellphone. Slower than hell when you add apps. Screenshots are a nightmare to achieve this phone is a piece of crap.

El ALCATEL REVVL es muy recomendable si tienes ñinos pequenos o tus padres son de aquellos que nos les gusta muy los aparatos muy modernos. Es bastante resistente, se mueve rapido para lo que es y lo mejor de todo es su precio por debajo de los $80.00 dolares.The ALCATEL REVVL is highly recommended if you have small children or your parents are one of those who do not like very modern devices. It is quite resistant, it moves fast for what it is and the best of all is its price below $80.00 dollars.

Overall it's worked well and performs OK. Camera isn't great, a bit slow, Android Auto still flakes out on me. It struggles sometimes but for the money it's hard to complain. As a phone it has worked very well and gets excellent reception. I've had other phones that were great computers but horrible phones. This one leans more the other way. Battery life is fantastic but it doesn't let a lot of apps run properly in the background to make that happen. Things like Life360 and Fitbit are almost non-functional unless you frequently open the apps.

After a $20 coupon from the seller this phone cost just $79.99 + tax. That makes it about 1/10th the price of a typical flagship phone from one of the major manufacturers. But this is not 1/10th the phone - I'd say it's about two-thirds or three-quarters of a Galaxy S model. It has a pretty sleek design, if you don't look too closely: the back cover is thin, flimsy plastic that doesn't fit perfectly snug on the phone's chassis.Spec-wise the Revvl is not impressive, but again, it's $80. You still get a quad-core processor and plain-vanilla Android 7.0 (Nougat). It has 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage, with a microSD slot providing expansion capability. The screen is decently crisp and responsive, though its auto-brightness tends to dim a bit too much unless light is shining directly on it. The camera is very bare-bones, but it's adequate for casual shots. Battery life has been excellent so far; it could go up to two days between charges with moderate use, though I usually plug it in every night.The most pleasant surprise has been the fingerprint sensor. Never mind that it's a budget smartphone with a fingerprint sensor - who woulda thunkit even a couple of years ago? - but it works far more reliably than the one I had on my Samsung Galaxy S7. I actually like having it on the back of the phone, where it's easy and natural to unlock the phone using an index finger.Its wireless capabilities are pretty underwhelming. It's limited to 2.4 Ghz Wi-Fi networks, and its connection stability is poor at best. I find myself frequently rebooting the phone to get its Wi-Fi connection working again. It works best using LTE data.I frequently miss notifications on this phone because it vibrates so weakly when the ringer is turned off. I set it to flash the notification on screen, but that's very dim as well. So I find myself looking at the phone a lot to see if I've missed a message.For just $80 I would expect this phone to suck, but it far from sucks. It's not perfect either, but for what I need a smartphone for - and I wish I needed one less than ever - the Revvl does all the important stuff well, and is a helluva deal.

Better than I was expecting, for the price.

I purchased this phone with high expectations and so far it failed. The phone won’t turn on and it won’t charge. Right out of the box and it’s faulty.

Currently typing this review on this phone. Have had it with no issue for a while now. I love it. 😁