Cold for starting the description with "So".

So it is written.

idiot

No. I went to school and learnt that you don't start a sentence with so.

Bought one went very hot on charging , may have been a one off beware !

Thought cheap as chips then sore uppers pic.

Will this run Pokemon Go (pokeball), need to get a phone for my son, so he can stop asking for mine!

Pretty sure you need 2GB of RAM for the Android version.

Will keep looking then thanks

2GB is recommended, not required

https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/4t7vv8/how_well_will_1gb_of_ram_work/

https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongo/comments/4szl4i/anyone_been_able_to_play_with_an_android_phone/

Its locked to vigin

Cold for starting the description with "So".

Lots of conflicting info out there.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/you-might-need-upgrade-phone-pokemon-go/

"The problem is that Pokemon Go requires a minimum 2GB of RAM. If you have less than that, you won’t be able to download it through the Google Play store and will be forced to acquire the APK from an unofficial source and sideload it.

This is less than ideal, as it can expose your phone to malware. There have already been documented examples of malware masquerading as Pokemon Go APKs. It also means you won’t receive updates as they’re released. The current state of Pokemon Go could charitably be described as rough. It’s inevitable that in the coming months, much-needed patches and performance updates will be released.

You’re also likely to encounter significant performance issues, with gameplay being stuttery and sluggish."

I'm not sure this Alcatel Pixi is the best bet for a resource intensive game :smiley:

Worth a punt for 40 quid.

No. I went to school and learnt that you don't start a sentence with so.

The question regarding pokemon go also requires a gyroscope which this may not have.

Agreed.

A recommended Pokemon Go device looks like this:

2GB RAM
Huge Battery
Gyro

Such a device is not cheap (around £150 for a G4)

However for £40 it's a decent enough child's phone.

OP - you need to add "Locked to Virgin" in there somewhere.

Does anyone have any other suggestions for a budget (sub £90) handset that's from a UK seller? I said I'd look for my friends kid who's needing one soon. Ideally, something with a sub 5" screen. Doesn't need to be octa core or a 20mp camera etc! :wink:

what about Virgin KAZAM Trooper 540 or EE ROOK Mobile Phone

I was looking at the lenovo k3 note for my daughter on ebay it is upgradeable to marshmallow and looks like it ticks all the boxes for pokemon go why is it when I actually need a cheapo phone they are never available as a good deal like that doogee x5 pro or whatever was £35 but not sure if it is upto pokemon either

I sold my smart ultra 6 recently but that didn't have gyro either does it need gyro

och it's only a wee bit of craic...lighten up

I got this for my son last week it was £39.00

doogee phone
DOOGEE X5 HD 720p 5-Inch Android 5.1 Smartphone with 5MP Camera + 1GB/8GB + WIFI + Bluetooth 4.0 + Dual SIM Card Slot 2G/3G GSM/WCDMA

Its gone up to £42.99 he plays pokermon go on it no problem I also got him the life mobile sim for £5.99 a month 1gb data 1000 mins 5000 texts.

hot deal sim only deals here

I got this for my son last week it was £39.00

doogee phone
DOOGEE X5 HD 720p 5-Inch Android 5.1 Smartphone with 5MP Camera + 1GB/8GB + WIFI + Bluetooth 4.0 + Dual SIM Card Slot 2G/3G GSM/WCDMA

Its gone up to £42.99 he plays pokermon go on it no problem I also got him the life mobile sim for £5.99 a month 1gb data 1000 mins 5000 texts.

hot deal sim only deals here

We brought our children the 4" version from Tesco for £30 to play Pokemon go, so far it's been ok

​excellent so the doogee pro will be fine then might get that at £60

any of these cheap phones mentioned work with google cardboard :smiley: ?

So it is written.

Wouldn't it be easier just to get a cheap android tablet for that?

A 480p screen of entry level quality with regards to colour, brightness etc so close to your eyes is not gonna be pretty, on a 5" device you'd perhaps be OK with 720p though...depends how particular you are about the sharpness of the content!

On the topic of APKs, they don't have to be risky, just ask a pal with it (Pokémon Go, of course!) installed to extract the apk using an app from the store.

Remember, each time there's an update you'll need to reinstall via apk, as it won't update through the store

£35 in ASDA,

It's Niu Liebour educashun innit.

So out of the phones i mention, you would rate this the best then?
I guess i was coming from price point.

I guess you don't know/understand the concept of Pokemon Go?!

It's a VR game designed to get people outdoors. Nobbing about with a tablet that likely has no data connection - and possibly no giro or GPS - is going to make for a rather hobbled Pokemon experience :wink:

pocket monster go, doesn't require 2gb, depends on processor and os. try and test in the store, if possible

Does that discount code work with this?

Alcatel rubbish unless you just want a phone for calls and texts. My wife had one, never heard the last of it!

I also got one for the same price from Asda, Morley. It was locked to Virgin but I got it unlocked on a certain auction site for 99p.

​ive managed to download it from the play store on my moto g first gen

To be honest mate, you don't know what your talking about. Some phones are good some are bad. The problem with small mind idiots like you, is the name. All you guys want is apple, which is far less superior to android. But i wont go into that debate. For the price point, you show me a 5" model for around that price. Samsungs are great, but they are double this. The end of day, i have learned a £30-40 for a phone, is the modest I pay. Your end up killing it, or it will break. So not worth the waste of cash

No I'm not familiar with that game because

A) I'm over 21 years old
B) I don't have any kids
C) I'm not a bandwagon jumping sad case.

I could never make do with a 40 quid phone. Right now I use one with a Snapdragon 616 and 2GB RAM that cost me £130 and it's a bit too slow for me.

How old are you? I like to say it's age related thing. Where after chasing tech, you get bored of wasting monies. But i think this model, only fits to me i am afraid. lol.
Also something to do with having a tumour as well, has part to play in me not valuing model phones much.

I don't chase tech as such however I'm a bit of a performance beast. If something takes a long time to load or lags then I start getting impatient with it.

I have learned about patience. I dont think the alcatel is that slow to load up. Again my point stands, show me the specs for similar about of money for what you get here?

Oh I'm sure it's unmatched. I'm not knocking this phone, I'm sure it's great for the money. It just wouldn't be suitable for someone like me that's all.

A lot of people love iPhones but I'm not sure I would want one gift wrapped these days. Everyone is different and that's OK.

Lee, you've never been much of an expert on anything tech related. So I wouldn't go making out you are now.

FYI - in absolute performance terms, Apple/iOS is pulling Android's pants down at the moment. The processor/optimisation is leagues ahead of Android. So whichever way you try to slice this, Android isn't much cop.

iPhone 2x faster than Nexus 6/Lumia 950

But yer, have fun with your £40 Android.

Lee...some people don't want similar specs for the money. They want the specs that allow them to get the job done in the quickest time possible....whilst also perhaps taking photos/videos that will actually be of some note in years to come.

If you can make do with this Pixi, then more power to you. But for most people, spending a chunk of extra money will pay dividends in terms of time saved.

As an example, if an iPhone loads things 2x as fast as this Pixi (v.v.conservative estimate), then you will waste probably 5 minutes per day waiting for things to load. Extrapolate that over the year, and you will have wasted 1825 minutes....or 30 hours of your time.

Now spread that over the course of a normal 2 year contract - and you will have potentially wasted 60 hours waiting for your phone to do things. If you put a value on your time, and use your phone a lot, then this Pixi is a poor investment

Excuse me, how do you make this out exactly then? I am CERT HE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY graduate. You are just a ifan.

Generally things are relative on monetary terms. But there is more to consider. For the price stating from, and comparing to a second hand iphone. You wont get anything, going down the iphone route. Now if we compare to of equal pricing, you can easily see that android does beat ios.
but dont take my word for it. let me give you a link so you can compare what they have found. There are million other reports like this.

Your comparison are not relative, like mentioned above. It's like comparing audi tt, to a fiat uno. Completely and utterly pointless comparison.

So before you jump to conclusion do some research

I really am not an Apple fan. If you look at my deal history, you will see that I have actually been flogging the dead horse that is Windows Phone.

The painful reality for people running Android is that iPhone's are MUCH faster, are much more secure, have constant security updates, and have the best app quality/reliability.

Android is a jack of all trades...master of none.

Oh, and you can pick up an iPhone 6 from O2 right now for £189. So the price to performance ratio isn't obscene....especially if you factor in the amount of time you waste faffing about with your Pixi.

(As for my comment regarding your - lack of - tech expertise. I've replied to you numerous times on HUKD across a myriad of different threads. You tend to be clueless about most things you comment on....which is why your name resonates every time I see it. HE Info Tech or not, you don't know much about tech)

Oh, and the comparison I have made is fair - because I am factoring in the time you waste faffing about with a cheap/low performance phone with the time saved using a faster one. If your time is worth anything, then the benefits of paying extra for a faster device become more apparent.

No i disagree with you completely your remark I admit i dont know everything. Why would i waste my life in trying to find out everything about things i am never going to use. But, there is plenty of video and documentary evidence arguments which platform is better.

I dont know how old you are, or if you from old skool generation, of apppe vs ms. But that path generally steers which direction you go in.
If you look at the amount of apps available for the two, you will see that software develops who they are steering towards. Which makes common sense, as android is linux. Linux has been commonly know to be better preforming than its competitors.
I guess it is just a personal taste. But I find it funny you see people with taped up phones, or cracked screens. As they drooped them. My point being, if you are clumsy, and there are allot of us out there are. Think twice about spending a shed load of cash on something could get broke, lost or dye. Within a certain period of time.

Here is a comparison i found

which idiot deleted my post?
was it from hotukdictatorship again? Or just a grumpy mod!

Well have a look here. its a good source of information

iOS has far higher user satisfaction, far lower levels of churn to other OS's, far better security than Android...multiple years of software updates, and MUCH faster system performance.

3D cameras, 4k screens, multi window support etc etc are all gimmicks at this point.

There's a reason why Apple can charge what they do. It's because their phones just work...& because apps come to that platform first, and perform better too.

Enjoy your pixi.

(Written from an Android phone...soon to be an iOS one)

Well I disagree. I know both ahve pros and cons. It is just monetry value i find kill ios.
But you look at this link some interesting stats

Reserved online for £39.99..

Went to store to collect and was told I can only buy it with a £10 top up.

bought this phone yesterday went thru fast track picked up in store cost £39.99 this you should have used.and for the price the wife loves it.

An Iphone 6s Plus costs £639. And for that Apple spit in your face and insult you with 16GB of non-expandable storage. If you want one that's not an (almost) $1000 joke, you need the £699 64GB model.

Why on earth would you compare a $1000 phone it with a £40 Android?

iPhone 6 is available right now from O2 for £189 :wink:

Let's not do the whole RRP thing...because that really does skew any arguments.

You posted a comparison with a 6S Plus. This is not the same thing as an Iphone 6 at all. The Iphone 6 has an older, slower CPU.

Did this and got it (just), thanks... For anyone wishing to unlock, I used this for 99p, they were quick getting back to me too:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161149096554

this guy fonecare is who i use.

Can anyone recommend a case for this phone?

:stuck_out_tongue:

Always get your PAYG phones from CPW (unless dirt cheap) as they are not sim locked.

Could someone please recommend a 2gb ram budget Android phone?
:man:

I would pay extra not to let CPW have any of my money.