At the time of posting, 11 of the gold ones are available in stock.

Is NFC actually available on this handset?

Hi, does this work with Android Pay?

Spend £38 more and get an alcatel idol 4 Simfree with vr headset and 2 case and jbl headphones spec 3gb ram better phone for ur money

wher from bro631.?Is quite abit mor £ tho that

Whete can you buy the alcatel for that price with all the things?

Have read somewhere it doesnt work with Android Pay but have not had any confirmation on that.

Is this truly dual SIM or SIM + SIM/microSD?

I assume you talked about Idol 4, right? In case Picasso 4G, it has 3 slots. 2 for the sims and 1 dedicated micro sd slot.

Seems like a nice phone for the price

Phone only though, no other freebies (VR, headphones) included.:disappointed:
http://www.phoneshopbysainsburys.co.uk/pay-as-you-go-phones/deals/alcatel-idol-4-black.html

Hmmm
has heat lines on screen then one day phone exploded.

I assume you talked about Idol 4, right? In case Picasso 4G, it has 3 slots. 2 for the sims and 1 dedicated micro sd slot.[/quote]No, the Picasso but I think you could be right. I reread the burb and it does say:
SIM Card: Support Dual SIMS (Micro SIM + Micro SIM / Micro SIM+ TF Card)
Which means it was written by an idiot:
• They say, Dual SIMS, where they should say SIMs
• and, Micro SIM / Micro SIM+. Which, unless there is such a thing as a, micro SIM+, card they mean the middle slot can take a micro SIM or a micro SIM. I'm guessing this is yet another mistake and they mean micro/nano SIM.

All I was after was a cheap(ish) NFC phone so this makes me even happier that I bought it now :smiley:

This line:
SIM Card: Support Dual SIMS (Micro SIM + Micro SIM / Micro SIM+ TF Card)

means either dual micro SIMs, or one micro SIM and one micro SD card. It is badly written, but that is what they were trying to say, as in it should be read like "micro SIM in slot 1 and micro SIM in slot 2, or micro SIM in slot 1 and TF card in slot 2". They are not saying Micro SIM+ as in another form of SIM card, like nano SIM being accepted (obviously nano in an adapter would work).

Got one for Mrs. Now I have phone envy! cracking little phone for peanuts!

Goes to a nice help page telling you Sainsbury's phone shop has closed. Guess it must have happened pretty recently.

Just over £60 and on Prime too - heat :smiley:

Edit: Just realised this 4G version is a newer phone, d'oh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWpqu8yqIys

More in-depth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEFMM8k3LKY

No notification light, apparently. Long charging. No fingerprint charger. The second review suggests it drops Wi-Fi at times (?) and ads appear (must depend on the pre-installed apps?). No Gyroscope.

The Sainsburys phones site appears broke atm - every time I try to order the Alcatel Idol it takes me to their help page. Personally I'd pay the extra and get another Idol, but heat added for this deal, thanks for sharing OP!

The charging LED of my unit blinks red if there is a missed call or other various notifications. Yes there is no fingerprint sensor and no gyroscope. Oh, it doesn't support wireless charging too (in case you are looking for it) :wink:
My AP is upstairs and I never have any Wi-Fi connection problem accessing from the living room downstairs or further back to the kitchen. But, your mileage may vary.

Regarding the version, it seems that there are two major hardware versions, v1.2 and v2.0 (and several more software build versions). I don't know the detail of the differences. Mine is hw v2.0 and sw v1.0.5, and the stock video recorder doesn't record 720p. I have to use CameraMX or A Better Camera to record in 720p.

Sorry about the comment about the lack of notification light - I was just summing up what the video review said. Good to know it does have one :smiley:

This is maddening. Mine has a little piece of grit under the pre-installed screen protector which gives rise to a 3mm bubble so its not going to go away. Its about 2 inches from the top and 1cm in from the right so it really noticeable. Trouble is if I try and lift the screen protector off it will ruin it :disappointed:

The only other real nasty is that the camera app insists on having access to my phone and won't start without it.

Anyone know of a phone cloner that will copy over all my SMSs and Contacts from my old phone. Google does a good job but it's incomplete as some of my SMS threads just have a telephone number next to them now and I have a whole bunch of contacts that are just email addresses.

Try Super Backup & Restore from the playstore. Works really well.

Descent build quality but had to root straight away to remove two adware/Trojans in the system. These are easy to remove with root but really shocking the amount of cheaper phones coming out of China with malware added to them.

All colours now up in price to £94.99.