Alcatel is known as a manufacturer of budget and at the same time sufficiently productive and versatile smartphones. Among the most notable and popular solutions among lovers of mobile gadgets that this brand brought to the market in 2015 are the PIXI 3 series phones. These are presented in several modifications. The differences between them are relatively small - they mainly lie in the dimensions of the devices. It is noteworthy that within individual smartphone models there are versions that differ significantly in terms of support for certain technologies. What are the features of the PIXI 3 line of devices? What do users say about their experience using the device?

General information about the PIXI 3 line

The PIXI 3 line of phones, reviews of which are presented in large numbers on Russian portals for gadget lovers, was officially presented in January 2015. This family of smartphones thus represents the 3rd generation of PIXI devices. All phones related to this concept support modern technologies communications. However, the differences between devices can be significant. Yes, there are devices with small screen 3.5 inches, with an indicator of 4 corresponding units, and there are phones with a 5-inch display. Some phones in the PIXI 3 line run Android OS. There are those that work on Windows, as well as Firefox OS.

What is original about the PIXI 3 line?

Devices of the PIXI 3 family - reviews from many device owners indicate this - differ from many competing solutions in their ease of setup. Smartphones come with quite a few useful applications pre-installed. The devices are available in 9 color modifications. Among the particularly notable options of the PIXI 3 line is the ability to activate “guest mode”, which allows you to protect the personal information of the phone owner in applications and files.

Let us now consider the features of individual models in the series Alcatel One Touch PIXI 3. We can start our review of the corresponding line with the PIXI 3 smartphone, which has a 3.5-inch screen. This phone is the smallest in size.

Characteristics of the PIXI 3 phone with a 3.5-inch screen

PIXI 3 in version with a 3.5-inch screen has a length of 112.2 mm, a width of 62 mm, and a thickness of 11.9 mm. The display of the device is capable of functioning at a resolution of 320 by 480 pixels. The screen is made using TFT technology. Belongs to the category of capacitive, can recognize user gestures. The smartphone runs Android Kitkat OS version 4.4. The device has a 2-core processor operating at a frequency of 1 GHz. The device supports basic communication standards, including WiFi, Bluetooth. As well as WiFi Direct technology. Connection to the Internet is possible via a 3G channel. You can connect your device to your computer using USB cable 2.0.

The Alcatel One Touch PIXI 3 smartphone in this modification is equipped with 2 cameras. The main one has a resolution of 2 megapixels, the front one is smaller, 1.3 megapixels. Using a smartphone, you can record video in 480p resolution at 15 frames per second. The amount of RAM installed in the device is 512 MB. Flash memory resource - 4 GB, support available additional modules microSD - up to 32 GB.

The Alcatel One Touch PIXI 3 smartphone in the version under review for a number of world markets is equipped with a battery with a capacity of 1150 mAh, for the European one - a battery with a resource of 1300 mAh. The figure corresponding to 1150 mAh can provide autonomous operation standby time is about 381 hours - when the phone is operating in 2G mode, 286 hours - when using a device with an active 3G channel.

PIXI 3 with 3.5-inch display: reviews

What do users say about this modification of the Alcatel One Touch PIXI 3 device? User reviews characterize the device as fully consistent with current market trends. The device, as users note, supports basic communication standards, has an attractive design, is easy to use, and is equipped with 2 cameras with a resolution that is good for a smartphone. The presence of a 2-core processor, as fans of mobile gadgets believe, is also an advantage of the phone. Thanks to the presence of this chip, the device can run common applications and many modern games.

Let's look at other modifications of devices belonging to the Alcatel One Touch PIXI 3 line. We can continue our review by studying the characteristics of the 4-inch smartphone. It is the second largest in the family.

Alcatel One Touch PIXI 3 with 4-inch screen

So, we are studying the next modification of the Alcatel One Touch PIXI 3 device - 4-inch. What are its features?

First of all, it is worth noting that the Alcatel One Touch PIXI 3 4-inch is available in 2 versions - 3G and 4G. Sizes slightly larger than previous version smartphone. The length of the device is 121.6 mm, width - 64.4 mm, thickness - 11.6 mm. These indicators correspond to the 3G modification of the device. In the 4G version of the device, the dimensions are slightly different: the length of the corresponding phone model is 121.3 mm, the width is 64.2 mm, and the thickness is the same, 11.6 mm. But if you don’t look closely, you obviously might not notice the difference at all.

The device in question, officially called the Alcatel One Touch PIXI 3 4013D, like the previous modification of the smartphone from Alcatel, is equipped with a capacitive screen that supports gesture control. The display size is 4 inches, supported resolution is 800 by 480 pixels. The operating system of the device is the same as that installed in the previous model - Android KitKat OS version 4.4. The modification that supports the 3G standard has a 2-core processor installed. In the 4G version of the device, the chip has 4 cores. Both versions of the smartphone support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and connection to a computer via a microUSB 2.0 cable.

The phone has 2 cameras - the main one with a resolution of 5 megapixels and the front one with a resolution of 2 megapixels. Both indicators, therefore, exceed those of the device in the previous modification. Using the phone in this version, you can shoot good quality video with a resolution of 720p and a decent recording speed of 30 frames per second. At the same time, it can play video in 1080p resolution. The amount of RAM installed in the device is 512 MB, as in the previous version of the phone. Flash memory resource - 4 GB, support available external modules microSD up to 32 GB.

Depending on the version of the phone produced for a particular market, the battery capacity can be 1300 or 1400 mAh for the 3G version. The battery capacity of the 4G modification of the device is 1650 mAh. In the first case, the battery resources will last for approximately 433 hours of standby if the smartphone is used to work in 2G channels, or 325 hours if the device is used in a 3G network. Charging time for a 1300 mAh battery is about 3.3 hours.

What else can be noted among the features of the modification in question? Alcatel phone One Touch PIXI 3? The characteristics of the device in terms of processor and RAM allow it to run many modern applications and games. Some of them can be loaded using QR codes - their reading is supported by the device and is noted by fans of mobile gadgets as very useful feature. The device has a built-in gyroscope and FM radio support. The user has the ability to control the screen size using 1 finger gestures.

Reviews of the 4-inch device PIXI 3

What do users say about the modification in question Alcatel One Touch PIXI 3? Reviews from device owners characterize the device as stable, functional, and technologically advanced. Users highly welcome the availability of a relatively inexpensive phone on the market, which is the product in question from Alcatel, with support latest standard 4G communications. The 4013D device is characterized by users as very comfortable to use, as having a convenient and functional interface management.

Characteristics of PIXI 3 with a 5-inch screen

Let's consider another modification of the smartphone belonging to the PIXI 3 line. We are talking about the 5-inch version of the device. This device has a length of 141 mm, a width of 71.5, but its thickness is less than that of the modifications we studied above - 9.95 mm. The smartphone is available in 3G and 4G versions. The device is equipped with a display operating at a resolution of 854 by 480 mm, made on the basis of TFT technology and supporting Miravision technology - in the 3G version of the device. Also, the 3G version of the smartphone has Android KitKat OS. The 4G version of the device is Android L.

In most localizations of the 3G version, a 2-core processor operating at a frequency of 1.3 GHz is installed, in some - a chip with 4 cores. All versions of the smartphone in the 4G version have a 4-core processor. The phone supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth.

Among the most notable components of the smartphone are the cameras. The main one has a resolution of 5 or 8 megapixels - depending on the specific modification of the device, the front - 0.3 or 2 megapixels. Using the device, you can shoot video in 720p resolution at 30 frames per second. The device supports video playback in 1080p resolution.

The amount of RAM installed in the device is 512 MB, flash memory is 4 GB.

The device is equipped with a battery with a capacity of 1800 mAh in the 3G version, 2000 mAh in the 4G version.

The smartphone has a gyroscope, FM radio, and a QR code reader in the camera structure.

good phone for your money

no breakage, good screen, good camera

I have 1GB of RAM, it's already been flying fast and nothing. Overall, an excellent phone for the money

Memory card support; + Two SIM cards; + Can be rooted;

A year ago

Everything is the same as with other people: unbreakable, the strongest smartphone, of all the ones I’ve seen, I don’t have 1 layer of glass, but it doesn’t matter, it still continues to work, as if nothing had happened, after that , as I broke it, the battery consumption became less, there were fewer lags, so I recommend it for manual users.

2 years ago

2 years ago

I dropped it in water and on asphalt and everything is fine. It works perfectly. And it didn’t take long to dry.

2 years ago

2 years ago

I would like to share my impressions about this device. The device was purchased from some alcoholic for 500 rubles as a regular dialer and client on VK. It turned out that the phone was not made for the average user at all, but apparently for fans of extreme sports, miners, crane operators who work on the construction of skyscrapers, since no doubt it would also have withstood a fall from such a height (more on this later), perhaps for spelunkers, or people studying volcanoes. This little, ever-glitchy, unprepossessing and fat handsome man provided me with incomparable assistance in auto mechanics, shining his, for some unknown reason, ever-fading flashlight into the bowels of my car; I have no doubt that, if necessary, I could jack up the car using it as a spacer. Leave your phone

2 years ago

1. Price 2. Fits comfortably in the hand

The battery ran out quickly......................

512MB of RAM is very little, slow

The battery, of course, is the main minus, the biggest one, and most importantly, you can’t find analogues. Well, the back cover is very slippery. The camera, or rather the built-in program, the camera is terrible. But when you install a third-party application, it transforms and takes good pictures.

The photo taken with this camera is a little blurry; - A lot of unnecessary software. But on the other hand, this is good, I like to conduct experiments on smartphones such as rooting and manually editing system files; - I bought it once only for making calls and setting up the system (I also like delving into the settings). Now 462MB of RAM (not even 512MB!) and 1GB of internal memory are not enough for me. RAM memory is often 80% or more full. This gives a very strong braking effect!

A year ago

The camera is bad. The memory is too small, I only have 27 MB of free memory left, but at the same time I have no installed applications. Battery consumption is also bad, but it suits me.

2 years ago

after a year of operation it slows down, the keyboard does not always appear

2 years ago

The camera goes dark when there is a video call on WhatsApp.

2 years ago

little memory, terrible camera, always lags, impossible to work with, the phone goes out after 15 seconds, no matter how much you wipe the screen, it’s still dirty, after a year the upper part of the sensor does not work (used it for communication and social networks)

2 years ago

Then he didn’t feel very well, but the situation quickly improved by blowing the compressor to three atmospheres. Dirty spots, apparently deposited on the backlight sheet in the screen, healed like bruises on the body over time, leaving no trace, which suggests that during its assembly organic materials were clearly used that can work as regenerative functions, which the producers of the naughty girl unfortunately kept silent about) Fall from a height of two meters, the completely unprotected, completely bare screen seemed to finish off our baby, showing this by the fact that the sensor stopped working in certain areas. But no. With a little effort and a characteristic crunch of small glass, the screen returned to its previous level. No cracks or chips, work continues as usual. Perhaps it is my

2 years ago

1. Very little RAM in the built-in memory 2. Constant stuttering 3. The camera simply has NO FOCUS 4. The battery barely lasts for 3 hours 5. Display