Gadgetory

hey guys this is Austin and this is a $20 smartphone this is the Alcatel OneTouch Idol pixel it's because when I buy a 2000 smartphone I buy a $20 smartphone oh yes this thing is tiny 4G / Wi-Fi capable 3.4 inch touchscreen display Android 4.4 KitKat and a 2 megapixel camera / video recorder I mean as much as I'm making fun of it this is a full fledge mart phone that cost me $20 alright so since there's no back on the phone I'll keep digging battery is eleven hundred and fifty mili amp hours that's actually not terrible I mean it's really small but matches things pry not Rock any kind of crazy specs okay so now that's assembled it's not terrible I mean definitely plastic it doesn't feel cheap I mean I can kind of like flex a little bit my hands it feels sturdy it feels like it's not gonna fall apart get started let's do it this keyboard is tiny Wow this is a small phone you know what this is actually about the same size of the iPhone 4 I guess I just been using two big phones lately first thing I'm noticing the screen feels weird is it actually plastic oh it totally is plastic I also like the giant buttons wait what that's a menu button that's not a multitasking button what okay so now that were activated I'm actually really curious to see what's running inside this thing all right we've got a dual-core processor that's actually not that bad a half a gigabyte of RAM and two you bytes of internal storage ooh 320 by 480 screen alright so basically this phone is straight out of like 2010 whoa all right level let's let's take a picture this hmm yeah the video action going on here hey guys my face is blown out oh man this is a cutting edge you know I still do keep coming back to it doesn't feel that bad all jokes aside obviously this is not going to destroy like a galaxy s7 or something but for $20 I don't expect much out of a smart phone I mean the fact that it has a touchscreen and runs Android for 20 bucks is pretty solid now comes the real test can I actually live with this thing for basic stuff like Twitter it's totally fine I've been using it all day and it's absolutely usable the biggest hurdle is just readjusting your expectations the screen is small and low res and it's just not very fast you all have to recalibrate yourself to expect things to take a couple extra seconds versus what you're used to when you consider how cheap it is it opens up a lot of possibilities even if you only want to use it on Wi-Fi your one Spotify download away from having a pretty solid iPod replacement the battery life is also decent it's down to about thirty percent after a full day of use which is better than some full fledged smartphones the one thing that really isn't salvageable though was the camera it is basically straight up unusable you're really not going to want to use this unless you absolutely have to going into this I really wasn't sure what to expect this is definitely not going to replace your current phone however it has a lot of interesting potential as a secondary device for $20 you're getting a full fledged Android device not sure it might not be the latest and greatest however Android 4.4 is still fairly well supported and it should be able to use most of the apps in the Play Store is the Pixy blitz for everyone absolutely not however if you've never tried Android or you just want a secondary smartphone you could do a lot worse so what do you guys think about a $20 smartphone let me know in the comments below and I will catch you on the next one