The OT-S210 is one of three launches in Alcatel’s new ‘Essence’ range. The three new handsets are all quite similar in design. The final pricing has yet to be revealed, but the least expensive of the trio will be the OT-S120. It has a black and white display. The other two in the range have colour displays and the OT-S211 will have an FM radio, which the others lack.All three handsets in the range are candybar mobiles and they share the same dimensions and weight. They are a slim and tidy 98mm tall, 44mm wide, and 12.3mm thick, and tip the scales at 69g. I had no trouble at all pocketing the OT-S210 at any time during testing.
Now, clearly, as a budget priced phone some things have to suffer in the specifications department. There is no camera, for example, so budding photographers need to look somewhere else for their new mobile phone. Without a camera there is no outgoing MMS support and none incoming either. Nor will you find things like mobile email or Web browsing here. And you can’t use the OT-S210 as a music player.
What is on offer is a pretty ordinary and basic mobile phone, designed for making voice calls, texting and not a lot else. The handset is dual band, and it has memory for 250 contacts but nothing much more to speak of. There is no memory slot for adding your own storage.
GENERAL:
Bands: Dual-band 850/1900 MHz;
Also Available as 900/1800 MHz
Dimensions: 98 x 44 x 12.3 mm
Weight: 70 g
Standby Time: 250 h
Talk Time: 5 h
Battery: Li-Ion (670 mAh)
SCREEN:
Dimensions: 128 x 128 mm
65k Color Screen
MULTIMEDIA:
Video: N/A
Sound: 16-Tone Polyphonic Melodies
MESSAGING:
SMS
T9 Predictive Text Input
FEATURES:
Embedded Game
Calculator
Alarm Clock
Phone Directory: (up to 250)
Handsfree
COMMUNICATION:
Speech Codec: AMR, EFR, FR, HR
