Alcatel One Touch 980
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The Alcatel One Touch 980 (stylised as one touch 980 and commonly abbreviated as Alcatel OT-980) is a touchscreen
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manufactured by TCL Communication. The phone was announced on February 15, 2010 at the Mobile World Congress
. The Alcatel One Touch 980 was the first Alcatel to run the Android operating system, running version 2.1 "Éclair". The phone has been known to bear a strong resemblance with the phone, Palm Prē
.
TechRadar gave the phone a slightly more positive review giving it 3 out of 5 stars but criticized the disappointing camera and how chunky the phone was due to the QWERTY keyboard.
Touchscreen
A touchscreen is an electronic visual display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touching the display of the device with a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus...
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Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
manufactured by TCL Communication. The phone was announced on February 15, 2010 at the Mobile World Congress
Mobile World Congress
The GSMA Mobile World Congress is the combination of the world's largest exhibition for the mobile industry and a conference featuring prominent Chief Executives representing mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors and content owners from across the world...
. The Alcatel One Touch 980 was the first Alcatel to run the Android operating system, running version 2.1 "Éclair". The phone has been known to bear a strong resemblance with the phone, Palm Prē
Palm Pre
The Palm Pre is a multimedia smartphone designed and marketed by Palm with a multi-touch screen and a sliding keyboard. The smartphone was the first to use Palm's Linux based mobile operating system, webOS...
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Reception
The Alcatel One Touch 980 has been met with mixed reviews. CNET UK awarded the phone a 2.5/5. They praised the phone for its budget price, QWERTY keyboard and its decent performance but criticized the screen sensitivity and how out-dated the user interface felt.TechRadar gave the phone a slightly more positive review giving it 3 out of 5 stars but criticized the disappointing camera and how chunky the phone was due to the QWERTY keyboard.