Android Go , officially Android (Go edition) , is a stripped-down version of the Android operating system , designed for low-end and ultra-budget smartphones (but is also used by some tablets ). It is intended for smartphones with 2 GB of RAM or less and was first made available with the release of Android Oreo .
11-532: The Bic Phone is a variant of the Alcatel OT-S210 GSM mobile phone . An inexpensive phone with only the most basic of features, it is marketed in France and Spain by Orange as a "disposable" phone to casual customers. Société Bic , a French maker of disposable items, receives royalties for the use of its brand, but is not otherwise involved with the manufacture or distribution of the phone. In Belgium, it
22-554: A hands-free kit and a micro USB charger. The phone features an alarm clock, a watch, a calculator, a camera, and an FM radio receiver. It can send and receive SMS messages, but has no multimedia functionality. Alcatel (mobile device brand) Alcatel (formerly Alcatel Mobile Phones and Alcatel OneTouch , previously stylized as ALCATEL in its logo) is a French brand of mobile handsets owned by Finnish consumer electronics company Nokia and used under license by Chinese electronics company TCL Technology . The Alcatel brand
33-527: Is a member of TCL Communication listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE: 2618) which was established in August 2004 by TCL Communication and Alcatel. TCL Mobile Limited manages three business units: Alcatel, TCL Mobile Phones and Brand Design Lab. TCL Communication was also the developer of BlackBerry devices from 2016 to 2020 when its contract with BlackBerry expired. In 2012, Alcatel won an International Forum Design iF design award for its One Touch 818 and
44-522: The Alcatel 3, Alcatel 3L and Alcatel 1S smartphones, as well as the Alcatel 3T 10 at Mobile World Congress 2019. 2020: TCL Communication Showcases Alcatel Mobile Product Portfolio With Fresh Design and Imaging Performance Milestones at CES 2020 2021: At MWC 2021 TCL is teasing an affordable 5G phone with its own brand, but the Alcatel brand is still around. The company introduced two entry-level Android Go 11 models 1L Pro and Alcatel 1 (2021) released at
55-601: The Onetouch 355 Play models. One of the first Alcatel phone was Alcatel OT Easy HF, released in 1998. Its battery standby time was up to 140 hours. 2014: Alcatel OneTouch Pop 7 was released. 2015: Alcatel OneTouch Pop Fit was released. The Pop Fit could be strapped to a wrist. 2016: Saw several releases: Alcatel Idol 4s , Pop 4, Pop 4+, Pop 4s, and Pop 7 LTE . 2017: During that year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, TCL launched Alcatel A5 LED, purportedly
66-585: The end of year. Android Go The first phone pre-installed with Android Go is the Alcatel 1X , which was released in February 2018. Android Go has platform optimizations designed to reduce mobile data usage (including enabling Data Saver mode in Google Chrome by default), and a special suite of Google Mobile Services designed to be less resource and bandwidth -intensive. The Google Play Services package
77-523: The first Android smartphone with an "interactive LED-covered phone". On 10 November, the company launched the Alcatel A5 LED and Alcatel A7 in India. 2018: As demand grows for tablets that are compatible with keyboards and family use, TCL Communication is providing a tablet that can pull double duty with Alcatel 3T 8". 2019: TCL Communication is introducing its latest Alcatel mobile devices, including
88-451: The joint venture was dissolved as TCL acquired Alcatel-Lucent's 45 percent share, and Alcatel Mobile Phones became a wholly owned subsidiary group of TCL. The brand name was licensed to TCL. In 2010, Alcatel One Touch became the corporate brand. In February 2016 after Alcatel One Touch being bought by Nokia , it was changed back to simply Alcatel and a new logo was introduced. TCL Mobile Limited (former name: T&A Mobile Phones Limited)
99-550: Was also modularized to reduce its memory footprint . The Google Play Store will highlight lighter apps suited for these devices. The operating system 's interface differs from that of stock Android, with the quick-settings panel giving greater prominence to information regarding the battery, mobile-data limit, and available storage; the recent apps menu using a modified layout and being limited to four apps (in order to reduce RAM consumption), and an API for allowing mobile carriers to implement data-tracking and top-ups within
110-542: Was announced on June 21, 2010 that the Bic Phone will be marketed by Proximus , a subsidiary of Belgacom . However, it is purposely not marketed as a "disposable" phone but rather a low-entry phone seeing battery recharges are unlimited and the contract can be topped up just like any other prepaid card. The phone is sold ready for immediate use, with a pre-charged battery and a certain number of free minutes. It can then be recharged with prepaid cards. The package also includes
121-522: Was licensed in 2005 by former French electronics and telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent to TCL for mobile phones and devices, and the current license expires at the end of 2024. Nokia acquired the assets of Alcatel-Lucent in 2016 and thus also inherited the licensing agreements for the Alcatel brand. Alcatel Mobile Phones was established on 24 April 2004 as a joint venture between Alcatel-Lucent (45%) and TCL Corporation (55%). Alcatel originally started making mobile phones in late 1996. In 2005,
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