Alcatel OneTouch 997 is a decently made Android phone, which counts with a good performance Dual-Core processing unit running at 1 gigahertz, a 4.3 inches screen, an 8 MP back side camera and a 0.3 MP front camera.
Alcatel equipped this cellphone with a MediaTek MT6577 chip, which holds a fast 1 gigahertz Dual-Core CPU. Graphic rendering generally consume a lot of processing power, so this device uses an extra PowerVR SGX531 GPU ticking at 200 megahertz to take some work out of the CPU. The Alcatel OneTouch 997 comes with an average 4 GB internal memory, which is quite good having that the Alcatel OneTouch 997 also has an SD memory slot to store songs, photographs and videos and even some apps and games that allow being installed in the external memory.
This phone's thickness (0.43 inches) is a bit far from nowadays standards, but it still feels comfortable in the user's hand. This phone doesn't feel very lightweight for a device of this size, with a weight of 5.04 ounces. Alcatel made this phoneavailable only in color white.
This cellphone is equipped with two cameras, an 8 MP back camera and a 0.3 mega-pixels front side camera. It also captures 1280x720 HD videos at 30 frames per second. Additionally, the camera counts with flash.
Alcatel equipped the Alcatel OneTouch 997 with a good looking 4.3-inches screen, and a resolution of 800 x 480 , providing this cellphone with a good graphical experience. Its screen uses TFT capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch gestures.
The Alcatel OneTouch 997 counts with a 1800 mAh mid capacity Li-Ion removable battery that provides this phone a poor battery duration comparing with other similar devices. Alcatel afirms this cellphone has a stand by time of 400 hs and a talk time of 16 hs.
The Alcatel OneTouch 997 counts with wifi connectivity (which can be provided to other devices around, as a mobile hotspot) and fast 3G connection type, over HSDPA, HSUPA and EDGE technologies. This cellphone supports dual sim to be able to to work with 2 different phone numbers and even different carriers.
This cellphone also comes with a handful of useful characteristics as Bluetooth (4.0) and GPS (Global Positioning System), and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.
Alcatel sells the Alcatel OneTouch 997 for $ 249, which is a high price for this kind of cellphone.
Device Type: | Phone |
Brand: | Alcatel |
Operating System (OS): | Android 4.1.1 |
Variant: | Dual SIM See other variants reviews |
Product code: | 997D |
Dimensions: | 5.11 x 2.68 x 0.43 inchesMetric12.98 x 6.81 x 1.09 cmImperial |
Weight: | 5.04 ouncesMetric142.88 gImperial |
Colors: | White |
Price: | $ 249.00 |
Display | |
Screen Type: | TFT (16M colors) |
Size: | 4.3 inchesMetric10.9 cmImperial |
Resolution: | 480 x 800 pixels |
Pixel density: | 217 pixels per inchMetric85.43 pixels per cmImperial |
Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
Chipset: | MediaTek MT6577 |
Processor: | ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) |
Graphics Processor: | PowerVR SGX531 (200 MHz) |
Internal Memory: | 4 GB |
SD Card Slot: | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) |
Battery | |
Battery type: | Li-Ion |
Removable: | Yes |
Capacity: | 1800 mAh |
Stand-by Time: | 400 hours |
Talk Time: | 16 hours |
Camera | |
Back camera: | 8 megapixels |
Flash: | Yes |
Front camera: | 0.3 megapixels |
Max video resolution: | 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) |
Networks | |
Wi-Fi: | Yes |
Mobile Hotspot: | Yes |
SIM Card Type: | SIM |
Dual SIM: | Yes |
UMTS Bands: | 900, 2100 |
GSM Bands: | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
Technologies: | HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
Other Features | |
Bluetooth: | Version 4.0 |
GPS: | Yes |
Sensors: | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
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