The Alcatel One Touch 980 (stylized as one touch 980 and commonly abbreviated as Alcatel OT-980) is a
touchscreen
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slider smartphone
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manufactured by
TCL Communication
TCL Technology Group Corp. (originally an abbreviation for Telecom Corporation Limited) is a Chinese partially state-owned electronics company headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong province. TCL develops, manufactures, and sells consumer electr ...
. The phone was announced on February 15, 2010 at the
Mobile World Congress
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.
The Alcatel One Touch 980 was the first Alcatel to run the
Android operating system, running version 2.1 "Éclair". The phone has been noted to resemble the
Palm Prē.
Reception
The One Touch 980 has been met with mixed reviews.
CNET UK awarded the phone 2.5 out of 5 stars, praising the phone for its budget price, QWERTY keyboard and decent performance but criticizing the screen sensitivity and how outdated the user interface felt.
TechRadar gave the phone 3 out of 5 stars, praising its battery life but criticizing the camera and the phone's thickness.
References
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External links
Official product pageXDA Developers post on installing unofficial FroyoXDA Developers post on installing unofficial Gingerbread
Android (operating system) devices
Alcatel mobile phones
Mobile phones introduced in 2010