Welcome back to the channel my name is Jose and today we're going to be taking a look
at the Alcatel my flip from Cricket is called the mydebut flip, but I'm going to be calling
it the my flip just for shorter and faster for this review. So let's get started. If
you're new to the channel here we're talking about digital minimalism and dumb phones,
so this for the interview, make sure to subscribe. Again we're taking a look at the second flip
phone device for Alcatel good things and some not so good things, if you're trying to use
this on cricket, it's good for you if you're trying to use this outside of cricket, then
you have other options that I will mention, towards the end. Now, here we have a very
good example of how QoS should be implemented. No bloatware whatsoever. I like this device
for that it does not have bloatware. It does not have any extra applications, added, it
does not have any services or anything that you don't want any games, so if you want to
install them, if you want to install the games if you want to update those things, then you
have the ability to do so through the iOS store, but it's not going to bring all of
those games, pre installed, and anything that has most of them, you're going to be able
to uninstall some of the apps or utilities, which I really like. Of course the basic ones
like the recorder or like the calculator calendar, things like that, you're not going to be able
to do it because it is from iOS, but everything else you're going to be able to uninstalled,
I really liked this device for that. Now, it is locked to the cricket network you're
not going to be able to unlock it unless you use it for three to six months and you activate
it, you keep it there, and then you're going to be able to use it outside, but I really
liked this device for that reason, kudos to Alcatel for not including blower. Now, the
Kairos system is on 2.5 point one, so you're not going to be able to get WhatsApp calls,
hopefully we get an update for this device, but nothing is promised, so just use it as
it is, as MKBHD has always said, Never buy a device for the promise of software updates,
just keep it for what it is in be enjoy for what it is and when they come or if they come,
then be happy about it, but if they don't you at least knew that you were buying the
device for what it was. They use this, iOS, so if you want to watch the walkthrough, make
sure to go in deep with that, but there are a couple of other features that this device
has that I haven't seen on any of the other Alcatel or Nokia devices with iOS here on
the side, it has a camera dedicated button, that's something that I did not see in any
of the other devices and I think it's a very good addition. The other thing that it does
have is that it does have a quick message tab, so you're going to be able to tap that
message button and quickly access your messages. Now, it does have group text messages with
the workaround, again you have to add a subject line, every time that you send a group text
message, and you're going to be able to send a group text message without any issues. Otherwise,
you have that bug where you trying to add a couple of phone numbers, and then it doesn't
work and then you have to manually send it or manually restart the group, so make sure
to send that subject line, if you're trying to send a group text messages. If that's how
a camera for quick snaps and you're trying to send a picture or two here and there, that's
an SD card, a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack, and it does have a good speaker. Now the speaker
is on the back, but it's pretty loud and when you're talking or when you put it on speaker.
You will have a good experience. I really enjoy using it on the cricket network because
it was very reliable, and I was able to use and test a couple of extra things when it
comes to the performance of the device. Now, it does work very well, very decently like
any other iOS device, but it's not as fast as the Nokia 60 304 G, so the Nokia six and
304 G may be a better option if you're trying to get WhatsApp calls or faster performance
on iOS. Now, this one does have bloatware, whereas the Alcatel device does not have any
bloatware, which, again, I like to praise Alcatel for now there are two other things
I would like to mention about this device, number one, the battery life is excellent,
one to three days on normal use, and if you want to extend it for five days, it is possible
as long as you don't use as much. The second thing is, the GPS lots of very fast. I have
never experienced using a QoS device where the GPS just locks and very speedily, the
Nokia 6300 takes very long in order to lock the Nokia 8110 also takes long in order to
lock, and the my flip to is a little bit slower so this device takes the crown for GPS lock
it plugs very speedily in doesn't have any issues that follows you. So, very good from
Alcatel they're implementing kaios Very speedily and without bloatware, which is also a plus.
Now, there are not a lot of other things I would like to say about this device just because
it uses KaiOS as the base, you're going to be able to install the apps and everything
else, but it's a very good device if you're on cricket. And if you want to use it on a
different network, maybe you can switch to cricket for a couple months and then you're
going to be able to use on T Mobile or unlocked on at&t. Now if you have any questions about
this device or any of the other devices that I have reviewed in the past, make sure to
put it in the comments below and I'll be interacting with all of you. Thanks for watching this
video and I'll see you in the next one.