I got one of these from SafeLink, a much better company than Assurance Wireless, and was surprised at the quality. The phone Assurance shipped me (review on my channel) was absolute garbage. This is actually something decent. My main phone before this was an LG Zone 4. They're similar in speed and memory, but this phone has the worse camera. However it is faster in software terms. I've been using it for a few hours now and I love it.
@elbigboy1234 жыл бұрын
Love cheap phones, I always brake my phones within 2 weeks at work no matter the quality of it, saves me money on repairs
@dboyslcjuggalo3 жыл бұрын
Any idea how to switch between the cameras on the back? I can only get one to work
@baloonpoodle68154 жыл бұрын
I can see every little square that makes up the screen
@shawnwhite36624 жыл бұрын
With those duel rear cameras I hope the phone takes good pictures.
@cvtechreview4 жыл бұрын
It takes decent photos outside in great lighting, but quality lowers drastically the lower light you have.
@shawnwhite36624 жыл бұрын
CV Tech Cool. I know not to have high expectations but I’m thinking about buying the phone.
@mikeplaysblitz62084 жыл бұрын
I have the tcl a1 but I use the Moto g7
@jltcdm3694 жыл бұрын
Hey RJ, pros and cons of straight talk? Cricket service has got terrible where I am. Both my phone's and my wife's phone had strong LTE signal and the network is so congested Pandora won't stream and often search doesn't complete before it times out. Prioritization I believe is the problem. Anyway, thinking about switching to straight talk. Thanks for the video.
@mattdavis96014 жыл бұрын
IIRC; Cricket runs off the AT&T network. Straight Talk is primarily Verizon these days although they have agreements and sell phones/BYOP Sims that run on AT&T's and T-Mobile's respective networks. Straight Talk used to have agreements with Sprint but I don't know if they still do. The company that owns TracFone also owns and runs Straight Talk, Total Wireless, SIMple Mobile, and a handful of others. Kinda like the General Motors of prepaid phones. I'm on TracFone - Verizon and most all the pros and cons are going to be the same as they're the same other than branding, plans, and price points. Pros: • Refill cards are available almost anywhere there's a Walmart. • Your choice of carriers including Verizon. You don't have to pay extra to get on the network that's best for you. • Verizon users get VoLTE and Visual Voicemail at no extra cost while T-Mobile users get WiFi calling likewise for free. • Customer Service has always been competent the few times I've needed to call them. Cons: • At least on the Verizon side; there's no roaming. You only get access to native Verizon towers and that's it. I don't know what the roaming situation is for Straight Talk users on AT&T or T-Mobile. • While I've always had good experiences with their CS reps, the internet is filled with people who didn't for one reason or another. • I've never been deprioritized that I know of in all the years I've been on TracFone - Verizon. That said; prepaid users are always first to get it. It doesn't matter whether your carrier uses Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile. That's part of what postpaid users pay that premium for. I'd recommend the service to anybody. My only recommendation is that if you like Straight Talk; maybe look into Total Wireless. Both are different divisions of the same company, similar pricing, but Total Wireless has much broader refill card availability. Straight Talk is just sold at Walmart stores, at their website, and at TracFone's eBay store. Total is sold in all the same places as Straight Talk; as well as in Targets, grocery stores, Dollar General stores, etc.
@JohnCGUNSNFREEDOM4 жыл бұрын
Can you do do a review of the Samsung A50 please .
@rosejane80774 жыл бұрын
Hi RJ thanks for the review 🖐️😎 Blessings to you.!!!🙏💕
@cvtechreview4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching. Blessings to you as well.
@christislife97334 жыл бұрын
I wish they would lanch the tcl plex here in the US I think it would make a great budget phone but this phone seems nice black Friday is coming soon so I hope it'll be a good price then love the unboxing as always RJ!
@hildacasique54084 жыл бұрын
I hope my 9 year old son loves this phone his step dad just bought him for Christmas. My sons phone he has now has a broken screen 😞 its pretty bad! lg k8 was a good phone but this tcl ax1 is an upgrade fs! Thanks for the video
@baloonpoodle68154 жыл бұрын
Who gets their kid a 30 dollar phone in 2019?! That's abuse
@baloonpoodle68154 жыл бұрын
Get a iPod atleast
@buckethat7894 жыл бұрын
Interesting, i just bought the regular a1 to use as an mp3 player. I was just glad to find a compact 18:9 phone
@luketech1874 жыл бұрын
Good video nice budget phone for my mom to get
@GaryBeltz4 жыл бұрын
I realize it's a budget phone but with Android 10 out now that should've come with Android 9 Pie. UNACCEPTABLE!
@robertwilliams56183 жыл бұрын
I was able to remove the back LOL How are you supposed to put the sd card?
@subscriberswithvideos-up2wl4 жыл бұрын
Whenever I want to add a person to contacts, it says I don’t have the permission to do so. Can you please explain how I can get the permission. Thanks
@zookeeper913264 жыл бұрын
How’s the volume?
@Morbid_7774 жыл бұрын
Decent. I'd say I'm impressed, I just bought one
@sneakycactus88154 жыл бұрын
TCL makes phones? Crazy
@brianfordhamm27404 жыл бұрын
Thanks for it not being 7' device. Nothing too amazing though. Wonder what battery life it could do.
@pattyalvestad75024 жыл бұрын
sorry this is the phone husband has not lx how do you get text messages setup please
@kiralove96214 жыл бұрын
Can you show how to hard reset ?
@DavidPhilatelist4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review RJ. Have a good day =)
@dabbnmike75954 жыл бұрын
I have a 164 gig micro SD card can I really not use one over 32 gigs
@anital28614 жыл бұрын
does this update to a more recent android system?
@cvtechreview4 жыл бұрын
No. This phone most likely won't get any software updates.
@anital28614 жыл бұрын
i didnt like the phone so returned it
@nobodyuknow63373 жыл бұрын
How on earth do you remove the back? I wanted to put a micro SD but have yet to get the thing open.Pressing on the back doesn't seem to work.
@Abba8573 жыл бұрын
He already said it’s a non removable back, it has a sim tray for a Sim Card and MicroSD Card
@robertwilliams56183 жыл бұрын
I was able to remove it with a little bit of muscle
@nobodyuknow63373 жыл бұрын
@@robertwilliams5618 Thanks. I wanted to add one of those "cellphone antenna stickers. Gave up and stuck it on the back :-(
@robertwilliams56183 жыл бұрын
@@nobodyuknow6337 it's really not that hard to pry it open :)
@tranjavanadbia1233 жыл бұрын
Carson will never see this.
@ethanm.13574 жыл бұрын
Can you see if you can install Call of duty mobile because I have the samsung Galaxy j3 orbit and I cant install it and it says it's not compatible with my phone. But someone I know has a samsung Galaxy sky and they can install it there phone but that has worse specs on it. The Samsung galxy sky had a 1.2ghz quad core processor with 1.5gb of ram. But I have the Samsung J3 orbit and it has a 1.35ghz octa core processor and 2gb ram. I am confuse why my j3 orbit dosent let me install that but the person I know there phone can with worse specs than my phone
@cvtechreview4 жыл бұрын
Yes you can install Call of Duty Mobile, but I wouldn't expect a great play performance. I'll do a video showing a little gameplay.
@ethanm.13574 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I am really confused why my j3 orbit isnt compatible
@cvtechreview4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I don't understand that either.
@ethanm.13574 жыл бұрын
Like I put my google account on my brothers tablet and it says install but then on my j3 orbit it says not compatible
@ethanm.13574 жыл бұрын
I think the j3 orbit is good. But I'm just really confused about the call of duty mobile
@traitaothomusa3293 жыл бұрын
IS THIS PHONE GOOD FOR MAKE VIDEO ? IS IT REAL 13 MP FOR CAMERA MAKE YOU TUBE VIDEO NO PROBLEM ? GOOD WIFI ? THANKS.
@MichaelWest17014 жыл бұрын
Are you getting the Moto e6 for stright talk?
@cvtechreview4 жыл бұрын
I haven't decided yet.
@robertwilliams56183 жыл бұрын
@@cvtechreview did you ever get the Moto e6? How do you compare it with this phone? I bought a moto E6 last year and it was defective and I asked for a replacement phone and they sent me this I was pretty pissed as I think the Motorola is a better phone than an Alcatel
@shawnwhite36624 жыл бұрын
2 rear cameras on a $49 phone and it's a phablet Lol
@cvtechreview4 жыл бұрын
Lol I know right. I could recommend it more if it had a bit better processor.
@thebestmanever35874 жыл бұрын
nice vid 😍
@WJSpies4 жыл бұрын
You should just get to the point.. speak in normal English. I had to Wade thru all that giberish just to get a sense of what a possible 2nd phone would be like.. should take 1/2 the time jeeeezzz..
@cvtechreview4 жыл бұрын
Aww you can't understand me. Also gibberish is spelled with an extra b, so work on your spelling before criticizing my English. Also this is an unboxing and a walkthrough of the phone, so yeah, it takes more than 4 or 5 minutes to make this type of video.
@anonymoose68734 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry but this has to be the worst tech related channel I have seen by far. I feel like I lost brain cells hearing that strong ass southern accent and I'm from north Carolina