Alcatel comes to the US, prepaid style

by Chris Ziegler, posted Apr 21st 2008 at 5:11PM

Alcatel had mentioned a few months ago that it planned to roll deep with US launches this year -- kind of hard to swallow, considering the non-presence they've had here for years and the difficulty for a new player to break into the market -- but sure enough, here we go with the first volley. Locus Telecom's prepaid O2 Wireless brand (naw, not that O2) has launched two low-end Alcatel sets two accompany its range of LGs and Motorolas, the E206a candybar and E227a flip. Both are sans camera or high-speed data of any sort; in fact, they putt along with mere dual-band GSM radios, and in the case of the E206a, a positively miniature 96 x 96 display. Not exactly a groundbreaking entrance into the market for Alcatel, but an entrance nonetheless. O2 says its service is for "students, seniors, and trendsetters," so if you're a trendsetter, go ahead and get your Alcatel on.

[Via MobileBurn]

Filed under: Handsets, Others, GSM

Tags: alcatel, candybar, clamshell, e206a, e227a, flip, locus, o2, o2 wireless, O2Wireless, prepaid

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Trond @ Apr 21st 2008 5:50PM

The candybar actually looks kinda' good... too bad it's total crap on a stick.

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Andrew @ Apr 21st 2008 6:06PM

that is supposed to be "trendsetting"? yikes!

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Andrew @ Apr 21st 2008 6:08PM

that is supposed to be "trendsetting"? yikes!

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D @ Apr 21st 2008 6:27PM

Are you kidding me? These phones look crappy. What could this MVNO offer that a national carrier not already be offering? Besides, who'd network are they piggybacking on?

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youngcalihottie @ Apr 23rd 2008 6:04PM

*cough*AlcatelHandsetsHaveBeenAvailableFromWalmartUnlockedForLikeeEverNow*cough*

i dont know what trend those are going to set except "hey everyone look at me i think im cool cuz i have a cell phone but you cant use it and thats not cuz i dont want ur dirty nasty hands all over it but rather because youll discover that it doesnt do anything and youll laugh at me once you flip it open and see my screen"