AlcatelRaven4GLTE2018

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Introduction/Definition/etc Body Original Text Modified Text What's Missing? What Can Be Found? What Can Not Be Found? How To Analyze? Lenses Assumptions Time Limits Links Conclusion External MicroSD Storage Update: Discussion License Page History Page Statistics Page Views:  since creating on 20180809

 

Introduction/Definition/etc

 

About twice the device the

ZTE Majesty Pro

was, now almost a year later,

proving Moore's Law still applies...

 

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Newer Alcatel

2x the storage (16Gig)

2x the RAM (2? Gig)

slightly larger screen

Newer Android: Nauget

Runs MyHospital

into the maternity ward/center, level 23+

where the ZTE crashed

(ZTE MyHospital now at level 50+)...

 

But have similar problems buying

first noticed a new TracFone box at CVS,

checked online, $20 at Target,

but none available, anywhere (scam?)...

 

CVS went back up to $40 from $30 sale price,

but 30% off coupon applied,

 

got one later,

though trouble store kid cashier

Not scanning the serial number

on the bottom of the box

so maybe similar CVS Conspiracy

CVSConspiracy2017

(Links not adding well, maybe later)

 

 

Have to start over

Update system apps

Installs of apps that I use

Configure

playing all the games,

from level 1...

(G Play Games supposedly

saves where you are,

but for some reason Doesn't on Some)

 

Which has taken days and not half way back

to highest level on older devices...

 

But learned some things i missed

by skipping the instructions

Painting the test tube trays / racks

with coloured panacea liquids

starts on the one you touch,

I was just spray/scraping & pray,

swiping all over,

now it makes more sense,

and less wasted energy...

 

Not disconnecting/crashing like on the ZTE

presumably because higher RAM...

 

 

 

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What's Missing?

 

Specs

 

Not a mediaTek soc

But has Radio

Must use headphones as antennae

 

What Can Be Found?

 

Difficult cashiers

Coupon lottery

 

 

What Can Not Be Found?

 

Comparable items

 

Sane return policies

 

Respect for customers

 

Safety

 

Real security

 

 

How To Analyze?

 

Lenses

 

Buyer

 

Seller

 

Tech support

 

Reconditioned

Returns

Rain checks

 

 

 

Assumptions

 

Knowing what you are buying

How much memory

Storage

CPU type

Brand

OS/Android upgrades?

 

 

Time Limits

 

 

Sale times

 

Availability

 

In and out of store annoyances

 

Links

 

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PrePaidCellPhonesUpGrade2016

 

 

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MyHospitalByCherryPickGames2017

 

AlcatelGlitzUnite2017

 

 

CVSConspiracy2017

 

CVS doesn't really show TracFone on their website

(Last I knew,

a prepaid long distance card,

very old,

not the devices)

 

Hit or miss

 

Target showed it

But not available

Shipping

Conflicting

Not available online

No pickup

And not in stores

Historically listed?

As in a limited quantity sale/lure/tease?

 

BestBuy

Not been seeing the TracFone recently

But fact check that

If they are going for more competitive phones,

Maybe some are dropping that prepaid

Not seen in Target as well, so maybe a pattern with some distributors,

Pressure from monoplolies, etc

 

Alcatel website

mostly concerned with their high end newer models

Maybe dumping these low end

Hence the sale?

 

TracFone

 

Nothing much

Hot or miss

Sell you one

But data on it prepurchase, good luck

 

Other prepaid companies nay use this device

Sim card plugin

Change carriers

 

Might even work on Safe Link

According to one Target online user comment

Supported by the no packaging saying it won't

Which historically had been a problem

But policies of have to buy cards

Airtime and data Time

Before see if it will work

Or lost phone replacement Losing airtime from previous phone

And voluntary indusrty compliance with porting carriers

across devices...

 

Not tried that,

But might be good to see if,

Risks too great, at this point

 

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MemoryComplex2016

MicroSDAsOSExtender2017

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law

Originally doubling transistors in circuits every year or two

Later each year

High end no money 💰 holds barred?

Or died?

Limits of going smaller, speed of light, etc

Physical laws?

 

On the low end, consumer electronics

likely more price point marketing...

 

From emaciated ZTE

(selling to hostiles in press a while back)

which gave almost a year,

crashing, Clearing cache,

Juggling to update apps, etc

Especially on MyHospital

which would not even install and run

on the device before ZTE...

 

So maybe think of some risky purchases

as cheap dev boards?

 

Conclusion

 

Summary of experience or similar

 

Seems better,

though writing about it

before getting another one or two,

supplies may dwindle...

 

External MicroSD Storage

 

Bought brand name on sale

(~$15 for 32Gig SanDisk

elsewhere)

added and it (Nauget) thought class 10

(Speed rating) was too slow...

But allowed apps instead of just photos/media

(ZTE limitation?)

Though can only be used on this device

Reformats (ntfs/vfat -> ext3+?)

and likely encrypted,

which defeats some purposes of external

for me, at least...

 

Update:

 

Screen bad on one while doing an

OpenStreetMaps based thingie in a web browser

Iirc

Likely unrelated,

but graphics modes may destroy

on other tech...

 

So bought a third.

Too many of a weak standard?

Or parts for kludging together

a working one later on?

Time may tell...

 

Discussion

 

A place for feedback on the page presented

 

What makes a good device,

for you?

 

For others?

For kids?

For seniors?

For disabled?

Which disabilities?

What combination(s) of above?

Disabled senior?

Disabled kid(s)?

 

 

 

License

 

Creative Commons Share and Share Alike,

Non Commercial, Non Derivative,

for the whole site's contents

unless otherwise explicitly stated

 

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20180809 Jerry

• Jerry created this page to
• Log another device
• & Using sit template to make situations uniform across cases...

 

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