Introduction
I can’t say that the name Alcatel sounds good again and it’s worthy of its once great reputation, as it didn’t have any. The 100% Chinese-owned manufacturer has announced in Barcelona that they one to become one of the five largest mobile phone manufacturers in three years, for which we wish the best luck, although there are no signs regarding any progress in this matter. The current products, and those announced there are low-end ones, there is no real prestige model, although one would do some good for this plan.
There are, however, lots of cheap handsets, so these have to be made sellable. That is the reason why they have offered a cooperation for the fashion company called Mandarina Duck, which has bags as its main business. They have agreed to launch a phone together, and the result is now in my hands, as GSM Takács has shipped one of the cheapest handsets on the market, which has no Alcatel labels at all on it. This is a great step in terms of marketability, as no matter how rude is to say this, but the name Alcatel doesn’t really bring smiles on peoples’ faces around these parts.
The Chinese guys, however, have chosen a pretty good partner, as the brand Mandarina Duck has got its name from a bird that lives in the area of the river Ussuri that flows on the border of Russia and China. This bird has water-resistant and extremely colorful feathers. The duck symbolizes loyalty and happiness (hooray), but the interesting is that in fact we’re talking about an Italian company, that has its headquarters in Bologna. So the subject of our current review is a Chinese phone, that was once French, and now it is made in cooperation with an Italian brand. And it’s very cheap. They weren’t fussing around very much with the concept, they just simply took C701 and that received a new design.
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
