Check other slider phones this one is no bueno!
348800
Worked well for a month. After that the lights on the keypad wouldn't turn off depleting battery. Now I have to charge it every day, one of the many things I was trying to avoid with a simple cellphone. disappointed.
4525628
the slider is  junk.  does not lock, as u push in the male end into pc or laptop.. it retracts in the casing.

cheap, because of this issue i believe....
4431363
I really wanted to like this item. It seems like a good price for the power. Unfortunately, I'm returning this phone. I've been running various apps on this phone and compared them to the (older) $60 blu r1hd and the blu phone outperforms every time (other than screen touch responsiveness, where I like the Robin better). I'm still out looking for a good phone (not flagship) for under $200.
4476408
I had a sturdy if basic LG flip phone that I carried around in my pants pocket with keys and knives and pens and nuts & bolts for 5-1/2 years, until the black finish wore off of much of the plastic case and I could see the circuit boards and stuff inside. Also I am a machinist and get metal chips and grinding dust in my pockets sometimes. That phone was still going strong, other than battery chargings getting a bit frequent, but now TracFone says 2G systems are going away and they sent me this 3G piece of crap as a replacement.

It shares the one big flaw my old one had, that you cannot block junk numbers that call you repeatedly or block junk text messages that keep coming from the same source. But now this new Alcatel also sets a new standard for flimsy construction. The battery cover is thin and weak feeling, and the hinge allows much play or sliding of the halves when folded. The buttons are mushy and without crisp snap to them. The ring sound is pathetic and weak and I do not instinctively recognize it as a phone ringing when people try calling me. No way can it wake me up from sleeping, even if right next to my bed in a quiet room. I've been all through the settings menus and in one place saw the ring volume level was 6 but volume changes were not allowed! In another place I think I saw a name for the ringtone, but there was not even one alternate ringtone built into the phone for me to try. Apparently if you want to spend more money you can BUY a different ringtone... and I don't know if adjustable volume would be part of the deal. Battery life so far seems even worse than my old LG with its ancient worn-out battery, but then again maybe it was all those hours I spent searching for a way to make the ringtone non-idiotic. I sure did not run down the battery by making or receiving phone calls.

These Alcatel people ought to be in Alcatraz for selling a phone this bad. There are two big reasons for somebody to buy a flip phone: pocket-carry ruggedness is one, and economy is the other. This crappy phone manages to defeat both of these purposes. It probably won't get a chance to break in my pocket, because it is virtually non-functional as a telephone and I will have to buy something different that rings like it has a purpose in life.
4883819
Not a great phone. I mainly purchased this because of its ruggedness, but thats all it has going for it. This phone constantly turns apps and location services off and on without knowing that it is happening. The battery doesnt seem to hold a good charge throughout the day even after a full nights charge. The phone contact list is a joke in that, it only shows email addresses for your contacts. To retrieve a phone number, you have to pull up your contacts and then select the search function. scroll down the list and THEN you can get a phone number. Too cumbersome. If you are like me, I like to block calls from sales numbers and other 800 numbers. You can block numbers with this phone, but again, it is a major ordeal to find that option in this phone. This phone also will dump your pictures and screen saver, and then revert back to some kind of factory background. Very annoying! It also will often turn itself on ECO mode without you knowing it.
When my contract is close to expiring, I will certainly be looking at other models!
I DO NOT recommend the Kyocera Duraforce!!
2196033
I thought it was awesome when I bought it, but it's not. The sliding front seems nice at first but it gets annoying-you have to put it in your pocket a certain way or it will slide. I had it for a couple months and then all of a sudden I could makes call but hear nothing-not even the dial tone. I bought it through wal mart for 97 cents-insurance wanted me to pay $45 to fix it. I decided to go back to my old phone I had before it (which is three years old and still works way better). Texting on this phone was difficult as the touch screen was not as sensitive as something like the iPhone. You can do better.
2485620
I have one of these from work and it is absolute junk.  There is a delay before anyone can hear me when I answer the phone.  I say hello three times before anyone answers.  When I try and activate the speakerphone there is a delay and there is a delay shutting it off also.  I've been spoiled by the Kyocera DuraXT I guess but I absolutely hate this phone.
3795681
looks cool but not ergonomic. Also if you need reading glasses this phone is not for you. Besides being difficult to read the lights on the keys turn off so you really can not read. Then you can not put this to your Ear. You basically need to use the speaker.

I think I already wrote a review, so this is a down grade to a one star from the past. I really hate this phone. I am going back to the regular Panasonic phone sets. Unless I have it on speaker I can not hear and then I get complaints that it sounds like I am yelling into the phone. The phone also cuts in and out just like a cell phone with bad reception. The phone is also to small to rest on your shoulder but even if you could, you couldn't hear the party you are speaking to.

Another issue is the pad does not light up. The numbers do but not the letters. If you are speaking on the phone in low light you can not see the off button to turn it off.

I write these reviews to help people from making the same mistakes that I make. Today I will order another Panasonic because I think they are great, unfortunately not this style. This phone cost me a lot of money. I bought the second phone which is a separate cost and the Bluetooth amplifier. Do the math, I just wasted a lot of money. Hope I save you from this hassle.
3646340
Beware!!! We've had the phone for over a month. I am disappointed I did not read the print and see this is not warrantied. We downloaded something or have a problem with the software that causes you not to be heard when you call people. You can talk to people if you use headphones or go on speakerphone. I've called Sony Support and they recommend doing a backup and software repair. In some blogs I've heard this does not work. We really like the build and feel of the phone but this is making us feel we made a mistake if we can't return it and get a replacement, I will be back to rate this seller and phone as zero stars. I will try to sell it on a tradein site and then go to get an ATT supported phone.
2053292
I bought this phone and it worked for the most part,but even though I didn't use a lot of apps and cleaned it out constantly,it acted for glitchy and slow. So,I switched it out for the same phone and this replacement phone is even worse. It glitches, turns off by itself, turns the volume off of my alarm (I was almost late for work),take the volume off of vibrate, and even with the volume on high for when speaking to someone on the phone,I can barely hear them (and my hearing is fine). This is ridiculous! Asking for a refund!
274835
I have one with a slide keyboard, and this is not for a sliding phone. It you don't have the keyboard this will work great for you. It seems like it quality is pretty good.
4218015
This phone is awful.  My husband had an old flip phone.  He doesn't do anything except phone, so I got him an inexpensive phone.  At first, when he was having problems, I thought he just needed to get used to the touch screen.  But then I tried showing him how to use it---awful.... Couldn't find anything; phone wouldn't ring, just totally unacceptable.  He ended up going back and using his flip phone.  Spend a little more money and get a different phone.
3146664
When I saw the label "Google" attached to this phone, I thought that it would be user-friendly, just as Google searching, gmail, google calendar, etc. are.  Not so! Don't even think about buying this phone- unless you need a phone that doesn't ring, works half the time and you don't want to control any of the options.  Ugh.
1066037
The speakerphone is not loud enough or clear enough.  The answering machine is not clear at all.  How can I get my messages if I don't understand what the caller is saying.  My previous phone was also a Uniden and it was much better than this new digital phone.  It is very disappointing.  The features are not user friendly either.  I am a computer programmer and I find this phone very annoying.  If I already picked up the handset, the redial button does not redial.  I have to hang up, press redial, and then pick up the handset.  The instruction manual is lacking in instructions.

What moron design this phone?  Who tested it?  Did a consumer test it?  Did a grandmother test it?  I think not.  It was a waste of money.
1410004
I got the Brightside about 8 months ago after reading the initial reviews (which were mostly positive at the time) on the phone, as time goes on I find that I dislike this phone more and more.  The phone wants to pass off as a cheap alternative to a smartphone. I originally liked it because of the sliding QWERTY and the touch screen.  It does not has a convenient way of password locking the phone.  This is troublesome because touchscreens can unlock by being in your pocket and dial out calls when you don't want them to do so. (I have personally called my voicemail countless times unknowingly.)  There is no real "front screen" to the phone; with most phones we expect to unlock the phone to see a colorful background with an icon for the menu at the bottom of the screen.  With the Brightside, once you unlock the phone you immediately get the menu. I can understand how developers would think this is convenient by immediately taking taking you to your destination, but it is nothing but troublesome when the phone can easily unlock on its own by being in your pocket. The camera has not zooming capabilities, which makes the first camera phone that I have ever had that was without zooming.  Lastly, the music player on the phone does not allow for multi-tasking, such as listening to music and sending a text and the same time. If you receive a text while listening to a song, the song will pause and resume only after you leave the screen for texting.

A few good points about the phone: buying it from Amazon costs you practically nothing, the sound quality for the music is good, there are many preloaded ringtones to choose from, sliding QWERTY, and durable (I have dropped mine several times and it stills works).
4848893
Just purchased from another vendor due to lower price.
Physically, the phone looks pretty good, but the plastic back to access sim card and battery will brake eventually.
The specs on the site where I purchased it said would work with Tracfone, but no luck with that.

I did get error messages saying "No Run Command" and had to remove the battery to unfreeze it.

Other than the low res screen, on paper it has some interesting specs but I don't think the quality is there yet.

I have been trying to contact them to return mine but they have been ignoring my requests.

No real tech support or even decent owners manual that I could find.

I think they tried to knock off iPhone in style but used what I consider to be inferior materials.

I wish them well in trying to enter the market with a low priced Android phone but I think they need some design and engineering assistance and  some tech support and repair services.
4613865
I would have loved this phone if it wasn't for the data, it's so slow either it takes over 5 minutes to load a page or it just crash and say no internet connection. When I purchased it I thought it'd be at least 3G I wasn't expecting 4GLTE even though that's what my current plan is, I mean I tried everything that I could think of to figure out a way to fix but nothing seems to work. Now I have waste my time returning it, wait on the refund and buy another one at my company store, plus I'm gonna be phoneless for at least 2 weeks. I would have loved to save that money but it's not worth it if it's already so annoying!!!