Virgin Media offers one-stop T POP shop

Virgin Media today added the Alcatel One Touch T'Pop to its line up of Pay As You Go smartphones and is the lead network to stock the feisty new handset.

Available for £39.991 from Virgin Media stores, the Alcatel One Touch TPop is brimming with ideas and specs well above its price point, including a large touch screen, quick-snapping two megapixel camera, smart apps and widgets, social networking functions the most accessible 2.3 version of Android, location services and a speedy 1GHz processor

Jamie Heywood, director of mobile at Virgin Media said: The Alcatel One Touch T'Pop packs a real punch for its money in terms of features, offering everything you need to stay connected to friends and family at a price anyone can afford. This makes it the perfect phone to get with our most popular SIM Only deal, which gives you unlimited data, unlimited text and unlimited minutes for just £15 per month with the freedom of a 30 day rolling contract.

Alcatel One Touch T'Pop full specification:

Design

Camera

Touch bar

115 x 61.3 x 12.2mm

Weight: tbc

Hard keys: 3 (Power key on the top, 2 side volume keys)

Finishing: 80% glossy

Colours available: Bluish Black, Pure White and Flash Red

2 megapixel camera

Digital zoom

Picture instant share (send by E-mail, upload on social network, send by MMS, set as wallpaper or as contact portrait)

Video codecs: H.264, MPEG4 H.263

Video player: VGA @30fps

Video capture: VGA@ 30fps

Video streaming

Display

Mobile features

3.5 , HVGA 320 x 480pixels

TN, 16M color display

Capacitive screen

Proximity sensor

GSM 1900/850/1800/900

UMTS 900/2100

Chipset MT6575M

CPU speed 1GHz

HSPA (HSDPA/HSUPA)

7.2 Mbps downlink

5.76 Mbps uplink

EDGE Class 12

GPRS Class 12

Android 2.3

Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n

USB modem tethering Plug & Play

Android browser

Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP

Micro USB 2.0 high speed

A-GPS

Standard SIM

G-sensor

Internal Memory 512MB ROM + 256MB RAM

End user memory150MB

Micro SD (up to 32GB)

Voice codec:

HR/FR/EFR/AMR-NB/AMR-WB

PIM

Messaging and apps

Phone directory unlimited

(up to product memory)

Date & Clock

Organizer

To-Do

Calendar

Voice recorder

Calculator

Alarm clock with multiple

ring tones

Conference call

vCard2.1

Android GMS standard apps

Multi e-mail POP3, IMAP4, HTML

Push mail

Formatting, basic attachments

Office viewer

Facebook (Android)

Twitter (Android)

MMS 1.2

MMS and SMS unified inbox

SMS with predictive input CooTek

SMS/MMS capacity unlimited (up to phone memory)

FOTA on line software upgrade

PC Suite (to be downloaded on internet)

Battery

In pack

Battery lithium 1400 mAh

Talk time 13h(2G),7h(3G)

Standby time 500h(2G),300h(3G)

Music player tbc

Charging time tbc

Battery

Charger

3.5 headset

USB cable

Quick user guide

2GB micro SD card

LCD sticker

Flip cover optional accessory

Sound

Music Player

Supported formats: AAC, AAC+, AAC Enhanced, WB AMR, MP3, Midi, eAAC

Stereo FM radio RDS

HAC M3

OMA DRM 1.0

Handsfree

Flight mode

Vibrator

For journalist enquiries contact

Press Office

t: 0207 909 2225

e: pressoffice@virginmedia.co.uk

About Virgin Media

Virgin Media is the first provider of all four broadband, TV, mobile phone and home phone services in the UK.

The company's cable network the result of multi-billion pound private investment delivers ultrafast broadband to over half of all UK homes, with speeds of up to 120Mb, as well as market leading connectivity to thousands of public and private sector organisations across the country.

Virgin Media has developed the most advanced interactive television service, bringing together broadcast TV, thousands of hours of on demand programming and the best of the web in a single set-top box powered by TiVo. The company was the first to offer HD TV and 3D on demand to millions of British households.

The world's first virtual mobile network was launched by Virgin Media and it is also one of the largest fixed-line home phone providers in the country.

Virgin Media is a part of Liberty Global plc, the world's largest broadband communications group. Together Virgin Media and Liberty Global serve 25 million customers across 14 countries, helping connect people to the digital world and enabling them to discover and experience its endless possibilities.

For more information, go to www.virginmedia.com

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