This is an age of designer phones and almost all manufacturers are hell bent on creating one or two designer phones to attract customers and get a good market share. Alcatel is known for producing some good mobile phones. They too have launched a designer phone which is the result of collaboration with Mandarina Duck who usually designs leather items and bags. The budget phone comes in three vibrant colors – green, cherry red and purple.

It seems that Alcatel Mandarina Duck has been designed to get major attraction of women. Just see the colors, they are more close the heart of women than men. Men prefer mostly black or light colors like silver, sky blue or metallic finish mobiles. Green, Purple and Cherry red can match personalities of women. The phone got a lot of criticism because being a designer phone it lacks in some functionalities which people want in their phones.

The phone during launch too was pointed though not directly that its for women who don’t require tough gaming or high tech gadgets around. If Alcatel has this conception in their mind then they are wrong. Tell this to a college girl the next moment you have blackened your eye socket, because women too want some blood thirsty games in their mobile phones now to overcome the anger over their boyfriends.

Alcatel Mandarina Duck has additional Mandarina Duck pictures and graphics on the phone for customizing it. Once you go through the features of the phone you will realize that this phone has qualities and can be a perfect budget women designer phone. The best part of phone is its non stop music playing for 10 hours in flight mode.

There is customized bag clip attached to the phone to keep it intact in one position inside your purse. Because its a designer phone you get some attention with it in crowd. You can carry functions like SMS, MMS, email and browsing of Internet quite easily. The phone measures just 89 x 45.7 x 22mm and it weighs 83 g only. An arrant phone for ladies who like to carry lightweight phones. 

Alcatel Mandarina Duck sports a 2 MP camera with digital zoo and focus for crystal clear images. The camera also enables you to capture motion images. You cannot expect more than these qualities in a budget designer phone.