If you're on a tight budget for a mobile phone with a decent set of specifications, then you could give the new Alcatel One Touch XTRA Mobile Phone a good thought. It is not a hi-fi smartphone with cutting edge technologies, but it can meet your internet surfing, emailing and socialising requirements.

This uk mobilephone handset has been advertised as a dual function device, which actually refers to using the touchscreen or the physical QWERTY keyboard. It sports a slider form factor.

Thanks to its GPRS and EDGE abilities you can go ahead with internet activities. 3G and WiFi are however not supported.

Other Alcatel One Touch XTRA specs include an MP3 player, FM radio, a 2MP camera which can shoot pictures and videos, apps for news and weather and a microSD card slot with a maximum capacity of 8GB

Alcatel will reportedly be releasing 3G phones and Android phones later on this year. Therefore if you're not a budget-crunch, you could wait for the new handhelds.

Alcatel One Touch XTRA price - The cost of the device is just £49.99. It will most probably be available with Orange on PAYG deals.