If you are the type of person who does not like to carry a lot of things in your pocket, especially a cell phone, we have good news for you! Since late 2008, there are now few mobile phone watches available on the market, but at that time they were very heavy and expensive. The good news is that since the summer of 2009; you can buy the AOKE AK08 for less than $ 80 and its twin brother, the AOKE AK09, costs a few dollars more. It is actually one of the cheapest wristwatch mobile phones available. The main difference between the 2 phones is that the AK09 integrates a photo camera and a video recorder.

For this price, you get a 1.3 “(128 * 160 pixel) touchscreen watch with a plastic case and strap. The design is very classic – it looks like a bulky old Casio watch from the eighties. But the watch’s interest It is not in its design, but in what it has to offer: it is actually a fully functional tri-band GSM, with Bluetooth, USB and GPRS / WAP connections. It can send SMS and MMS and you can even connect to the Internet with the WAP standard. Sure you don’t have the convenience of a 3.2 “touchscreen like most phones, but it’s there if you need it.

Since it has Bluetooth, we recommend purchasing the optional Bluetooth headset for a few dollars more, so you have your hands free when talking on the phone.

What is also surprising with the AK08 or AK09 is that AOKE had found enough space on the watch to add multimedia functions. It has an MP3 music player, a photo viewer, a voice recorder, a video player and for the AK09, a photo and video camera (640 * 480 and 0.3 Mega Pixels). As file storage, the AK08 has 505K internal memory, expendable with up to 2GB TF card. It integrates a micro USB connector so it can also be used as a U disk to store data. The USB cover is made of plastic and as we have seen it will not last long and in some watches it is also poorly adjusted.

In idle, the phone clock shows the time, if you touch the screen or press one of the command buttons, it will switch to phone mode. Each time you press a command, it will move to another function on the phone. As the screen is very small, AOKE provides the phone with a small stylus. You can still manage to dial a phone number with your finger, but you must use the stylus to write a message.

If your focus is not on style but more on functionality and if you are on a tight budget, the AOKE AK08 and AK09 are for you. For the price, it would be difficult to ask for more.

Features found on the Internet:

Information network: GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz

Dual SIM: No

CPU: –

Operating system: proprietary

GPS: no

Connectivity: GPRS / Bluetooth / USB

Messaging: SMS, MMS with handwritten input

Display type: 65K colors

Internal LCD: 1.3 inch touch screen, Sub-QVGA 220 * 176 pixels

Ringtones type: polyphonic (64 chords), mp3 ring support

User profiles: general, meeting, exterior, interior

Vibration: yes

Phone book: 250 groups of contacts

Memory: 505K

Card slot: Yes, disposable U disk up to 2 Go

Supports multi-language interfaces: English / French / Spanish / Danish / Polish / Italian / German / Bahasa Indonesian / Vietnamese / Turkish / Russian / Thai / Greek / Swedish

Size: 52 * 41 * 13mm

Weight: 70g

Battery: 3.7V 500mAh Li-ion battery

Talk time: 120-150 minutes.

Standby time: 70 – 100 hours

TV: No

Browser: WAP

POP3 / IMAP4 Email: No

Camera: 0.3 megapixel dual cameras (640 * 480) only for AK09 model

Video recorder: yes

Radio: No

Music: MP3, MP4, WAV

Movie: MP4, 3GP

Voice recorder: yes

E-book: TXT

Photo viewer: jpg, gif

Games: Intelligent Puzzle, QQ2007

Java: no

Color: black and white

Additional characteristics:

Hands-free, alarm clock, calendar, calculator, stopwatch, world clock, health management (BMI) …

Package includes:

1 * AOKE AK08 or AOKE AK09

2 * batteries

1 * USB charger

1 * stereo earphone with built-in microphone and clip

1 * USB data cable

1 * user manual

1 * Bluetooth headset (optional)