IC/GO: SciPhone i68+ - iPhone lookalike Dual Sim Phone : 4900/-

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My cousin recently got me a SciPhone i68+ from his last visit to HK.
I have been using it for the past few days.
It's pretty neat.. obviously can't compare it with the original iPhone.
But it's a nifty lookalike.

A few pics...




Youtube -
YouTube - 8GB SciPhone i68+ BEST Complete Video Dual SIM Same time Standby Active Java 2.0

It sells on DealExtreme: Cool Gadgets at the Right Price - Site-Wide Free Shipping (Page 1) for about $117 ~ Rs. 5800/- INR
Here's the link..
DealExtreme: $116.50 SciPhone i68+ Quadband 3.2" LCD Java + Motion Sensor Dual SIM Dual Network GSM Cell Phone*EMS

Here's the item description taken from dealextreme:

1,Quad-band GSM Network Support:GSM850/900/1800/1900MHZ,
2,Java supported (verified by DX), compatible with third party software: instant messengers, office tools, games, etc;
3,3.2-inch vivid color ultra-definition touch screen LCD;
4,Shake control (motion sensor):swing to change music,pictures,interface menu. Animated menu flows in and out of the screen;
5,Slide to unlock;
6,MP3/MP4 player,bulti-in Hi-Fidelity stereo speaker;
7,FM radio;
8,Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP;
9,Dual sim and Dual standby;
10,Multi-language supported;
11,0.3 Megapixels auto-focus camera, DV, video recorder;
12,Supports MMS/GPRS/WAP2.0/eBook;
13,Automatically adjust the satus of pictures or videos when you play them;
14,E-book,64 phonix ring tone;

My cousin got it for ~ INR 4900.:hap2:
Contents:
2 x 1200mAh rechargeable lithium batteries included
AC charger, data cable, and earphone heaset included
1gb Memory card Included

I can arrange for a few handsets if anyone's interested. :D
He's going again end of this month.
He's also getting a consignment of his garment related stuff next week.. can source a few pcs if anyone would be interested. :hap2:

It's a pretty neat phone for the price you pay.

It's got auto rotate for pics / vids. Touchflo. Shake control to change songs and wallpapers.
8gb support. I am on a 4gb card currently.

Google for Sciphone i68+
There's a lot of youtube videos showing its interface too.

Update:
1st May - Have a perfectly functional SciPhone by my side.
Working flawlessly since the last couple of months !
Have sourced around 14units till date for friends.
And the HK dealer now offers a 1gb card in the package :)
 
This sure looks a kickass phone. Wow! It pwns iPhone :P

iPhone owners please don't spank me, lol...just this is too much for 5 K
 
but it has a legal IMEI no

thats what stated ...

some guy has the indian patent for dual sim phones

so indian dual sim company are in problem

lets see the outcome of the court case

but this phone look real cool for the price
 
But India is gonna ban these phones by April end!! I read about it in today's paper!

Some IMEI problem!
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HUH what does that mean? the phone wont work after that?

This sure looks a kickass phone. Wow! It pwns iPhone

iPhone owners please don't spank me, lol...just this is too much for 5 K
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I have an iphone 2g 16gb. now I'm thinking maybe I should sell it and buy this one. :O
 
sohail99 said:
But India is gonna ban these phones by April end!! I read about it in today's paper!

Some IMEI problem!
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I am using this phone right now.
It has 2 unique IMEI nos. One for each sim slot.
So these phones are perfectly legal.
They are approved by DOT as no 2 phones have the same IMEI nos.

I know this cause we have 3 phones in the family and all have unique IMEI's ! :)

@others: Did you guys check the other Youtube videos ? (There are a lot of them out there)
Awesome stuff for the price. That's what made me pester my cousin to get one for me when he went there last month !:P
 
Just two questions-
Does it have a Camera ?-if yes- then what resolution?
Wi-fi ?

Is there some kinda warranty- deal extreme says 12 months mfr warranty, pray will service be available in India ?
Only on reply can place order.
 
As always, the issue of warranty/replacement remains.
If you get it and it stops working, what do you do?
And one of the comments on the youtube video says that "i have this phone....but 2 white lines just appear out of no where..is anybody alse getting this problem? ".

And another downer is the 0.3 MP Cam.
 
Darthcoder said:
As always, the issue of warranty/replacement remains.
If you get it and it stops working, what do you do?
And one of the comments on the youtube video says that "i have this phone....but 2 white lines just appear out of no where..is anybody alse getting this problem? ".

And another downer is the 0.3 MP Cam.
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Warranty issue remains.. like with all phones from China / HK / Korea.
But atleast this one is not a flimsy built phone.
It comes from HK and the screen quality shows. :cool2:

Plus it doesn't have the stupid looking chinese screen with icons at the bottom of the touchscreen which make people say.. 'aah.. China phone !' :hap5:
Like this (notice icons @ bottom of screen)

Dealextreme does offer 1 year manufacturer warranty.
But what about the shipping cost.. sending it back to them ?
Sending and recieving would make up for the cost of a new phone !

And if you do a bit of googling.. there's not many people who've had trouble with their phones.

This particular phone has been a huge success worldwide.. with regular firmware updates and newer models with functional changes coming out from time to time.

The initial Sciphone had single sim capability.
Next Sciphone i68 had dual sim single working at one time. No touchflo / no g-sensor.
This one has dual sim dual standby / 8gb support / touchflo interface.
Touch dialling is simply superb. Nice big dialpad / very responsive.
Superb battery life. Lasts 2 days easy. Better than my HTC Touch :ashamed:

Enough pros. :)

Some cons -

Crappy stock headphones. - I am using my bluetooth handsfree from day one. They rock.
Crappy camera. People lookin for a good camera Stay away :hap5:
Limited java support - Not all games / apps run easily. Its a trial n error thing.

This is for people looking for a Cheap / Good Looking / Dual Sim phone who don't want others saying.. 'cheapo phone eh ?' Bet no one will say that :)

More questions ? :P
 
Hi ,

Send Me One Phone i Will Copy the Internal Code And Provide Service in India For These @ Rs :250 Per Phone if software Damage ,If Hardware Then Also i Could Tackle That .What Say
 
Just a heads-up! Came up in TOI today.
Chinese mobiles to be useless by month-end

NEW DELHI: Around 30 million mobile phones - or about 8% of all mobiles in the country - will become useless by the end of this month. These are
unbranded Chinese mobiles that do not have IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) numbers and pose a serious security risk.

All mobile phone service users have been directed by the Department of Telecom (DoT) to disconnect these phones. In fact, two deadlines - January 6 and March 31 - have already been missed by the companies. Now they have undertaken to acquire the necessary equipment to track these phones by April 15 and discontinue their services thereafter - a process that is expected to take another 15 days, that is, by April 30.

Under law, all GSM phones are required to have a unique IMEI number that gets reflected at cell phone towers with which, if required, the location of a mobile phone user can be tracked. These Chinese phones, however, show up as a series of zeroes at cell towers or by their cloned IMEI number. Either way, they can’t be tracked.

The CBI first pointed out the risk to the Union home ministry which took up the issue with DoT. In turn, DoT has instructed service providers to disconnect all phones without IMEI numbers. The service providers, according to DoT sources, have dragged their feet "despite the obvious security risk to the country."

Service providers told TOI they needed to equip themselves with Equipment Identity Registers which would allow them to check if calls are from legal or fake phones. EIRs, they said, would be with all by April 15. The weeding-out will then begin.

8 lakh Chinese cells enter India every month

The security risk from unbranded Chinese mobiles, to be phased out by the end of this month, can be guaged from the fact that a number of bombs have been triggered by terrorists by these phones. Mobile phones are part of terrorists’ essential equipment, for getting instructions from their handlers or for passing on information. If they use legal phones, their location can be found by IMEI numbers.

To give an example, after the Mehrauli blast the terrorists melted away without a trace. However, assuming that they had mobile phones, it should have been possible to track them down by zeroing in on all the phones that started to move away from the blast site immediately after the bomb went off. Instead of blindly putting roadblocks across the city, the security forces could have pinpointed all suspicious post-blast movements and caught the terrorists.

Security forces believe that, as it appears in the Mehrauli case, terrorists have taken to these unbranded Chinese phones to mask their movements. Currently, about 7-8 lakh Chinese phones come into the country every month. This figure was much higher before the talk of their ban started - in September 2008, 1.5 million of these phones came into India.

Naturally, not all of them are used by terrorists (only their easy availability makes them readily available). These phones are popular with consumers because of their low cost, often less than half the price of branded phones. That’s why service providers are seeking time to inform these users to change their handsets.

Sources in the home ministry, which first took up the issue with DoT in August last year, said "the problem of combination of IMEI numbers" has forced DoT to recognise the security risk and order a blanket ban on them.
"Combination of IMEI numbers", or many phones with the same IMEI number, happen because the number is cloned in lots of 100, 1,000 or 5,000 phones by makers of unbranded Chinese mobile phones. This makes it impossible to trace a call or to locate a particular phone.
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Chinese mobiles to be useless by month-end - India Business - Business - The Times of India

EDIT: If this phone has a distinct IMEI no. it might not be a problem.
 
Amarbir[Chandigarh] said:
Hi ,
Send Me One Phone i Will Copy the Internal Code And Provide Service in India For These @ Rs :250 Per Phone if software Damage ,If Hardware Then Also i Could Tackle That .What Say
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Sounds like a good deal ! :)

lol @ 6pack and Gannu !:ohyeah:

How about this guys ?
I am pretty dead sure it has unique IMEI's and won't go bust !
But just to make sure..
If you guys want the handsets.. we can try and order them after April 30 :P

If someone wants it now anyways.. let me know :cool2:

@JediKnight: Specs say 1.3mp cam. But it ain't. It's seems like a crappy 0.3mp as seen on the net everywhere. Pics quality is poor. :hap5:
 
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