Ephone Joins The Attack Of The Iphone Clones

[Cyk]

Just what might this be? The Ephone might look like some other phone you have seen before, but it is in fact the most audacious of iClones, and differentiates itself by leaving out all the good stuff (touch screen, 3G) and stuffing the "razor sharp" case full of junk. What's inside?

The EPhone has TV. This looks to be old-fashioned TV rather than TV over the cell network, although rabbit ears are not provided in the box. The phone will also play music and video, but the measly 1GB bundled card means you won't exactly be spoiled for choice. The camera, amazingly, is even worse than that of the real iPhone, at just 1.3 megapixels, but the EPhone does support MMS and dual SIM cards.



Other than that, the EPhone is short on features. Merely to poke fun, let's take a look at the other "specifications": The phone book is nothing short of extraordinary, and offers an oddly recursive ability: it "can store 500 phonebooks". Games, too, are supported, and the lucky buyer will get "One as standard".

You want more? What about the FM radio, which will "play outside without earphone"? By now, you are certainly tempted by this revolutionary device and its original good looks. The bad news? It cost almost the same as a real iPhone 3G, at $160. But as Daring Fireball's John Gruber succinctly puts it, "Why not save a few bucks?"

Here is the Product page

( blog.wire )

[Dr. V]

After all, this is one cloned iPhone handset that resembles the original closest, although scratching beneath its surface, you will realize that this is one of the worst clones to have been released. You won't find touchscreen capability with this nor 3G connectivity, but you will be able to rock to the following :-

• TV support
• Audio and video playback
• 1.3 megapixel camera
• Dual SIM card support
• 500 number storage space
• Integrated FM radio

[Birdie]

Strange to know that some people are willing for fork out $160 for this atrocity

[Jaden]

the device supports simultaneous work with two SIM-cards, MMS. Dimensions EPHONE M8 constitute 112h62h15 mm, weight of 100 g. In the unit does not support third-generation networks. The interface supports ten languages, and the cost of new items is only $ 160.