The best iPhone clone yet
The D-8 is close, but no cigar.
(Credit: Beyond E-Tech)iPhone clones (or iClones) are a dime a dozen, but this model caught my eye. Sold by Houston-based Beyond E-Tech, which also produces the Duet D888, the D-8 only would confuse someone who's been living in a bunker for the last three years.
It's about the same size as the iPhone, but the display is much smaller (2.8 inches) to make room for a calling controls, a dedicated music player button, and what look like soft keys. And to be honest, while the D-8 apparently has an accelerometer, I'm not even sure the 65,000-color display is a touch screen. But look at those (obviously photoshopped) feature icons.
Like the D888, the D-8 is a dual-SIM card phone so you can make calls and send texts from two numbers on the same device. That alone makes it the best iClone yet. Other features on the unlocked world phone include an FM radio, mobile TV, a 2-megapixel camera, basic organizer features, messaging, Bluetooth, a speakerphone, and a music player.
Kent German is a senior editor for cell phone reviews at CNET. When he's not testing the newest handsets on the market, he's blogging about cell phone news for Crave. In his On Call column, he answers reader questions and gives his take on the rapidly changing mobile industry. E-mail Kent. 
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u gotta be kidding me... it's been two years since these phones are around... u're seeing it now
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We aren't all rich, we can't all afford such an expensive phone, not it's high cost plan each month. It's quite rude of you to criticize those of us who don't, and can't. Some cheaper phones will do close to the same things, at a lower price.
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As for me I will stick with my $600 HTC.
BTW the iphone is full of fail
Proof - look up user "lasteclispe" video on youtube.
HAHAHAHA
samsung o.m.n.i.a :)
Conclusion: as useless as a clone of a turd.
- by windooor7 May 10, 2009 2:30 PM PDT
- IT MUST BE MEIZU M8 AND M9 infact they are not clones they are better. but the new iphone might turn any new phone into a clone overnight . and i think that why meizu is holding on to m9 to avoid dead on alive scenario
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- by geetmala2 May 30, 2009 7:59 PM PDT
- I have never understood this so help me here guys. Ever since cell phones became main stream, they have lived with poor service, non-existent customer service, no value-add services, and shady marketing practices by cellular companies. I just don't get it why don't they ask for better service and better everything as they pay about 3-5 times more than the rest of the world pays for cell phone service.
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Showing 1 of 2 pages (53 Comments)I really like the iPhone and think that it's an incredibly cool device - but a device nonetheless. And will probably never buy an iClone as there are numerous better options are available in the rest of the world. While Stateside everyone obsesses about the iPhone and thousands of apps while paying through the nose for AT&T's incredibly bad service and limited features, rest of the world specially Asia enjoys (and has enjoyed) excellent cell service with total consumer freedom with REAL competition for our hard earned money. Case in point, we own our cell phones without 2 yr commitments and love having dual SIMS and other NECESSARY features such as over-the-air sync for address book, music, pictures, and FREE INCOMING CALLS, and extremely affordable unlimited SMS functions.
It even gets sweeter when I travel to EU and carry only one phone with a 5.1MP camera w/ flash. All I have to do stay connected locally and back home is to buy a one Euro local SIM and make/receive really inexpensive local calls while still being able to get important calls from back home. That is the REAL promise of technology and NOT that you check what some useless actor tweeting about at 4 am.
Every time I am in the US, I am baffled at the my utterly oblivious American friends who think that having 300 apps on their iPhone is why technology is invented and improved upon. When told about how rest of world makes good use of cell phones, most of the time, they try to justify in every which way their iPhone purchase and HIGH recurring monthly bill. They simply can't comprehend that someone from a tiny little Asian country can get superior voice quality, world-wide service, 4 G data speeds, unlimited SMS, TV, and high res stills all on one device and all for around $8/month and has the option to use any carrier anytime, any month, any where without signing over their first bron along with the 2 year committment.
Of BTW, we are very happy to pay full price for our nifty all-in-one cell phones and love upgrading them to newer better models whenever we like.