No.1 is one of those Chinese manufacturers which simply refuses to budge. They’ve been making clones since quite a while, and from the looks of it, the company’s gotten quite good at it. They’ve released a flurry of clones in the past few weeks, including, but not limited to a clone of the Xiaomi Mi 4, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Gear smartwatch, etc.
We’re in the process of testing some of these clones, and will shortly be back with reviews. Meanwhile, lets talk about what’s been going on at the No.1 camps lately.
No.1 X1 Rugged Waterproof Phone
Although we don’t often talk about such phones here at GizChina, but there’s a market for phones that don’t look as pretty, but can take a beating… some refer to them as the Bear Grylls of phones. No.1 have their own take of this in the form of the X1. It comes with a rather modest specifications set, but the beauty of this phone lies in the fact that it is (claimed to be) IP-68 certified. This means that the phone will not only be able to take a beating, but also give you the freedom to use the phone in wet conditions.
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Other than that, it’s your usual MediaTek MT6582 phone… but with a rather large capacity 5800mAh battery. It has a 5-inch screen with a 1280 x 720p resolution, a 13 mega-pixel rear camera and a 5 mega-pixel front camera.
You can find more info about the device on the official No.1 website.
No.1 Note 4 (and Note 4+)
So as you would’ve guessed from the name, the Note 4 and the Note 4+ are clones of the current premier Samsung phablet. While the lower spec’d of the lot, the No.1 Note 4 comes with a quad-core processor, the Note 4+ comes with exactly the same chassis design, but gets an upgrade to an octa-core processor — the MediaTek MT6592. Sadly, for heavy multitaskers, both phones come with just 1GB of RAM and 8GB of ROM. That said, we’ve been testing the quad-core version and we have to admit that we’ve developed a liking for it already.
More information on official website: Note 4, Note 4+.
Have your say
Have you ever owned a cloned phone before? If yes, which one? If no, would you consider purchasing one?
With cloned phones getting better and better each year, many are but left made to consider such phones, even with the obvious inspiration. Do let us know what you think about the phones that we talked about here, and cloned phones in general.
5800mAh battery!?! Damn. If it didn’t look like a log, I would’ve bought it. Actually, that’s something I’d like to see. A thick phone with an ergonomic and sleek design, a huge battery and decent processor. That would fly off the shelves. The closest thing so far has been the ThL 5000, and that wasn’t really marketed well enough.
Innos d10 has 6000mAh battery…Philips and gionee also has high capacity battery
also, rugegd phone usually has high capacity.there is aother Projector phone which has 5000mah battery too
I had a clone before, but when they actually looked like a good deal, my cloned Note 3 has IR Remote. But the bad construction is a shame, the front camera and headphone jack, suddenly stopped to work, no way to repair and i Don’t care because I have another phone. In this time and age I never recommend one again, 2015 will be the time of good specs for low money, and the clones lacks most features and are to overpriced, who is gonna pay 180$ or more for a clone? Support real chinese startups, No. 1 has potential but need stop cloning, like Elephone is learning.
5800mAh battery!?! Damn. If it didn’t look like a log, I would’ve bought it. Actually, that’s something I’d like to see. A thick phone with an ergonomic and sleek design, a huge battery and decent processor. That would fly off the shelves. The closest thing so far has been the ThL 5000, and that wasn’t really marketed well enough.
Innos d10 has 6000mAh battery…Philips and gionee also has high capacity battery
also, rugegd phone usually has high capacity.there is aother Projector phone which has 5000mah battery too
I had a clone before, but when they actually looked like a good deal, my cloned Note 3 has IR Remote. But the bad construction is a shame, the front camera and headphone jack, suddenly stopped to work, no way to repair and i Don’t care because I have another phone. In this time and age I never recommend one again, 2015 will be the time of good specs for low money, and the clones lacks most features and are to overpriced, who is gonna pay 180$ or more for a clone? Support real chinese startups, No. 1 has potential but need stop cloning, like Elephone is learning.
I’ve known a few people to own clone phones of sorts including an iPhone 5s clone, a Galaxy S4 and a Galaxy S5 clone. I would strongly advise against clones because the ones I’ve seen first hand have ALWAYS had faked specs via a hacked kernel or other means and usually extremely poor build quality (usually only revealed by time…). The iPhone 5s was sold as a 2gb/32gb setup, in reality it’s a 512mb/2gb setup…
I can fully understand why people would take the risk on an iPhone clone given the genuine version price tag is something like 10 x the price of the clone, and people will take the risk because iPhones have soo many mainstream accessories and cases which sometimes appeal more than the specs (for those fashion hunters out there)
But ye, my advice is STAY AWAY FROM CLONES!
Ummn your 1+ is a clone 🙂
HAHAAH!
Jiayu , Xiami and Elephone are my favoured brands and they look rather good
i’m willing to buy off from on of em!
their clones look respectable and reather over-achieving.
ALSO , Meizu is pretty hyped nowadays
Erm, I see where you’re going with that…
For the record I’m on about the full on clones with the copied logos and boxes, accessories etc…
I don’t regard phones that look like an iPhone 6 but don’t have the Apple logo as a clone, I mean come on, there’s surely only so many different phone designs we can see before we start seeing similarities! And then we start calling them clones?
My OnePlus One looks waaaaay better than the Oppo Find7 in this regard 😉 It has better hardware than the Find7a and is a lot cheaper than the 2K Find7 but still shares the same build quality so obviously it’s a no brainer of a purchase! 😛
Totally agree…these clones are the modern day equivalent of the fake Rolex watches back in the 1980s. They looked great but failed almost immediately and were good for telling the correct time twice a day.
Before you buy any of these PoS phones, check out what some of the more honest reviewers on YouTube like ITX tutor have to say about them – not the ones getting a high commission from the sellers. As we say in Chinese… these phones are for Western Fools. Don’t become one.
i have owned Zopos, jiayu and neken
i love clones, they provide a cheap alternative. some clones can be and are better than the originals.
sure there are major problems with clones like fake specs or low build quality but that depends on brand,manufacturer and where it was bought. my zopo zp100 lasted me a long time before i changed to the xiaomi mi 2s
my advice is be cautious with clones and research the problems with the brand and quality, don’t just buy immediately
I’ve known a few people to own clone phones of sorts including an iPhone 5s clone, a Galaxy S4 and a Galaxy S5 clone. I would strongly advise against clones because the ones I’ve seen first hand have ALWAYS had faked specs via a hacked kernel or other means and usually extremely poor build quality (usually only revealed by time…). The iPhone 5s was sold as a 2gb/32gb setup, in reality it’s a 512mb/2gb setup…
I can fully understand why people would take the risk on an iPhone clone given the genuine version price tag is something like 10 x the price of the clone, and people will take the risk because iPhones have soo many mainstream accessories and cases which sometimes appeal more than the specs (for those fashion hunters out there)
But ye, my advice is STAY AWAY FROM CLONES!
Ummn your 1+ is a clone 🙂
HAHAAH!
Jiayu , Xiami and Elephone are my favoured brands and they look rather good
i’m willing to buy off from on of em!
their clones look respectable and reather over-achieving.
ALSO , Meizu is pretty hyped nowadays
Erm, I see where you’re going with that…
For the record I’m on about the full on clones with the copied logos and boxes, accessories etc…
I don’t regard phones that look like an iPhone 6 but don’t have the Apple logo as a clone, I mean come on, there’s surely only so many different phone designs we can see before we start seeing similarities! And then we start calling them clones?
My OnePlus One looks waaaaay better than the Oppo Find7 in this regard 😉 It has better hardware than the Find7a and is a lot cheaper than the 2K Find7 but still shares the same build quality so obviously it’s a no brainer of a purchase! 😛
Totally agree…these clones are the modern day equivalent of the fake Rolex watches back in the 1980s. They looked great but failed almost immediately and were good for telling the correct time twice a day.
Before you buy any of these PoS phones, check out what some of the more honest reviewers on YouTube like ITX tutor have to say about them – not the ones getting a high commission from the sellers. As we say in Chinese… these phones are for Western Fools. Don’t become one.
i have owned Zopos, jiayu and neken
i love clones, they provide a cheap alternative. some clones can be and are better than the originals.
sure there are major problems with clones like fake specs or low build quality but that depends on brand,manufacturer and where it was bought. my zopo zp100 lasted me a long time before i changed to the xiaomi mi 2s
my advice is be cautious with clones and research the problems with the brand and quality, don’t just buy immediately
I have to agree about the clones Mine a G900s (Samsung G5 ) looks and performs reasonable but I would love to be able to re-jig it and loose some of the apps that seem to be burnt into the rom. Some crap off might make it a better phone. Is there a site one can go for instruction to try to de clutter phones, ?? But then you only get what you pay for. BTW there is a phone with a 5200 battery coming it was reviewed the other day on here. Go back you will find it. I am a fan of Chinese phones but find the current batch of imported executives seem to be pushing the price up to achieve the greed of the west. I think it may be time for a mass boycott here. $575/$625 for a Meizu MX4 Pro is madness.The only thing that will happen is they will gain and eventually lose market share. Typical capitalist greed being forced into the Chinese system.
I have to agree about the clones Mine a G900s (Samsung G5 ) looks and performs reasonable but I would love to be able to re-jig it and loose some of the apps that seem to be burnt into the rom. Some crap off might make it a better phone. Is there a site one can go for instruction to try to de clutter phones, ?? But then you only get what you pay for. BTW there is a phone with a 5200 battery coming it was reviewed the other day on here. Go back you will find it. I am a fan of Chinese phones but find the current batch of imported executives seem to be pushing the price up to achieve the greed of the west. I think it may be time for a mass boycott here. $575/$625 for a Meizu MX4 Pro is madness.The only thing that will happen is they will gain and eventually lose market share. Typical capitalist greed being forced into the Chinese system.
I bought the normal quad-core version. I was very surprised of the good quality and performance of the No. 1, however, the battery was empty already within 6 hours and the qravity sensor was not working. I noticed that wifi and 3g consumed almost 80% of the battery life and I dont know why. Its ok for 100€ including taxes and shipping.
I bought the normal quad-core version. I was very surprised of the good quality and performance of the No. 1, however, the battery was empty already within 6 hours and the qravity sensor was not working. I noticed that wifi and 3g consumed almost 80% of the battery life and I dont know why. Its ok for 100€ including taxes and shipping.