According to Ulefone’s latest post, their Power smartphone has been a major success with 350,000 phone sales so far.
It’s quite common to see impressive sales figures when it comes to brands like Xioami, LeTV or Meizu, but we never generally hear how many smartphones the smaller brands manage to sell.
Ulefone have revealed a figure this week though, with a claimed 350,000 Ulefone Power phones sold since the handset was launched earlier in the year. It’s difficult to know if the number is of how many phones have actually shipped or just the number of phones ordered, but such a large number in such a short time would be quite the feat for Ulefone.
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The main selling point of the Ulefone Power is the 6050mAh battery, the phone also has a metal frame, wood look rear cover, fingerprint scanner, 5.5-inch FHD display, 3GB RAM and 13 mega-pixel rear camera.
In other Ulefone news, the company has plans to launch their bezel-less Ulefone Future soon, and the Ulefone Vienna which will be the first audio-centric smartphone from the company.
Still waiting to receive mine from Gearbest. Ordered in mid February.
My friend also ordered Gearbest, Gearbest reply will be shipped next week,
We hope to receive soon.
I cancelled mine after waiting 2 weeks and ordered a new one on gizchina’s shop last Friday. It’s home since Wednesday :).
So far I like it although I haven’t really tested it’s capabilities yet. I’m still testing Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro which arrived last Tuesday.
holy crap, please give us a comparison. I’m considering both of these phones but leaning towards the Note 3 Pro
I will, please allow me to test both phones a couple of days before giving my final conclusions but so far (And I can’t believe what I’m saying now) , I’m leaning more towards the Ulephone than the Xiaomi.
Mostly because my Power is rooted and the Xiaomi has a locked bootloader.
I will give you more details tomorrow.
Hello I tested both ulefone and xiaomi note 3 (without pro)
They are somehow similar phones but ulefone is cheaper and with that how some flaws.
Ulefone dont have so good performance , you can not notice that and the almost stock android is JOY to use withot any bloatware. I love it. As for the performance the gaming is not so great some games just stutter. Some games work great some have problems I guess the problem is with the android, I will see if that will be fixed with android 6 if you are not gamer on mobile like me this is not a problem. Also camera on ulefone is worse then on xiomi. Not too much but it is. There is slight problem with expsure settings on ulefone that make this camera bad in fact it is pretty good for the money. The ulefone have better battery, I prefer the weight and design and the stock android those are + for ulefone. Also I think ulefone have qucker chargin technology.
As for xiomi it is really great phone though I am not a fan of miui. It is good nice polished but I like stock more. Also if you have shop rom then you will have to update it yourself only original china rom will be updated from xiomi. The design is little more sleek with that aluminium body. Everything runs ok. Also I must note that these phones have problems with getting notifications. Ulefone does get notifications but xiomi dont get any if you dont have the app running in the background which is little frustrating. I think this is generally problem with chinese android 5.1 phones.
Also redmi note fingerprint reader is little bit better then on ulfone.
On the end if you need good performance and overall nice designed phone go for xiomi. If you want even better battery and stock efficient android wtih possibilities for good updates in the future (depends on ulefone) and less money go with power.
Just my overall opinion.
wooooah good job ulefone, i hope they become a big company they are supporting their devices, correcting alot in general.. dont like the back of the future though but its still good
high end design wooden , nice ! good camera. but have problem with software… need update bug and same to black border.
-homtom ht6 vs ulefone power
The reviews about the camera are not good at all, not only from gizchina. What is said is that probably the camera can be optimized, and might also have better results under Android 6.0.
Many of Chinese phones might have better camera. The thing is, they usually don’t …
How naive does one need to be, to believe that at some stage after releasing phone to the market, the producer will improve their product (ina software way) so much, it will actually change it’s reception?
The cameras in their phones don’t get good reviews cause they usually suck. No matter what the reason is – it was up to the producer to work on it.
The problem with camera is exposure value. It just too high. If you lower it to -1 -2 the camera becomes much better and the photos are not so washed out especially when using flash. Also you can use other camera apps like open camera that produces good pictures better then stock camera app.
yeah, it’s probably due to the f/1.8 Aperture that it’s so bright. and that’s a good thing, meaning it should do well in low lighting.
I thought I had read that the “wooden” back cover was plastic masquerading as wood. Is this true?
No one is truly back cover made of wood, so simply can not make a cover, including oneplus phone, too, he was just outside is a layer of a material similar to wood.
its not real wood yes. its plastic.
body -> plastic + aluminium, (wood texture colors)
Ulefone power is currently the highest rated Chinese mobile phone models, excluding millet, Huawei these brands.
Users will recognize good quality and service brand, rather than low prices, ulefone adhere to this is sufficient.
Still waiting to receive mine from Gearbest. Ordered in mid February.
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I cancelled mine after waiting 2 weeks and ordered a new one on gizchina’s shop last Friday. It’s home since Wednesday :).
So far I like it although I haven’t really tested it’s capabilities yet. I’m still testing Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro which arrived last Tuesday.
holy crap, please give us a comparison. I’m considering both of these phones but leaning towards the Note 3 Pro
I will, please allow me to test both phones a couple of days before giving my final conclusions but so far (And I can’t believe what I’m saying now) , I’m leaning more towards the Ulephone than the Xiaomi.
Mostly because my Power is rooted and the Xiaomi has a locked bootloader. The fingerprint scanner on the Xiaomi works faster and better than the one on the Power but this may be due to the Power unlocking quite slow(launcher + animations).
I will give you more details tomorrow.
Hello I tested both ulefone and xiaomi note 3 (without pro)
They are somehow similar phones but ulefone is cheaper and with that how some flaws.
Ulefone does not have so good performance (in games) BUT you can not notice that and the almost stock android is JOY to use without any bloatware. I love it. As for the performance the gaming is not so great some games just stutter. Some games work great some have problems I guess the problem is with the android, I will see if that will be fixed with android 6 if you are not a gamer on mobile like me this is not a problem. Also, camera on ulefone is worse then on xiomi. Not too much but it is. There is a slight problem with exposure settings on ulefone that make this camera bad, in fact, it is pretty good for the money. The ulefone have better battery, I prefer the weight and design and the stock android. Those are + for ulefone. Also, I think ulefone have quicker charging technology.
As for xiomi it is a really great phone though I am not a fan of miui. It is good nice polished but I like stock more. Also, if you have shop rom then you will have to update it yourself only original china rom will be updated from xiomi. The design is little more sleek with that aluminium body. Everything runs ok. Also, I must note that these phones have problems with getting notifications. Ulefone does get notifications (sometimes not sometimes does) but xiomi don’t get any if you don’t have the app running in the background which is little frustrating. I think this is generally the problem with Chinese android 5.1 phones.
Redmi note fingerprint reader is a little bit better then on ulefone.
On the end if you need a good performance and overall nice designed phone go for xiomi. If you want an even better battery and stock efficient android with possibilities for good updates in the future (depends on ulefone) and less money go with power.
Just my overall opinion.
wooooah good job ulefone, i hope they become a big company they are supporting their devices, correcting alot in general.. dont like the back of the future though but its still good
high end design wooden , nice ! good camera. Review gizchina camera = crazy…. 100% unbelievable score 5.
-homtom ht6 vs ulefone power
The reviews about the camera are not good at all, not only from gizchina. What is said is that probably the camera can be optimized, and might also have better results under Android 6.0.
Many of Chinese phones might have better camera. The thing is, they usually don’t …
How naive does one need to be, to believe that at some stage after releasing phone to the market, the producer will improve their product (ina software way) so much, it will actually change it’s reception?
The cameras in their phones don’t get good reviews cause they usually suck. No matter what the reason is – it was up to the producer to work on it.
I thought I had read that the “wooden” back cover was plastic masquerading as wood. Is this true?
its not real wood yes. its plastic.
body -> plastic + aluminium, (wood texture colors)
The problem with camera is exposure value. It just too high. If you lower it to -1 -2 the camera becomes much better and the photos are not so washed out especially when using flash. Also you can use other camera apps like open camera that produces good pictures better then stock camera app.
yeah, it’s probably due to the f/1.8 Aperture that it’s so bright. and that’s a good thing, meaning it should do well in low lighting.
That’s mainly because users don’t want to charge the phone every night to (try to) have a full day of use on the next day. That’s so annoying, and it surprises me how most companies are still making devices with less than 3000 mAh. Even the Samsung/Apple/LG fans should agree that recharging the phone every day is so 20th century… 😛 I’ve never heard one word about Ulefone (and most Chinese brands like Vivo, Doogee, etc) until this year, and I became excited to discover a lot of options with decent battery. This Ulefone battery is (probably) amazing, and the phone has decent specifications. I’m a frustrated HTC fan (frustrated because the company didn’t come with anything really nice after the M7, until now (HTC 10 looks perfect to be my next phone based on the leaks), and I’ve seriously considered the Ulefone Power. Now I’m waiting for a good-battery smartphone with SD820 (maybe X20 if I think that it is not worth spending a lot of money in a SD820 smartphone). I hope the HTC 10 will be what I’m looking for. I plan to make my decision until May, when we’re likely to have available options (those new announced phones that no one can find anywhere for now, and probably will be available in May). I don’t want a phone larger than 5.5″, which limits my options.
Impressive
That’s mainly because users don’t want to charge the phone every night to (try to) have a full day of use on the next day. That’s so annoying, and it surprises me how most companies are still making devices with less than 3000 mAh. Even the Samsung/Apple/LG fans should agree that recharging the phone every day is so 20th century… 😛 I’ve never heard one word about Ulefone (and most Chinese brands like Vivo, Doogee, etc) until this year, and I became excited to discover a lot of options with decent battery. This Ulefone battery is (probably) amazing, and the phone has decent specifications. I’m a frustrated HTC fan (frustrated because the company didn’t come with anything really nice after the M7, until now (HTC 10 looks perfect to be my next phone based on the leaks), and I’ve seriously considered the Ulefone Power. Now I’m waiting for a good-battery smartphone with SD820 (maybe X20 if I think that it is not worth spending a lot of money in a SD820 smartphone). I hope the HTC 10 will be what I’m looking for. I plan to make my decision until May, when we’re likely to have available options (those new announced phones that no one can find anywhere for now, and probably will be available in May). I don’t want a phone larger than 5.5″, which limits my options.
can someone explain why this phone runs android in 32 bits?
Ulefone commitment to upgrade Android 6.0 version, will be a 64-bit system.
Impressive
IF, Big IF, thos is to be any truth then it should tell them that if they go out with the Power Premium they will do OK or maybe even great sales… Hope they do…
can someone explain why this phone runs android in 32 bits?
I have the Ulefone Power.
Really good, exept camera.
i have it but battery drain super fast. get only 9h. (60% just 5 hours ) check update version. tnks.
homtom ht6 = 4 days normal use
oukitel k6000 = 3 days
Strange, not the same problem with mine…
I also have two other smartphone swith big battery (Bluboo X550 / Mlais base) and my Ulefone is a little better about autonomy.
Did you try some battery benchmark (like geekbench) ?
firmware , 2016.02.01 ?
2016.01.29
IF, Big IF, thos is to be any truth then it should tell them that if they go out with the Power Premium they will do OK or maybe even great sales… Hope they do…
I have the Ulefone Power.
Really good, exept camera.
i have it but battery drain super fast. get only 9h. (60% just 5 hours ) check update version. tnks.
homtom ht6 = 4 days normal use
oukitel k6000 = 3 days
Strange, not the same problem with mine…
I also have two other smartphone swith big battery (Bluboo X550 / Mlais base) and my Ulefone is a little better about autonomy.
Did you try some battery benchmark (like geekbench) ?
firmware , 2016.02.01 ?
2016.01.29