GooPhone X1 promises to be worlds cheapest quad-core MT6589 phone


GooPhone have been making their mark on the world of Chinese smartphones thanks to their convincing Apple and Samsung clones. The GooPhone X1 breaks that habit though and focuses on low-price.

GooPhone have priced the GooPhone X1 at just 649 Yuan ($105) for the Chinese phone market, but even at this low price they have managed to include a quad-core MT6589 processor and 4.7-inch display!

Gizchina News of the week


To keep costs low the display only offers a resolution of 854 x 480 though and the rear camera is a 5 mega-pixel sensor, but you still get dual-sim standby, SD card expansion, 1GB RAM and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean as standard.

GooPhone X1 Specifications

[komper pid=87 compareform=no]
Disclaimer: We may be compensated by some of the companies whose products we talk about, but our articles and reviews are always our honest opinions. For more details, you can check out our editorial guidelines and learn about how we use affiliate links.

Previous ZTE Announce ZTE Grand X2 with Intel Inside
Next Huawei to launch 6.18mm Huawei P6 on 18th June, leaked images

15 Comments

  1. Moshe
    May 16, 2013

    where can i buy it ? they ship to israel ?

  2. XrainX
    May 16, 2013

    Man, but is double than the … cheapest: gizchina.com/2013/02/08/mogu-s1-is-the-worlds-cheapest-5-inch-phablet-at-48/

    Back to GooPhone: I think they are sad/mad because launching perfect clones and not selling so much with their high prices they want, because of some competitors like JiaYu, Dakele, UMI, Neo, iOcean, which are announcing every day fantastic prices around 900 Yuan, new models, spy photos, engineering models.
    And GooPhone want to show them who is the boss.

    Even with a gay name, a $105 price for a 4.7″@720p will be very nice, but the old readers of GizChina will know the international price will be in the start for about $180. GayPhone not forget that we want 900/2100 for 3G.
    The prices announced on GizChina are real but after about 6 months of launching the phone on the international market.
    So $105 in… november? :-O

    • May 16, 2013

      Again, the prices we mention are Chinese mainland prices

  3. Simon
    May 16, 2013

    I know Goophone are apparently famous for their supposed clones. Is that really any worse than any of the other manufacturers making headlines ?

    • toni
      May 16, 2013

      and what about this phone? https://www.gizchina.com/2012/07/05/buy-htc-one-s-clone-goophone-x1/

      have the same name with diferent settings?

      • May 16, 2013

        different phones

        • toni
          May 16, 2013

          ok thanks for your info

        • toni
          May 16, 2013

          hi, i find in yoybuy at 99$ + tax + ship, but don´t know if its available at this moment, the store show have 1111 units available

          • Alex
            May 17, 2013

            Please provide a direct link to the product page for $99 + tax + shipping thank you very much 🙂

            • darkwing
              May 17, 2013

              Acording to the cited site, it uses TD-SCDMA, so, unless you want a expensive low capacity mp3/video player, you should avoid it (by this i mean it can only be used IN china)

  4. Simon
    May 16, 2013

    I liked the look of the Goophone X7

  5. darkwing
    May 19, 2013

    So maybe someone at gizchina could point us to a reliable place to buy this, that way i can finally review the performance of the mtk6589 myself (i was somewhat disapointed of the mtk 6577)

  6. Waaif
    May 25, 2013

    Can anybody confirm is it quad core? N have 1 gb ram n 3g phone?

  7. Hoang
    June 1, 2013

    So guys. the goophone X1 has only 512mb RAM.

    • blah
      June 13, 2013

      u have it!??? it has only 512mb ram!??