I’ve been investigating about Chinese phones the last few days and I have find out many interesting models and concepts. One common feature of Chinese mobile phones is dual sim support. This is a feature that I personally appreciate as I operate in two different carriers. Most of them have touch screen support and look like popular models of top mobile brands.

Among the most popular Chinese mobile phones are many iPhone replicas or Look a Likes, some of them are so similar that it is hard to tell the difference between the original and the clone one. Some of these iPhone clones are pretty well built and the applications and software they provide are quite interesting.

One of the best iPhone replicas you can find outthere is the Sciphone i68+. The Sciphone i68+ as a very sensitive 3″ Touch Screen that makes it easy to intereact with the “touch flow” style user interface, very similar to the one used in the real Apple iPhone.

Applications

Almost all Sciphones are powered by Nucleus Plus OS from Mentor Graphics (ATI) wich as support for Java MIDP-2.0. The i68+ is not an exception, it is able to run most Java available applications with no problems. As an example, Opera Mini probably the best Mobile Web Browser runs on the Sciphone i68+ so your Web Browsing wont be a problem. There are many available games and applications that the i68 phones can run, you can find a nice collection here.

Lets take a closer look to the i68+ Specs

• Processor: Mediatek MT6225 (ARM 7) running at 26 MHz.
• Quadband Support, Operating at 850, 900, 1800, and 1900 MHz.
• Big 3.2 inch screen with 240×320 resolution and 16-bit color.
• Built-in VGA camera.
• Two SIM slots for Dual Sim support.
• MicroSD slot that can take up to 8 gigabyte cards.
• Support for Java MIDP 2.0 with 1 megabyte heap size.
• Bluetooth 2.0 Connectivity.
• Media Player capable of playing MP3, AVI, 3GP, 3G2 JPG and MP4 formats.
• Built-in Motion Sensor (To change media).
• Data Connectivity: WAP, GPRS, SMS, MMS.
• Built-in FM Radio Tuner.

Over all it is a very good phone for it’s price and as new versions Sciphones firmware are released many improvements are being made.