[Review] HiPhone - A clone worth its name

Shoo

Guys don't buy this phone. I repeat...don't buy the phone.
Got mine in the mail yesterday.

Here is what you did not get from Tangmu's review:
- GPRS does not work on the phone.
- Works on dual band. Something called PCS Band. So if you leive in the US beware.
- No games as advertised( I really don't care about that)
- Phone is limited to 21 characters.
- Unusable Phone book
- You must navigate thru 3 or four steps to do anything
- MP3 player!!! LOL. Song name must be less than 18 characters or it won't show.
- Bluetooth!!! You have to reset everytime
- Bluetooh. Not stereo. You can listen to your music.
- Media Player. Good luck. Does not work.
- Pictures. Don't even bother showing it to anyone. they might sue for eye damage.

- Charger... you have to reset bcos it won't fit your adaptor.

Overall...
I won't sell this phone to my worst enemy.
It is not a phone. the only thing you can do on this hardware is play music if you setting are correct.
-No Email
-No SMS
-No MMS (Won't save your settings)
-Notepad (You can only write a word less than 18 xters)

DON"T BUY. Make these eBay sellers return this prodcut or make it usable.

barneyroo

Can you let me know where you got a phone for that price? Thanks

triton

@all
we do have to get all the infomations about this phone as possible to make it the phone we want it to be ....at least...
so please keep researching with your dealers etc to find out like ronson + sellstar

good work - gives us hope

swiltse

eBay! After some searching I found a seller with good feedback who was selling several of these phones with OEM data cables only. It is sad though as when the 4gb iPhone was discontinued it was available on apple.com NEW (including all accessories) for 300$ until they went out of stock.

Make sure you find a good seller and beware of refurbs. Also, don't worry about getting one unlocked as its very easy to do if you put in some time and research it. Very happy with my genuine iPhone so far, and was able to slang my HiPhone on ebay for about the same price I paid for it!

china_import

Are there any news about the update?

sellstar944

It's out...but I can't find any videos to compare the new features to the old one. It's hard to believe they fixed EVERY problem. I seriously doubt it...

A new problem: You cannot text someone that is not in your phone book. Can others confirm this?

ronson

As I was told the loudspeaker bug is not fixed in v1.1. I also seriously doubt that they fixed every problem.

china_import

For updating the the i32 we need the name of the chip, wich is inside (MTK xxxxx) and the pinout of the phone! Can anyone take a pic of the chip?

sparky2391

Hi All, well I got my Hiphone yesterday and have to report I am very disapointed with it! to put things into prospective I have a Ipod touch so I can compare (sort of )the two products.
The ipod is perfect works great very smooth web access is first class in fact I stopped using the main pc at home the ipod is great and suits my needs.
The Hiphone is jerky I am having problems getting it to read my mp3 files I down loaded last night is the first no no and I cannot get the tinternet to work even though the settings are all correct and checked with o2(same as nokia 2650) I was told by the seller and then lets talk about the phone part I cannot see the screen outdoors and the bluetooth(BT) is connected correctly to the car built in BT unit but it will not divert calls to the BT unit???? and I am very good with gadgets and have even read the poor instructions which is rare for me but I cannot make it work.
The buttons are not very responsive compared to the ipod which are 99% perfect but this is a problem I have found today recieving calls and found several hard pushes to get it to accept calls .
the note taking bit I use a lot on theipod touch and the hiphone version is utter pants compared with the ipod the key accuracy is excellent on the ipod but hiphone I have found to touch below the button you want is best but still gets the wrong button time after time and is very frustrating to say the least

Conclusion:
Save your pennys and buy a unlocked Iphone or like me buy the touch which is so superb and a separate small phone or just save up but I cannot recommend the Hiphone do not get me wrong it's ok but not up to the Ipod by a ile more 30% ipod copy than 99% me thinks oh and anyone want to buy a HI phone 1 day old LoL:D

mitsumi

No news about 1.2 firmware update?