The Cect HiPhone is the most popular iPhone clone brand right now but a pretender has just arrived that might be able to successfully challenge its dominance. For one thing, the SciPhone model i68 is pretty damn close hardware-wise to what the iPhone looks like. The photo you see above is no ordinary rendering; that is actually what the phone looks like. For a more realistic view, you can watch the video after the break.
Specs of the Sciphone (pronounced Sky Phone) include a quadband GSM connectivity, 3.2-inch touchscreen with both finger and stylus input, 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth (!!), Fm tuner and a G-Sensor for flick navigation. The demo video below shows only a changing of wallpapers when the Sciphone is flicked but it should also be able to change track by flicking.
[via itechnews]
May 28th, 2009 at 11:46 am
The problem I am having is, i am trying to connect aim (texting to my cell phone) however it won’t recieve the confirmation code by text. ? I have text messaging on it. ? any solutions?
May 30th, 2009 at 7:21 am
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May 30th, 2009 at 7:23 am
WE HAVE THE APPLE IPGONE HERE AT JUST $300USD
May 30th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
I would be happy as hell if I could get voice to work, I bought an older sim (not 3g) and the phone says emergency on the slot space. I registered it with ATT but they can not help.
HELP
May 30th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
I would be happy if i were to be able to make a call. When I call out it takes a while and then says call failed. I do not know how to make this phone work. please help !
June 1st, 2009 at 5:05 am
I can not get my phone to read my sim card. I have a cellular company that is local and they said they were compatible with this phone but I can not get it to read my sim card. They really dont want to help either. My phone company is West Central Wireless
June 1st, 2009 at 8:02 am
I just got the sciphone i68 and after inserting my sim card, it says all I can make are emergency calls. I tried the card in both slots, but with the same result. I’ve emailed the seller, but he is no help really. My network is AT&T, and my sim card works fine in my w300i. Any ideas?
June 1st, 2009 at 8:53 am
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June 1st, 2009 at 11:48 am
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June 1st, 2009 at 10:52 pm
Just wondering if Google maps works in the I68
June 3rd, 2009 at 3:09 pm
i bought a 168 phone from EBAY 90pounds. what a waste of money try and move mp3 from ya pc to phone no chance very slow inteface PLEASE DONT BUY 1 THERE SHIT ALSO FM JUSTS CLICKS Crap SOUND U HAVE BEEN WARNED DO NOT BUY 1.please dont waste ya money
June 3rd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
ged is right hes the man i love him look dont buy a 168 ok folks good on ged well done ged
June 5th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
yeah it looks neat but should have been sold for $19.99 on QVC some where. I cant get videos or music down loaded to it. The pictures aint hittin on nothing either. No dont buy it, oh yeah most of the stuff no almost every thing is in chinese.
June 5th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
i have a problem everytime someone is calling it wont recognized.only number appears.please help me.
June 6th, 2009 at 5:27 am
Amy try inserting the sim card with the cutoff edge to the right i also had the phone saying emergency then i switched it and an it worked but for sim card 2 .my problem is i cant find instructions in english doesn anyone have any idea where to look .i have no clue how to put phone on vibrate
June 6th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Hey Liz,
You put it on vibrate you do this:
Go to User Profile
Select Meeting
Select Activate
This will put the sciphone on vibrate.
Tracy
June 6th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Does anyone know if you organize your icon? For example, if I have an app on page 3, but I want it on page 2, can I reorganize where I want them?
I have no problem sending or receiving texts, but my phone doesn’t save my sent txts, is there an option for this?
And one more question, does this phone have predictive texting so I don’t have to spell out every word? Also, when you choose ABC or abc, there are alot of other options in different languages, can I turn these off so I don’t have to click through each of them to go from capital to small to numbers? Some of you guys really know your stuff on here, so any help would be great! Thanks!
Tracy
June 8th, 2009 at 11:36 am
i have got i68+ on tmobile i have just got the internet and mms setting for mine off the tmobile site by downloanding the setting for nokier 2610 and it worked for me and it is free
June 9th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
I set up my gprs from the instructions provided and it worked. The first thing I do is go to Facebook but it’s in Chinese! How can I change the language?
June 9th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
i personally think that the sci phone is worst phone ever made. when i recieve sms messages i am only shown the number! i hate this phone i need to get my money back asap!!
June 10th, 2009 at 6:17 am
It only takes a little bit of common sense to set this phone up properly, but since you all seem to be lacking in that area I will lend you a hand.. On second thought,
You people seriously don’t know how to use Google?
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:NSGgwth0stgJ:www.mysciphone.com/support/manuals/i68/english/Manual.pdf+i68+phone+manual&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=firefox-a
There’s your damn manual, go fix your problems.
June 10th, 2009 at 7:52 am
i bought a 168 phone and can not call out. it says emergency. i have att. It suppose to be compadable. what do i do?
June 11th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Elaine,(223) I have same problem-i68-says emegency-have att-if u figure it out please e-mail me @ san4212@aol.com or anyone else that might know—PLEASE HELP.
June 11th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
oye compre un i68 y no sirve la pantalla cuando tocas las funciones como cuesta te tira otra cosa y cuesta desbloquearlo para entrar a las funciones como lo puedo reparar……………o que tengo que hacer para esto
June 14th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Help
I am unable to use the dual sim on my phone simultaneously. When I am on a call on one sim, the other sim is not available.
June 14th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
I bought this phone off eBay from a HK company. Arrived without manual. A few emails pleading for one (NO I do not want to learn to use sending email questions) a text only 25page doc arrived. It isuseful and I’ve “touched it up” in Acrobat to include page numbers. Happy to make available to any one on request.
June 14th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
To Walter
Can’t see how it would be possible to USE 2 sims at once. Let me know if you discover how.
June 15th, 2009 at 12:09 am
I’m still discovering the how-to’s of this cellphone. I also had the same problem with the text and call showing numbers only, it is because whenever I add entries to my phonebook on my old cellphone, I edited the numbers and I remove the +(country code) and changed it to 0 instead, so what I did I changed everything in my phonebook and bringing it back to its original numbers (THANKS TO i68! MAKING MY LIFE SO MISERABLE AND DIFFICULT!!!) so I bring the numbers with its country code, for example, I’m from the Philippines and our country code is 63 so instead of putting 09207771234 I changed it one by one by putting it like this +639207771234, and now I can see the senders and the callers in my phone…hope this helps…
June 16th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Hi Ann,
I would love to have a copy of that manual. Can you send it to jsiranovic@roadrunner.com ?
June 16th, 2009 at 10:39 am
hello, the slot sim2 card , don¨t run, both sims are to the same company, i probe to restart the phone with the security code ,but dont run, the clear bottom and the ok bottom in the initial security insert pin code dont work when i press but i can hear the vibrating noise.
The profile sim settings are in dual sim mode.
Both sims works in the card 1 slot whitought any problem , but the pone it´s bloked the slot2 or the software dont run to this mode.
sorry to my english.
Carlos
from Spain
June 16th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
John
PDF manual has been sent. Also PDF of Quickstart.
I am continuing daily Q&A with retailer to attempt to get to the bottom of this phone. Soon I’ll lose patience and send it back!
Carlos
Will talk to a Spanish TAFE teacher and ask if he cab help you with Q&A. Let you know later.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
hi there stace wilkinson
i was wondering if you got any of the settings and numbers for the i68 for acc name,apn code,username and password as i myself am on o2 and in the UK n as ive given up trying to get settings from o2 customer care,phones4u,carphone warehouse etc etc
i just get the same response everywhere i go sayn they will try n when i call back none of them can get the info.
ANY HELP WITH THE ABOVE WILL BE MUCHLY APPRECIATED !!!!
please forward any info you have if you can to n4t4mtor@hotmail.com
thanks
June 16th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Hello, please forward a copy of the manual to me too. I am on tmobile and can’t get it to work properly
June 16th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Chereselmoore@msn.com is my email address for the manual
June 16th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
emailed to Chereselmoore as requested.
June 16th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
hi,
has anyone got the settings for the i68+ for o2 pay as you go acc name,apn code,username password etc etc for mms,gprs step by step if so please email at n4t4mtor@hotmail.com
THANKS
June 17th, 2009 at 11:12 am
hi
I know there are ciphone’s that support dutch language
but is it possible to get it by updatting the phone?
June 17th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
My problem is everytime I try and send a MMS video it says it has reached max storage - what does this mean and how do I get it to send ????
June 18th, 2009 at 1:16 am
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June 18th, 2009 at 8:55 am
charlie Says:
June 17th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
My problem is everytime I try and send a MMS video it says it has reached max storage - what does this mean and how do I get it to send ????
you are saving your files on the phone
switch it to memorycard
June 18th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
shit i just bought mine everything works well mp3 mp4 transfert text msg
June 19th, 2009 at 3:51 am
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June 19th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Anybody know how to get the bluetooth to work Trying to get the sci phone to connect to my car’s bluetooth. In my previous attempts all it does is search but is unable to locate the device.
June 19th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Omg so i see how you all are sayin about your problems well i just got mine and it has a english manual so soon as in comes in the mail i will be able to send it to ya
but i have something better
go to this site:http://www.fixya.com/tags/i9_sciphone
and find the problem that your having and it will tell you how to fix it
-ash
June 20th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Having trouble getting my sciphone to read my sim, wondering if Anne could send me her manual for help!
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June 21st, 2009 at 6:16 pm
I just got the sciphone i68 and after inserting my sim card, it says all I can make are emergency calls. I tried the card in both slots, but with the same result. I’ve emailed the seller, but he is no help really. My network is AT&T, and my sim card works fine in my w300i. Any ideas?
June 21st, 2009 at 6:48 pm
this phone is a piece of shit if you what to give china money eat roman noodle.
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:55 am
Ann is it possible to get a copy please…and does anyone know how to assign ringtones to people on your phonebook? Thankyou for your time…neanshaun@hotmail.com