Texet phone similar to iPhone 6. Cloning iPhones: reasons and existing analogues

The level of competition in the world's mobile market is so high that numerous small and large manufacturers do not hesitate to blatantly plagiarize trendy models. A striking example of this is, although not the most popular, but definitely the most promoted smartphone in the world - Apple iPhone. Phones similar to it visually and technically appear with enviable regularity, and today we will try to look at the most popular of them.

Reasons and features of cloning

To understand how intense and sometimes fierce the struggle in the market is mobile devices, just look at the page of any online electronics store. There are phones from both well-known manufacturers (the same iPhone, Samsung, LG) and middle-market/newcomers (Fly, TeXet, ZTE and others). The interest of potential clients and owners of all these gadgets depends on the right combination of obvious factors:

• Firstly, cost, since it is the financial capabilities of a wide audience that create sufficient demand for a specific smartphone model;
• Secondly, technical characteristics, innovations that users, both new and old (followers of the same brand), are looking forward to;
• Thirdly, visual perception or, more simply put, design;
• Fourthly, the quality of the advertising campaign, which creates a specific image of the gadget and the company itself among the client audience, which is necessary for the manufacturer.

Obviously, advertising is designed to combine the first three indicators, each of which has its own impact on the demand for the gadget. The winner, or at least the one who can successfully compete in this regard, is the one who can afford a sufficient level of campaign financing. This primarily applies to market leaders, for example, Apple with its iPhone. The rest have to somehow build on it, creating either an antagonist product with obvious advantages, or a copy. Moreover, the latter, as world experience shows, is much easier to do. Neither little-known Chinese companies, nor even direct competitors are disdainful of this, sometimes outright, plagiarism.

The objects of cloning are:

• Design. This is logical, because Apple creates products that are easily recognizable in society primarily due to their design features.
• Characteristics. It is hardly possible to repeat all the technical specifications of the iPhone, however, making a product as close as possible to it or even ahead of it in some positions is a completely doable task.
• Price. This is perhaps one of the main criteria why possible Apple customers pay attention to “clones”. For example, a branded iPhone 6s in rose gold color on the market costs from 57 to 75 thousand rubles, depending on the amount of built-in memory (this, by the way, is one of the disadvantages of Apple smartphones, since it cannot be expanded). Even direct competitors are able to offer top models at a more reasonable price.

Since everything is now more or less clear about the peculiarities of the process, let’s try to analyze the market for obvious and not very similar correspondence with Apple gadgets.

Chinese products

It's no secret that the PRC today is, perhaps, the main generator of copies not only in Cell phones, but in general for everything that is possible, from clothing to cars, industrial, military equipment and equipment. Given the mass production, the quality of these products often limps on both legs, as they say, creating a characteristic negative image among the client audience. But in the last decade, high-tech companies, especially those that deal with electronics, have made huge strides forward, creating products of high quality, technically advanced and, most importantly, more affordable.

Meizu

Let’s start our review of clones with this not even a model, but a whole range, since these smartphones are often called Chinese iPhones due to their visual similarity, advanced technical characteristics, lower prices and popularity, especially in China.

Firstly, we need to mention the Meizu MX-4 model, which resembles the iPhone 6 model. Even the colors familiar to the North American brand (golden, light gray and dark) were used in production. The smartphone is equipped with excellent capacitive screen by 5.3″, the maximum resolution of which is 1152x1920 pixels. The bounding frames are made especially thin, which creates a feeling of the absence of image boundaries and the visual lightness of the gadget.

Inside there is a powerful MT6595 processor with 8 cores and 2 GB of RAM. By analogy with the iPhone, expansion tactics are used model range due to the built-in memory.

Considering that the minimum configuration of the official Meizu MX-4 on the Russian market costs about 24 thousand rubles, it clearly outperforms its “parent” by at least twice (remember, prices for the iPhone 6s start at 57 thousand). There is also a more powerful 3100 mAh battery (for the “sixes” it has a capacity of 1810 and 2915 mAh).

Meizu MX-5 is another clone of the iPhone 6, which has a slightly larger 5.5″ screen compared to the previous model. In terms of design, everything is also as close as possible to the Apple gadget: the colors are the same, even the stripes on the back wall are preserved.

Meizu M2 Note is generally quite an interesting model, since it combines features not only of iPhones of the same 6 series, but also Samsung Galaxy S, as well as a number of local, Chinese gadgets.

Inside there is traditionally powerful filling for the brand: an 8-core processor, 2 GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel camera, and a capacious battery (3100 mAh). In addition, its price is about 16 thousand rubles, even lower than that of the MX-4.

Lenovo

Another Chinese corporation that has entered the international level. Among the models that have a clear resemblance to the iPhone are the S60 and S90 (Sisley).

First - LenovoS60– looks like an iPhone 5c. It has a bright design - back cover yellow color. Supports dual SIM cards. The screen has a resolution of 5.5″ (1280x720 pixels). There are two good cameras: front – 5 MP and rear – 13 MP. It is possible to expand the memory capacity through the slot.

LenovoSisleyS90 visually very similar to the iPhone 6, although if placed between the basic and “plus” versions, it will occupy an intermediate place in size. Also used are typical colors and a fixed amount of internal memory (16 and 32 GB), which cannot be increased.

As for the price, the minimum configuration will cost 10-11 thousand rubles.

Huawei P6/P7/P8

Another representative of the People's Republic of China, outwardly very similar to the iPhone 5s, which at the same time borrowed some body elements from the 6th model. The color palette used is traditional for Apple of this generation. Specifications and the prices are approximately the same as those of the previously described analogues of Chinese origin.

ZTE Blade X7/S6

These are two models from another representative of the PRC, which have approximately equal characteristics and a striking resemblance to the iPhone 6. In the S6, even the branded button was replicated, although not entirely successfully. Prices for these models are in the range of 10-12 thousand, which cannot but please fans of Apple gadgets.

Now let's look at a few more famous clones.

Direct competitors

Everyone, young and old, knows that the PRC does not disdain outright plagiarism. But the “strong” of the mobile world are also far from ideal. An example is the following smartphone models, reminiscent of the legendary iPhone.

Samsung Galaxy S

The history, to put it mildly, of unfriendly relations between the industry's flagships began with this phone. Apple representatives argued in court that there was plagiarism regarding the 3GS model, and I must say, there were plenty of reasons for this. There is a similar external design, sensor grid layout, etc.

After several years of litigation, the court ruled in favor of Apple and ordered the plagiarist to pay about $1 billion in compensation.

Samsung Galaxy Alpha

The history of the confrontation between the two companies at the patent level continued in this model, which, by the way, came out earlier than its supposed “parent” iPhone 6. Of course, there are some similarities, but only external and only for conspiracy theorists.

Obvious copies

All the previously mentioned smartphone models are partially similar to the iPhone. But there are also those that, as they say, cannot be distinguished.

GooPhone i6

This is a representative of the People's Republic of China, which was published in 2014, ahead of its original source. This is one of those cases when everything is done in the best Chinese traditions. Literally everything is copied here, starting with the design of the case (identical to the iPhone 6) and ending with the name (how can one not remember Adidas replicas - Dadas, Adadis, etc.). Moreover, the operating system is almost exactly like iOS.

The price in terms of domestic currency is 7.5-16.5 thousand rubles, but obviously it will have to be ordered abroad - it is not aimed at the domestic market.

Texet iX-maxi

Well, for a snack we can’t help but remember our own company – teXet. Like GooPhone, this gadget model simply perfectly follows the contours of the iPhone 6: the same roundings, the location of the camera and flash, and inserts on the back wall.

This is a kind of anti-crisis iPhone of a domestic production, especially since it costs 12 thousand rubles - more than 3.5 times cheaper than the minimum configuration of the original.

Often, such miracles of technology are equipped with ten slots for SIM cards and an analog TV tuner (and, as a result, an ugly retractable antenna). These cheap “substitutes” enjoy some kind of wild success among the lumpen public; however, very short-lived - almost every such device completely loses its functionality after six months.

Therefore, it’s nice to see devices on the market that, even if they try to resemble iPhones, are still more or less high-quality. It’s difficult to call teXet iX something completely “copied” from Apple products - the domestic manufacturer, for example, did not even try to somehow copy the iPhone software shell, leaving Android almost untouched. And the external similarity is not one hundred percent: the iX has a larger screen, and the main button at the bottom of the body looks different.

But the fact that this is a variation on a theme is quite obvious. Whether it is worthy is another question, which we will now try to figure out.

Equipment

• telephone


• accumulator battery


• USB cable


• network adapter


• headphones


• additional back panel


• documentation

Design

Externally, teXet iX TM-4772 looks good. Of course, such visual “luxury” is a consequence of the “obsession” under Apple products; but in terms of the quality of execution of the case, this one, admittedly, is worthy. The device does not play or creak, the body is made of high-quality materials.

The smartphone comes with two back panels - black and gold. What is called, “matching the color of the handbag.” The black version looks more solid.

On the front side of the case you can find the earpiece, camera and main control key.

At the bottom end there are two grilles, behind which, obviously, a microphone is hidden.

There are no buttons or any sensors or connectors on the right.

But the top end pleases the eye with jacks for headphones and a charger/USB cable, as well as a button to turn the smartphone on/off.

On the left are the volume keys.

The back panel is enhanced by a camera with flash and another speaker.

Under the cover there is a place to install the battery, as well as two slots for SIM cards and one for microSD.

Display

As already noted, the teXet iX has a larger screen than the iPhone. Its diagonal is 4.5 inches, resolution is a decent 960 by 540 pixels. The feeling from the display is rather positive: 4.5 inches is enough to not look at the text even at arm's length; At the same time, in terms of the number of pixels per inch (245), the new product is only slightly short of the Retina level. The difference is noticeable to the eye, but there is no discomfort during everyday use.

The brightness and contrast were also impressive. Visibility in the sun is better than the vast majority of smartphones in a similar price range.

Performance

teXet iX uses the MT6572 system-on-chip from MTK. This platform is perhaps The best decision for ultra-budget devices. The tested gadget cannot be classified as such (there are smartphones widely sold that are half the price), but I personally did not have any complaints about the performance - my copy worked stably, showed little slowdown in games and coped well with complex Internet pages.

Applications

The set of pre-installed programs is absolutely classic for teXet devices. In addition to basic and several additional applications, the manufacturer traditionally placed links to stores of rather useless Internet content in the menu. We will not consider each of them, but we will evaluate the range of programs more closely.

Basic, not “decorated” client Email. If you use this type programs - feel free to customize your mail account. The application is stable, clear and simple.

File Manager

Functional file manager. Indispensable if you need to find something in the smartphone’s memory - unlike a standard program for a similar purpose, File Manager also shows hidden files.

FM radio

A regular radio receiver operating at standard FM frequencies. You must connect headphones before use.

A special version of the basic email client, designed for use with a Gmail account. By default, it is “attached” to the mailbox from which you registered the system itself when you first turned on your smartphone.

This extremely simple name hides the Google Now client. The program is really useful - it displays timely information regarding traffic jams, weather, and at the same time provides a list of the most current updates on the sites that you visit most often. If desired, you can customize a set of tooltips.

Hangouts

A multifunctional application that replaces an SMS client, Internet messenger and video conferencing program.

Google Play

App store. The reviewed teXet iX supports almost the entire catalog, with the exception of only the most advanced games, as well as a small number of less popular programs.

A regular SMS and MMS client, simple and convenient. It receives/sends everything you need, is equipped with a message search, but does not have any particularly broad functionality.

Program for viewing "pipe" video. There were no complaints in terms of stability or speed of operation - another thing is that a 4.5-inch screen is still not enough to view moving pictures.

Browser

Built-in application for web surfing. It's better not to use it - Google Chrome much faster, more stable and more functional.

Video player

The simplest program for playing video. If you are going to watch movies, it is better to turn to some more serious software from Google Play.

Gallery

A simple and intuitive application for viewing pictures. All images are automatically distributed into several folders (separate for photos, screenshots, album covers), and it is possible to sort by geotags. Comfortable.

Dictaphone

A useful application with a minimalist interface. The iOS voice recorder is a little more convenient, but in terms of functionality, it’s difficult to find fault with this program.

If you really want to find something on the Internet, but are too lazy to type text on the keyboard, this will help this application. It recognizes voice requests quite well; in the vast majority of cases, the program “understands” what they want from it.

File Manager

Nothing unexpected - a basic “explorer” for accessing multimedia files.

Downloads

This includes everything you download from the Internet using any browser. Comfortable.

Calendar

You can configure viewing by months and weeks. It is possible to “attach” planned events to specific hours of a specific day, and a search by event is provided.

Calculator

Stylish calculator with large buttons. Personally, I don’t see any point in replacing it with anything from Google Play - it copes with basic tasks.

Cards

Time-tested Google Maps. They work great - I especially liked that the smartphone finds GPS satellites in a matter of seconds.

Kiosk

With this application you can buy and view electronic versions of magazines. This is an unpromising occupation - a 4.5-inch screen is clearly not enough for comfortable reading.

Watch

Ordinary clock with alarm and stopwatch.

Connection

The smartphone is equipped with two SIM card slots that can work simultaneously. Communication is supported on the following frequencies: GSM (2G) 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA (3G) 2100.

Working hours

A long period battery life- another advantage of the gadget over cheaper analogues. The smartphone can last a day even with active use - for example, on business trips. If you take out the device only a few times a day to make calls, a 1600 mAh battery will be enough for three to four days.

Conclusion

In my opinion, iX is one of the most successful smartphones from teXet. It is designed with high quality, it is difficult to find fault with stability and performance, given the low cost of 5-6 thousand rubles.

There are, of course, others on the market profitable offer- For example, Explay Fresh with a 5-inch HD screen and a quad-core processor (about 6 thousand rubles) or with the latest Android 4.4 (about 6.5 thousand). But if you are looking for something that looks similar to Apple products, then it is much better to pay attention to teXet ix than to the so-called “Chinese iPhones”. Even if the latter are much cheaper.

© Varlamov Daniil, Test laboratory
Article publication date: April 29, 2014

Exchange rates are mercilessly raising the prices of equipment in Russia. To say that everything has become more expensive is to say nothing. But in such situations, unexpected surprises happen. teXet calls iX-maxi an anti-crisis offer for fans of top-end smartphones. One glance at this device is enough to both indignation and interest. The device looks as if Tim Cook showed it yesterday, and Sir Jony Ive spoke in a white room about the notorious beauty and simplicity. The iX-maxi doesn't just look like the iPhone 6 - it's a real clone of it.

Technical characteristics of teXet iX-maxi

• Screen: 4.7", IPS, qHD 540x960, multi-touch up to 5 touches
• Processor: MediaTek MT6582 quad-core processor, 4x Cortex A7, 1.3 GHz
• Graphics accelerator: Mali-400MP2, 400 MHz
• operating system: Android OS 4.4.2
• RAM: 1 GB
• Built-in memory: 8 GB
• Memory card support: no
• Communication: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz || UMTS 900/2100 MHz
• SIM: nanoSIM
• Wireless interfaces: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0
• Navigation: GPS
• Cameras: main - 8 MP (autofocus, flash); front - 2 MP
• Sensors: G-sensor
• Battery: 1600 mAh, non-removable
• Dimensions: 138x67x7 mm
• Weight: 127 grams
• Packaging, accessories

TeXet iX-maxi is packaged in a white box made of thick cardboard, on which images of the device are printed on the front and back. Bright pictogram icons are designed to tell about the main advantages of the smartphone. The main technical specifications are listed at the back in six languages. At the bottom of the box you can see a white ribbon, by pulling it you can pull out the inner box made of the same material.

Inside, the smartphone is placed on thick paper in a special bag. In the compartment underneath, the buyer will be able to find a warranty card, a paperclip for opening the compartment with a SIM card, micro USB cable, Charger, a headset (not at all like Earpods) and an instruction manual.

Appearance

It is incredibly difficult to describe teXet iX-maxi, claiming originality. Music - Sir Jonathan Ive, lyrics - Tim Cook, performance - optimistic, anti-crisis. The device fits the description of an “iPhone clone.”

The front side differs from the original with a touch key<Домой>, there is no fingerprint sensor underneath.

The body of the device is made of aluminum; on the back it can be distinguished from the prototype by the inconspicuous inscription teXet and the absence of a logo with a bitten apple. Nobody bothers you to engrave the latter, or use the sticker that comes with all devices. Apple. The back side is distinguished by radio-conductive plastic inserts. The camera block, like the iPhone 6, protrudes above the surface by the same 0.6 mm.

On the left side at the top are the volume keys, on the right are the power key and the SIM card module - just like in the iPhone 6, nanoSIM.

The top end of the device is empty, and at the bottom there is a 3.5 mm audio output, a micro-USB port edged with two screws with a specific star-shaped slot, and a speaker grille with six holes.

The IX-maxi looks very decent, it can easily be confused with an Apple device, but it is not without its rough edges. The glass on the front panel here “covers” the device, but in the iPhone 6 it is flush and polished around the edges. The remaining details are quite consistent with the title of a clone.

Ergonomics

The IX-maxi fits perfectly in the hand. The dimensions of the device are selected so that it is comfortable to use the smartphone with one hand. Dimensions iX-maxi: 138x67x7 mm. The dimensions, by the way, surprisingly coincide with the iPhone 6, with an accuracy of up to a millimeter (138.1x67x7 mm). The clone weighs a little less - 127 grams versus 129.

The device is easy to use for both left- and right-handed people: the power and volume keys are located under the index fingers and thumbs.

Screen

teXet iX-maxi has a 4.7-inch display with an IPS matrix. The resolution is lower than that of the device from Cupertino - qHD 540x960, density - 234 ppi. The screen supports multi-touch technology (up to five simultaneous touches).

Thanks to the IPS matrix, the display has good viewing angles. It produces a decent picture: although the colors are a little faded, the white is truly white, without a shift to green, blue or yellow.

At minimum brightness, the picture on the display looks good, but when the backlight is turned up to maximum, the bright light is unpleasant in the eyes, although you can get used to it. But still, dark images, despite IPS technology, at an angle of approximately 45 degrees or more become almost indistinguishable, unlike bright ones.

The brightness reserve is enough for reading in the sun. But still, during the test it was much more comfortable to use the minimum brightness setting. Plus, there is no light sensor, so the smartphone cannot automatically adjust the backlight to external conditions. The choice of brightness in this case is yours.

Interface

There is nothing unusual about the teXet iX-maxi interface. Of course, there is no iOS here, and the user is offered Android 4.4.2 OS. There is, one might say, no specific shell here, the only exception being the fully customizable teXet lock screen.

On the left there is a panel of unique widgets: RSS-Feed, bookmark of the Activizm partner site, weather, gallery, Facebook. Also, by clicking on<Плюс>, you can add YouTube, Twitter and Flickr widgets. It is possible to customize the lock screen, change the theme and Common parameters notifications.

Unlocking the device is not that easy, but you can get used to it. Pressing<Замок>, you can pull it in five different directions. Let's list the options (from left to right clockwise): Access to the camera, Contacts, Messages, Recent open applications, normal unlocking with access to the Desktop.

At the same time, if you linger on the selected menu item, another submenu opens. For example, by selecting a camera, you can immediately go to a photo or video gallery, and messages can be sent via SMS or email.

There are no unique applications here; the list of pre-installed programs can be called poor. The “teXet recommends” application and teXet Funbox, an application for SMS subscriptions, stand out.

The dialer and contacts interface is familiar to everyone who has ever picked up a smartphone with Android OS. The keyboard, however, too. All this is considered the standard for the most common OS in the world. Entering words by sliding your finger (Swype) is not possible here.

Let us note one more feature of the smartphone - there are no usual buttons here.<Назад>And<Меню>. Instead, one touch button is used, which is responsible for three functions at once: long press -<Меню>, short press -<Назад>, double -<Домой>. Triple-clicking opens a menu of recently launched programs. This cannot be said to be inconvenient; the solution was found to be quite simple and elegant.

The device in operation

The device has a quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with clock frequency 1.3 GHz. The Mali-400MP2 accelerator with a frequency of 400 MHz is responsible for the graphics. The iX-maxi has 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal memory, of which only six are available to the user. Unfortunately, there is no microSD slot, as in original iPhone 6. By the way, the Apple device has a dual-core processor with a clock frequency of 1.4 gigahertz, so the Android iPhone has twice as many cores. Of course, this is not a flagship device, but, nevertheless, the power in it is quite solid.

The desktop screens scroll through quite quickly, but the animation still cannot be called perfectly smooth. In the browser, everything works very clearly and quickly, without any brakes.

Our favorite runner Minion Rush, aka Despicable Me, cannot boast of the wonders of optimization and periodically freezes, especially in places where the animation starts (jump, roll). In a word, playing it is problematic.

Asphalt 8 works great and looks pretty good too. No slowdowns were noticed, the graphics were very good.

Dead Trigger 2 is beyond praise. No slowdowns, just play. The quality of the graphics is, as always, quite good.

Life is good for Om Nom, the consumption of sweets is not overshadowed by anything.

Despite the qHD screen resolution and the not-record-breaking hardware power, the device displays video perfectly in Full HD: there are no problems, no image or sound lags. Moreover, this is relevant both for playing from the phone’s memory and for playing video from the Internet.

It was impossible not to try out the headset that came with it. Her appearance not cloned, these are not Earpods. The sound quality is so-so, the sound is flat and not very strong. This option can be used if you do not have normal headphones or a Bluetooth headset. A standard headset will be quite enough for calls, but hardly for listening to music. Plus, the headphones do not fit very comfortably in the ears, and there are no replacement ear pads of other sizes included in the kit.

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teXet iX TM-4772 (Review)

TeXet iX TM-4772 (Review) PT5M55S

The domestic company teXet released to the market copy of iPhone 6 called iX-maxi, thereby apparently deciding to follow in the footsteps of Chinese companies that quite successfully use design elements, and sometimes make outright copies, of well-known brands.

The smartphone looks very similar to the iPhone 6; the device is equipped with a 4.7-inch display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels; whether there is a protective glass, and what kind it is, is unfortunately unknown. The device runs on a MediaTek MT6582 processor with a clock frequency of 1.3 GHz and has a Mali-400MP graphics accelerator. RAM 1GB, built-in 8GB. Front-camera 2, and the main one is 8-megapixel, which protrudes slightly above the level of the device’s body.

The smartphone supports all necessary wireless interfaces: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, there is also FM radio. SIM card format is Nano-SIM. The battery capacity is 1600 mAh, which should provide up to 5 hours of talk time and up to 325 hours of standby time. But there is no LTE support in the smartphone. The overall dimensions of the smartphone are: 138x67x7 mm, and weight is 127 grams.

Thanks to its dimensions, which exactly replicate those of the iPhone 6, all accessories should be in place, so you can easily try on a variety of cases for the iPhone 6 on the teXet iX-maxi.

The smartphone will retail at a price of about 12,000 rubles.