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Quad-core Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Clone with 5.7-inch display

Robin MaxwellFebruary 22, 2013

The SamsungGalaxyNote 3 hasn’t even been launched yet, but that hasn’t prevented China based, Century Electronics Group, from manufacturing a quad-core MT6589 equipped clone!

Clones of SamsungGalaxy Note phablets are ten a penny here in China. Some aren’t worth the plastic they are shoddily slapped together from, while others like this Note 3clone look like quite the investment!

Marketed simply as the Note 3 and shipped in rather plain box, this GalaxyNote 3clone looks very similar in design to the GooPhone N2, but rather than using an older dual-core MT6577 CPU this Chinese phablet uses the more powerful and efficient Mediatek MT6589 quad-core chip.

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The Note 3’s screen is a 5.7-inch 720p IPS unit, there is a 5 mega-pixel front camera and 8 mega-pixel rear, while 1GB RAM helps out the 1.2Ghz 4-core chip and 8GB ROM plus ann SD card reader handle storage.

According to the specs this knock-off will run on GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz 3G: WCDMA 2100MHz, networks GSM / GPRS / EDGE / UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA. 802.11n Wi-Fi, GPS, A-GPS and Bluetooth 3.0 are all onboard too.

Pricing hasn’t been mentioned just yet, but prices shouldn’t be much more than 999 Yuan ($160).

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Robin Maxwell
Hi, Robin Maxwell here! Mobile technology is my passions, and while I've been known to dabble with iOS devices I'm a firm Android convert, currently waiting for the Oppo Find 5 to launch!!

This is Star N9589

maz
February 22, 2013
hi
first of all ,thank you very much for your great articles and this website is just amazing .
I need your advice about buying a chinese android handset .
There are alot and i need to know how can i check a handset and know its specs ,ie cpu ram etc , before buying it from the store .
thanks again and keep up the great work .
- Lovetz
  February 22, 2013
  The best way to avoid mistakes when buying a Chinese phone – buy a Chinese brand phone. It’s brands like Zopo, THL, Star, ZTE, Huawei. They have official websites which published the parameters of their models.
  - maz
    February 22, 2013
    thank you very much for your fast reply ,i really appreciate it .
    is there any app for detecting the real hardware of an android device .

Kaptain
February 22, 2013
- XrainX
  February 22, 2013
  Thanks for the info! Another name is Ulefone N9589.
  I like the “buried” display. A very good solution to protect it. Amazing!
Guest
February 22, 2013
This is Star N9589

Guest
February 22, 2013
hi
first of all ,thank you very much for your great articles and this website is just amazing .
I need your advice about buying a chinese android handset .
There are alot and i need to know how can i check a handset and know its specs ,ie cpu ram etc , before buying it from the store .
thanks again and keep up the great work .
- Guest
  February 22, 2013
  The best way to avoid mistakes when buying a Chinese phone – buy a Chinese brand phone. It’s brands like Zopo, THL, Star, ZTE, Huawei. They have official websites which published the parameters of their models.
- Guest
  February 22, 2013
  thank you very much for your fast reply ,i really appreciate it .
  is there any app for detecting the real hardware of an android device .

Guest
February 22, 2013
- Guest
  February 22, 2013
  Thanks for the info! Another name is Ulefone N9589.
  I like the “buried” display. A very good solution to protect it. Amazing!
homeau
February 23, 2013
where can i preorder this then???????????
XrainX
February 23, 2013
You can find it on aliexpress.com
- homeau
  February 24, 2013
  Do you think it’s a good phone or do i just waste my money on it?
  - XrainX
    February 25, 2013
    My one year old Star A9220 is still working today, and the display is perfect without any scratch even I never used any screen protector. I can’t guarantee if the new Star N9589 is better than mine, but I want to tell you some thoughts:
    Because I spent last year on it only $170, this year I can think to a quad core with Android 4.2 (I will wait for 4.2 I don’t want 4.1).
    But if would spent for a smartphone last year $500 can I think this year so easy to another smartphone?
    Technology is evolving too fast for me to buy an expensive smartphone so $200 is enough/year. One smarphone/year is maybe too much so I have hopes to keep for two years from now, starting with the new quad.
Guest
February 24, 2013
where can i preorder this then???????????

Guest
February 24, 2013
You can find it on aliexpress.com
- Guest
  February 24, 2013
  Do you think it’s a good phone or do i just waste my money on it?
- Guest
  February 25, 2013
  My one year old Star A9220 is still working today, and the display is perfect without any scratch even I never used any screen protector. I can’t guarantee if the new Star N9589 is better than mine, but I want to tell you some thoughts:
  Because I spent last year on it only $170, this year I can think to a quad core with Android 4.2 (I will wait for 4.2 I don’t want 4.1).
  But if would spent for a smartphone last year $500 can I think this year so easy to another smartphone?
  Technology is evolving too fast for me to buy an expensive smartphone so $200 is enough/year. One smarphone/year is maybe too much so I have hopes to keep for two years from now, starting with the new quad.

David
March 9, 2013
I really like these phones but ive had a bad xperience. I bought a Star N8000 form digimaxonline via amazon. It lasted less than 2 months. It got hot while using wifi, then a strip down the touch screen died. I was surprised as Star got great reviews. Im thinking of getting the Xtreamer Aiki a Taiwanese phone. Does anybody have any experience with this phone?

Guest
March 9, 2013
I really like these phones but ive had a bad xperience. I bought a Star N8000 form digimaxonline via amazon. It lasted less than 2 months. It got hot while using wifi, then a strip down the touch screen died. I was surprised as Star got great reviews. Im thinking of getting the Xtreamer Aiki a Taiwanese phone. Does anybody have any experience with this phone?
Gina Hargrove
April 7, 2013
Has the 4.2.1 been released yet. I would like to get one. Also, How do I find out if it will work on my network? Does anyone use this in the U.S.? I need Virgin Mobile or T-Mobile phone.

Guest
April 7, 2013
Has the 4.2.1 been released yet. I would like to get one. Also, How do I find out if it will work on my network? Does anyone use this in the U.S.? I need Virgin Mobile or T-Mobile phone.
lucio
June 5, 2013
I wanna know if the note 3 comes all white color
Guest
June 6, 2013