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Ulefone Dare N1 leaked, looks a lot like an iPhone 6

AndiMarch 9, 2015

A single leaked photo has appeared showing us what we can expect next from Chinese phone maker Ulefone and their new Dare N1 flagship.

Ulefone arrived on the Chinese phone scene this year with the Be Pro, a phone with OPO inspiration but a bargain price. It’s a recipe that has served them well and one they hope to duplicate with the release of the Ulefone Dare N1.

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The above image is a render of the UleFone Dare N1 from proposed marketing material. We can see the design is close to the iPhone 6 with a similar alloy chassis and home button, but we get the addition of Android navigation buttons on either side. It is also believe that the home button will receive the same fingerprint recognition as the iPhone too.

Nothing official has been confirmed yet, but our sources at Ulefone have hinted that the Dare N1 will come with an octacore processor, 2GB RAM, 5.5-inch HD display and 13 mega-pixel rear camera.

Do you think Ulefone will dare to launch an iPhone 6 clone of their own?

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- pablo
  March 9, 2015
sai bhagavan
March 9, 2015
it is disgusting to see an iphone with android buttons….i dunno how Ulefone will dare to launch this knockoff….
- You know stupidity is a reliable source of BS…
  It might be they may have found the holly grial of fcktardness.
  With full android buttons and no fingershit it would be a great piece of hardware. I assume it runs on MT6752 chip and android 4.4.4
  - sai bhagavan
    March 9, 2015
    - March 9, 2015
      It exists, and I’m writting you from it: Kolina K100+.
      But it runs MT6592T and more importantly an outdated version of Android (4.2.2) thanks to the incompetence of the manufacturer.
      Another sale miss…
      - Maybe Kolina have a MTK6752 in development
      - Manos
        March 10, 2015
        The software support is just the worst part of all this phones if I buy a Asus phone at least there will be some updates. I know I will need more money for an Asus phone…
- matthayichen
  March 11, 2015
  I hope Apple never makes a car. Or starting the next day iFans will be going on about how Toyota’s new car with a rounded steering has a user interface copied from the iCar.

Fido
March 9, 2015
It is not an iPhone clone, since it run on Android, not IOS. It looks more like an Samsung Galaxy S6 clone!
- tweetycontrabajo
  March 9, 2015
Oz
March 9, 2015
Android users not like to be “seen”with Apples phones! May be a bad idea. The Be Pro build is of poor quality and the camera sucks! Still no sign of Lollipop update as promised in FEB 2015!
- March 9, 2015
  They announced in late February that the update will be postponed to mid March because of some bugs that are still not solved. I think its better if they delay the ROM instead of releasing some buggy crap.

Paul Sleight
March 9, 2015
Please let it have MTK6752 and fhd screen, and of course FDD LTE. It would be a great phone, comparable to LeTV , Serendipity S7, Ebest Jiguang Plus, and Dakele 3, all of which do not seem to be getting to market outside China.
I was really hoping this was going to be shown at MWC.
- bassa
  March 9, 2015
  Some FHD display wrost than HD display’s
  best example jiayu s3.
  - And correctly implemented FHD screen will always be better than HD one at 5.5″.
  - Marco Lancaster
    March 10, 2015
    Lol you’re saying the FHD panel on Jiayu is bad? Every single review on internet, and every single tester praises the good of FullHD panel used on Jiayu S3.

Muhammad Yasir
March 9, 2015
if its cheap … it COULD work !
nick
March 9, 2015

Owsley_66
March 9, 2015
Gearbest has replaced my 1st Be Pro. This new one seems to be functioning just fine. It wasn’t Gearbest’s fault, btw, but I was worried that the returned phone would never reach them. It did and Gearbest sent my replacement via DHL and I had it in 3 days.
So, now, the Be Pro is a good entry level phone. It’s okay for someone not wanting to spend a lot on a phone. I originally planned to give this phone to my wife but I’m using it instead.
I’m not that good with the camera on this phone and that may explain the poor image quality that I’m getting. I know it’s not a 13mp camera but an 8mp instead. Still, I would think an 8mp camera would take better pictures. When I move a picture from the phone to my desk top for editing, the image quality is so bad I can’t do anything with the photos. I’m going to spend more time trying to figure out the camera and maybe I can figure out how to take a better picture.
As far as I can tell, the Be Pro is a good phone for the price. It is not a flagship and it doesn’t have a flagship price tag, either.
- March 9, 2015
  There is some software issue preventing the camera from functioning properly. But the camera module doesn’t seem to be of a good quality. I have a review sample here and the focus died yesterday after roughly 2 weeks of testing. Also some devices seem to have faulty lenses (red area in the center of pictures).
  - Owsley_66
    March 9, 2015
    This is my 1st Android phone, which I have to think is part of my problem with the camera. However I have played around with the settings in the camera and there just doesn’t seem to be anything I can do to improve picture quality. Maybe a software/Lollipop update will improve the camera. Has anyone tried Google Camera?
- Airyl
  March 9, 2015
  It’s great to see that you managed to get a replacement for your phone. Keep us update in anything you find out.
- bassa
  March 9, 2015
  don’t waste your money with brands like elephone,goophone and ulephone. their build quality totally disaster
Airyl
March 9, 2015
It definitely looks very iPhone-like. The main differences I can see are that the power button is in a different location compared to the iPhone, the ports and antennas are placed in different places, the Dare has android navigation keys and there appears to be a front facing flash on the device.

pdayahoo
March 9, 2015
- Guest
  March 9, 2015
  Why not 3 GB RAM ?!
- pdayahoo
  March 9, 2015
sai bhagavan
March 9, 2015
it is disgusting to see an iphone with android buttons….i dunno how Ulefone will dare to launch this knockoff….
- Yetimania
  March 9, 2015
  You know stupidity is a reliable source of BS…
  It might be they may have found the holly grial of fcktardness.
  With full android buttons and no fingershit it would be a great piece of hardware. I assume it runs on MT6752 chip and android 4.4.4
- sai bhagavan
  March 9, 2015
  Even i hope the same…
- Yetimania
  March 9, 2015
  It exists, and I’m writting you from it: Kolina K100+.
  But it runs MT6592T and more importantly an outdated version of Android (4.2.2) thanks to the incompetence of the manufacturer.
  Another sale miss…
- Maybe Kolina have a MTK6752 in development
- Manos
  March 10, 2015
  The software support is just the worst part of all this phones if I buy a Asus phone at least there will be some updates. I know I will need more money for an Asus phone…
- matthayichen
  March 11, 2015
  I hope Apple never makes a car. Or starting the next day iFans will be going on about how Toyota’s new car with a rounded steering has a user interface copied from the iCar.

Guest
March 9, 2015
It is not an iPhone clone, since it run on Android, not IOS. It looks more like an Samsung Galaxy S6 clone!
- Guest
  March 9, 2015
Guest
March 9, 2015
Android users not like to be “seen”with Apples phones! May be a bad idea. The Be Pro build is of poor quality and the camera sucks! Still no sign of Lollipop update as promised in FEB 2015!
- Christopher Straßer
  March 9, 2015
  They announced in late February that the update will be postponed to mid March because of some bugs that are still not solved. I think its better if they delay the ROM instead of releasing some buggy crap.

Paul Sleight
March 9, 2015
Please let it have MTK6752 and fhd screen, and of course FDD LTE. It would be a great phone, comparable to LeTV , Serendipity S7, Ebest Jiguang Plus, and Dakele 3, all of which do not seem to be getting to market outside China.
I was really hoping this was going to be shown at MWC.
- Guest
  March 9, 2015
  Some FHD display wrost than HD display’s
  best example jiayu s3.
- And correctly implemented FHD screen will always be better than HD one at 5.5″.
- Marco Lancaster
  March 10, 2015
  Lol you’re saying the FHD panel on Jiayu is bad? Every single review on internet, and every single tester praises the good of FullHD panel used on Jiayu S3.

desponent
March 9, 2015
Isn’t it about time to update the button’s shape to better follow Lollipop?
Guest
March 9, 2015
if its cheap … it COULD work !
Guest
March 9, 2015

Owsley_66
March 9, 2015
Gearbest has replaced my 1st Be Pro. This new one seems to be functioning just fine. It wasn’t Gearbest’s fault, btw, but I was worried that the returned phone would never reach them. It did and Gearbest sent my replacement via DHL and I had it in 3 days.
So, now, the Be Pro is a good entry level phone. It’s okay for someone not wanting to spend a lot on a phone. I originally planned to give this phone to my wife but I’m using it instead.
I’m not that good with the camera on this phone and that may explain the poor image quality that I’m getting. I know it’s not a 13mp camera but an 8mp instead. Still, I would think an 8mp camera would take better pictures. When I move a picture from the phone to my desk top for editing, the image quality is so bad I can’t do anything with the photos. I’m going to spend more time trying to figure out the camera and maybe I can figure out how to take a better picture.
As far as I can tell, the Be Pro is a good phone for the price. It is not a flagship and it doesn’t have a flagship price tag, either.
- Christopher Straßer
  March 9, 2015
  There is some software issue preventing the camera from functioning properly. But the camera module doesn’t seem to be of a good quality. I have a review sample here and the focus died yesterday after roughly 2 weeks of testing. Also some devices seem to have faulty lenses (red area in the center of pictures).
- Airyl
  March 9, 2015
  It’s great to see that you managed to get a replacement for your phone. Keep us update in anything you find out.
- Owsley_66
  March 9, 2015
  This is my 1st Android phone, which I have to think is part of my problem with the camera. However I have played around with the settings in the camera and there just doesn’t seem to be anything I can do to improve picture quality. Maybe a software/Lollipop update will improve the camera. Has anyone tried Google Camera?
- Guest
  March 9, 2015
  don’t waste your money with brands like elephone,goophone and ulephone. their build quality totally disaster

Airyl
March 9, 2015
It definitely looks very iPhone-like. The main differences I can see are that the power button is in a different location compared to the iPhone, the ports and antennas are placed in different places, the Dare has android navigation keys and there appears to be a front facing flash on the device.
desponent
March 9, 2015
Isn’t it about time to update the button’s shape to better follow Lollipop?

jimberkas
March 9, 2015
looks great to me. hopefully the specs are good and price is right. if it works well in the US, I would give it a try
jimberkas
March 9, 2015
looks nothing like the render from the post on feb. 6
https://www.gizchina.com/2015/02/06/ulefone-dare-n1-launch-mwc/
i like this better

namenick
March 9, 2015
it has 2 additional capacitiv buttons, the position and size of volume rocker and power button are slightly different and it doesnt have those plastic stripes the case of the iphone has, also i feel like the front size proportions are slightly different… For me, this is enough to not directly call it an fake iphone or clone right now, of course we would have to wait for the final product.
For me, the perfect phone would look like this, just with 5″ screen and removable battery 😉
- jimberkas
  March 9, 2015
  totally agree with your last sentence
- Andrew
  March 10, 2015
Guest
March 9, 2015
looks great to me. hopefully the specs are good and price is right. if it works well in the US, I would give it a try
Guest
March 9, 2015
looks nothing like the render from the post on feb. 6
http://www.gizchina.com/2015/02/06/ulefone-dare-n1-launch-mwc/
i like this better

Guest
March 9, 2015
it has 2 additional capacitiv buttons, the position and size of volume rocker and power button are slightly different and it doesnt have those plastic stripes the case of the iphone has, also i feel like the front size proportions are slightly different… For me, this is enough to not directly call it an fake iphone or clone right now, of course we would have to wait for the final product.
For me, the perfect phone would look like this, just with 5″ screen and removable battery 😉
- Guest
  March 9, 2015
  totally agree with your last sentence
- Andrew
  March 10, 2015

Jon Rickenbacker
March 10, 2015
I am so tired of the toiphone groupies saying every damned phone that comes down the pike looks like their piece of crap.
Oh my, it’s rectangular, it must be a copy… blah blah blah.
Answer me this. How can it be that every damned phone released now has 2 or 3 times better specs and be a copy?
Get over yourselves. Nobody making droid phones would consider down grading to toiphone specs.
geez.
Jon Rickenbacker
March 10, 2015
I am so tired of the toiphone groupies saying every damned phone that comes down the pike looks like their piece of crap.
Oh my, it’s rectangular, it must be a copy… blah blah blah.
Answer me this. How can it be that every damned phone released now has 2 or 3 times better specs and be a copy?
Get over yourselves. Nobody making droid phones would consider down grading to toiphone specs.
geez.