What drops on my lap just as I am about to call it a day? That’s right none other than the latest Ulefone Paris! So before I leave here are some hands on photos and a few details of the budget smartphone.
Ulefone’s vision for the Ulefone Paris is it to be a balanced all-rounder. They say that they have the design, build, specifications, camera and performance all perfectly balanced to give the best user experience for the money.
It’s way to early to tell if Ulefone have managed what they claim, but I can tell you it is certainly a pretty phone.
Ulefone Paris Hands On
At 5-inch it s a small and compact device (in comparison to most phone these days that is) The small 1280 x 720 5-inch form factor is complimented with a thin, tapered alloy chassis and beautiful curved 2.5D glass panel. The 2.5D glass panel is the first design feature that jumps out at you and really lends an air of quality to the budget phone. It’s also a bonus that the panel is tough Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
The alloy chassis is similar to the design found on the Ulefone Be Touch, which in turn is similar to that on the Meizu MX4, only it is much thinner on the Ulefone Paris giving an overall thickness of 8mm. The full numbers are 144.5 x 71.7 x 8.0mm with a weight of 128g.
Getting at the removable Sony 2250mAh battery, dual SIM slots and micro SD card reader means pulling off the rear plastic panel. The panel also has a cut out for the rear Omnivision OV13580 13 mega-pixel camera with F1.8 aperture, and the single LED flash. Omnivision also supply the front OV5648 5 mega-pixel camera.
Hardware features on the Ulefone Paris are right on spec for budget phone. The processor is an octacore Mediatek MT6753 1.3Ghz SoC, with ARM Mali T720 GPU, 2GB RAM and 16GB memory (the SD slot takes 128GB cards). All that hardware runs Android 5.1 with Ulefone’s own U Launcher. Although its called the U Launcher it looks stock and the only differences from stock I can see so far are the addition of the off-screen gestures and a three finger screenshot gesture.
Ulefone Paris Hands On – Gallery
Ulefone Paris Hands On – Specifications
| Model: | Ulefone Paris |
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| Color: | Metal Gray / Silk White |
| Capacity | RAM: 2GB LPDDR3 RAM 1866MHZGizchina News of the weekROM: 16GB EMMC (SD card Up to 128GB) |
| Multi-Languages | Multiple Languages |
| Chipset | 64Bit MTK MT6753 processor Octa core 1.3GHz CPU
ARM Mali T720 GPU |
| System | Android 5.1 Lollipop |
| Screen | Display Size:5.0 inch
Resolution: HD 720*1280 Type: On-cell IPS LTPS, full Lamination (2.5D Arc screen)
Material:Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3 |
| Camera | Rear Camera: 13MP Omnivision OV13850 F1.8 Aperture
Front Camera: 5.0MP (OmniVision OV5648) Video:1080P,720P |
| Network and Wireless Connectivity | 4G: FDD – LTE 800/1800/2100/2600(band1,band3,band7,band20)
3G: 900/2100 (band1,band8) 2G: 850/900/1800/1900 (band2,band3,band5,band8) WIFI : WiFi802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi 2.4GHz GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS Hall Effect Sensor, Gravity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Touch Sensor, Digital Compass, OTG Bluetooth: V4.0 |
| Battery capacity and life | Non-removable SONY 2250mAh lithium-ion Polymer Battery
Standby Time: About 268 Hours Others: USB2.0,support OTG 3.5 mm headphone jack |
| Sensor | Hall Effect Sensor, Gravity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Touch Sensor, Digital Compass, OTG |
| Multi-media | Supported Video formats:
MP4,3GP,MOV,MKV,AVI,FLV,MPEG Supported Audio formats: AAC,FLAC,APE,MKA,OGG,MIDI,M4A,AMR |
| Size | Dimensions: 144.5 x 71.7 x 8.0mm
Net Weight: 128g(with battery) |
Ulefone Paris Hands On
That’s all for this hands on. I’ll play around with the Ulefone Paris and right up a review soon. If you have any questions about this budget $129.99 smartphone let me know and I’ll do my best to answer them.
lets hope this is ulefone’s big break !
Unless you buy it, it won’t be big… even if they sell millions of these. 😉
awww !
And they could use a contribution from u : )
I’m in love with the look of this phone, and it seems well built too.
Ulefone became what was Jiayu few years ago.
A company that makes good looking solid phones and price them well.
I hope they will show us soon that they can make high end phones as well.
(BTW…Hey Jiayu,it has been a year since your last phone!! are you guys still in business?)
You and me both I think it looks excellent and for a budget phone the specs are excellent. I thought it was a typo when I saw 1.8 aperture camera, thats better than most flagships.
don’t forget gorilla glass:
very unusual for this category.
Mr Max power
xiaomi redmi note 2 or ulefone paris??
which is better choise ???
two great phones, i would recommend both to anyone.
they are in my opinion the best value phones of 2015.
despite the same price range they are two different phones so one might work better for me while the other might work better for someone else.
main difference: size.
5″ vs 5.5″
that’s should be enough to decide which one is better for you.
if you haven’t made your mind yet then i would say go for the Ulefone if you are not a power user and you want a compact well-built phone with a good camera.
Go with the Redmi Note 2 if you like big phones, with better performance and i would add a better software experience.
Yeah, aperture looks great, but let’s see how it performs… And if it is actually real: back then umi zero was announced with a 1.8 too, but we all know it was fake… Although i don’t think Ulephone is going to lie about specs anytime soon, after they admitted the truth about the camera of their other device (the be pro, i think?) having 8mpx interpoleted OV camera, not a 13mpx sony one… So, let’s wait and see!
If they are really using that OV sensor and if they optimize it for their phone it should be very good.
Cubot X9 claimed rear (and even front) f/1.8 aperture, didn’t help for them, but that was probably interpolated IMX 179, this hopefully true 13mp OV unit should be better starting point.
With Cubot it was probably mostly software related, I have used a few Cubots and everyone had a terrible camera despite having good hardware inside.
I see they’ve started using Dongwoon Anatech modules in recent releases. Interesting move.
Yeah, it looks stunning, just like it was the be touch (according to my taste, of course :D)
It has nice features, but let’s see how it performs… Like: camera is promising, battery isn’t, but it could turns out to have bad camera sw on one hand, and to have good battery life on the other thanks to soc and screen combo… So I’m curious to see real life performance, although i’m wondering if the sw will be the final one by the time Andi’s review will come out
on paper it looks terrific (for the price range), and I’m confident it won’t be terrible in real life.
i have a good opinion about ulefone.
MT6753 supports single channel 800MHZ RAM, Why use 1866MHZ (933MHZ double channel)
Hi, Andi
Can you comment it’s camera? I’ve asked Ulefone about it, they said that last week they were doing some camera updates and will post night photo samples, but I think all are selabrating national day 🙂
Please say your comments about:
– night photo quality (exposure, noise, colors)
– sound cancellation in videos (is sound clear if there is VERY noisy environment)
– video quality at night (light, details quality, focus on object, is there any lag)
Thank you
yes, please test the camera well. Also, how fast does it take multiple pictures after each other?
Thanks!
sounds promising. wish it had a bit bigger battery though.
With a 720p and 6753 it will get very good battery life.
Purchased a white one for mother in law and hoping it ships out soon. UleFone seems to be having stock shortage issues and additional delays being caused by Chinese national holidays.
To expensive – you can now get an 5,5″FHD/MT6752/3Gb/16Gb/16Mp/fingerprint scanner phone at same price !
It’s not just the content that’s important!
The market lacks good 5 inchers now. In my opinion it’s the right shot by Ulefone here. Band 20 supported – great. They don’t say a word bout NFC and IRDA and these would be nice to have too. Battery should be 2500mAh if they aim for a hit.
Pricing is right, but surely they could add bit more features in this range.
Also Paris have problems with colors on display, which is yellow tinted , and camera picture colors does not look right – maybe it will be fix on next firmware version
How do you know?
Latest youtube test review of Paris. check – it yourself !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZq1WYk-L5I
Found it, thanks! 🙂
Specifications are no more the most important thing.
Optimisation is what going to make companies fall or rise in the next years.
Show me phone with that spec for 130$
Andi what about Doogee F3 which has the same spec as Paris ?
in stock in your shop?reallly? pls quick review mostly front and rear camera thx thx very much….
Banggood.com also has it in stock. They shipped mine three days ago.
How long does the shipping from I banggood take? Please help as I ordered too and don’t know when my Jiayu s3 will get here.
It depends on the shipping method you choose. If Priority Direct Mail is available for your country, it usually takes only 10 days to arrive.
Thanks for the quick reply, but what about registered airmail, its like 41cents and I’m in Ireland
I can only tell you that registered airmail takes about 3-4 weeks to Germany. I think to Ireland it should be the same.
Thanks jan
OV13850 is the same camera chip as it was used at Jiayu G4-S,T,C..wasn´t so bad,but it had an aperture f2.2..so dunno if the article is correct
Aperture isn’t standard, so same sensors could have different aperture depending on companys’ choices!
Anyone able to check with this phone supports bluetooth low energy?
Yes it has Bluetooth 4.0 which is good
Why would you choose this over Meizu M2 Note which costs the same?
Meizu M2 Note no B20 (800MHz) LTE
Meizu M2 Note no stock Android, but Flyme OS
Meizu M2 Note 5.5 inch vs Ulefone Paris 5 inch
Meizu M2 Camera F/2.0 vs Ulefone Paris F/1.8
double price.
Hi Andi, have you got any more impressions on the phone or how long a review will take? There are little to no reviews on it online. Thanks
couldn’t wait…. just ordered.
black was in stock but i wait for white till end of week.
is for my wife
normal was my p6000 for my wife and i would buy a high spec phone….was waiting for bluboo xtouch but lot of rumors but no real phone
I’m hoping it will come soon. Either from Andi or from the reviewer in the youtube video below. I had expected some people to start receiving theirs by now and reviewing
Waiting for camera review