Blackview is a HongKong based smartphone manufacturer who has released a number of good looking phones in the past few years. The company has slowly expanded into international territories too and is famous for its beautifully designed smartphones.

One of the most popular Blackview products is the Blackview Ultra which takes its design inspiration from Apple’s iPhone 6. As a result, the phone looks extremely good and retails for less than $199 which makes it a great buy. There many other good looking products too, like Blackview Omega, Ultra A6 etc.

In fact, the company was present at MWC 2015 this year to show off its products at the event. Blackview was present at Booth Congress Square #7D81 at MWC in Barcelona, Spain this year. The company had specifically prepared a demonstration center to display its products at the booth.

Here are some of the pictures from the booth at MWC this year.

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Its good to see domestic companies like Blackview and ZOPO show off its new launches at a premier event like MWC. This clearly shows that they have plans to improve and establish themselves as a reputed brand in the global markets.

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Most of the iPhone 6 clones that we have seen recently have made sure that its operating system looks exactly like iOS. The Blackview Ultra too will come with a very similar interface to the Apple’s iOS operating system. In fact, this interface along with the exact looks of the 4.7 -inch iPhone 6 makes it very hard to distinguish between this clone and the real Apple device.

Most of the features and apps from iOS makes it to the device. So the inbuilt calender app, weather app, stopwatch, YouTube app etc are all designed to  look like the real deal. However, the phone runs on Android 4.4 KitKat OS which as you can see is heavily modified to make it similar to iOS 8. Other notable apps include the Game Center, which takes you to the play store (so its just there for name’s sake), then the iTunes app which is essentially a music player which looks like the original iTunes.

The settings menu on the device is built like Apple’s UI. Even the options inside have the same iOS looks. As for the camera UI, its once again like Apple’s interface. Swiping up or down will take you to different shooting modes like photo, video, square and panorama. There are a lot of other camera options as well such as HDR (although we are not sure whether it works), flash toggle button etc.

Swiping down from the top of the display brings you the notifications center like all other Android devices. But even that is tweaked with iOS like design. Further, swiping up from the bottom will bring you the control center which is a trademark iOS feature. There are options for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, volume level bar, the brightness bar as well as media control buttons. So, its exactly like the real control center.

You can also install the easy touch app on the device which brings in essential functions like back, home and menu keys right on the screen, even when you are inside an app. Given that the phone actually runs on Android, you get all the Android apps at your disposal like Google Maps, YouTube, Google Play Store etc.

While all these UI tweaks and design changes enhances the looks of the Blackview Ultra to the level of an actual iPhone 6, this can cause a small problem. Apart from the apps designed (tweaked) by the company that comes with the device, the other apps are made with Android 4.4 KitKat OS in mind. So, you may encounter some apps which look different from the phone’s OS but I guess that’s something that you must live with given the rest of the features and the cheap price tag. As of now, the Blackview Ultra just costs $119 in the market.

For more images and full tech specs, check out our earlier post here.

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Looking for a cheap Apple iPhone 6 clone to buy this holiday season? Now you have one more option to choose, thanks to the new Blackview Ultra smartphone. The device offers the same design as the iPhone 6 at a very affordable pricetag. So, if you wanted a smartphone that looked like the new iPhone, make sure you read further.

Design wise, like we said earlier, the Blackview Ultra looks exactly like the smaller iPhone 6 model. On the front, you have a 4.7 inch display with a front camera and other sensors on top. The right side contains the power button, while on the left you have the volume up and down buttons. The speakers grill, MicroUSB port and the 3.5mm headphone jack are all located at the bottom.

Coming to the specifications, the Ultra features the Mediatek MT6582M 1.3GHz quad-core processor with 1GB RAM and 8GB ROM which is further expandable up to 32GB via MicroSD. There is a 4.7 inch multi-touch 720p IPS display up front. The rear camera measures 13MP while the front camera measures 5MP. The phone supports dual SIM cards (one standard and the other MicroSIM), 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and runs on Android 4.4 Kitkat OS. A 2200mAh battery makes sure that the phone runs for atleast a day.

The device is available in three different color options – Gold, White and Black and will be available for purchase at $119. But at comebuy its even cheaper – $105!

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