So, we have been hearing about the slowdown of the Chinese smartphone market. There have been reports about layoffs among startup smartphone manufacturers like OnePlus and now, Dakele announced yesterday that the company has gone bankrupt. The founder of the company, Ding Xiuhong made the announcement via a weibo post yesterday surprising many fans.

In case you remember, Dakele became famous among Chinese clone smartphone lovers as they had made an amazing iPhone 6 clone called as the Dakele 3. But unlike other clone devices, this particular smartphone came with powerful specs, attracting the likes of many. Further, the phone was priced at just $240 in China, which made it a pretty good deal.

Dakele has always focused on affordable smartphones, with marketing helping it find new customers. But with increased competition from both top and low-end players, it became hard for the company to survive. From the founder’s statement, it looks like the financial backing for the company recently dried out, which ultimately led to Dakele’s closure.

Small time smartphone manufacturers are always at risk of closure, especially if they are focused solely in the local market. Chinese smartphone industry is highly saturated at the moment, with even big players like Xiaomi struggling to reach its goals. Last year, Xiaomi aimed to sell more than 80 million smartphones, but ended up selling only about 70 million. This shows that the slowdown is affecting even large players, and in such an environment, it’s really hard for the small time players, whose only source of business is smartphones, to survive.

Apart from the company’s financial problems, there have been reports about many component suppliers filing bankruptcy in China. Component makers are the heart of any smartphone manufacturer, so if they fail to deliver, the company fails to launch its products. Remember how an earthquake in Taiwan which damaged a display supplier’s factory resulted in the scrapping of the upcoming Meizu Pro 5 Mini handset?

The demise of Dakele is a strong indicator of how small time Chinese smartphone makers are struggling in the country. After Dakele, there could be other small smartphone players as well who could file for bankruptcy or may even be taken over in 2016.

We will just have to wait and watch.

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A few weeks back, we reported about a new iPhone 6 clone called as the Dakele 3. The device was one of the best iPhone clones that we have seen till date, bringing high end specs along with a beautiful design.

Many readers asked us when the phone was going for sale. Now, we finally have some more information about the device.

The Dakele 3 is currently available for sale from a number of resellers on TMall.com. There are two different versions of the device, and the one we spotted on TMall was the high end Dakele 3. There’s another variant of the phone, the Dakele 3X which comes with less powerful specs and a cheaper price tag. However, this particular device retails for 1699 Yuan which comes to around $272. Unfortunately, we could only find the Chinese mainland edition of the phone.

To recap on the specs, the Dakele 3 comes with a titanium chassis and aircraft grade aluminum body. You get a Full HD 1080p 5-inch display up front with Sapphire glass protection. Inside, there’s an MT6752 octa-core 64-bit processor which powers the device along with 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage. For camera, you get a 13MP Sony IMX214 rear camera with an 8MP Sony IMX219 front shooter. It supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, TDD-LTE, TD-SCDMA/ GSM connectivity. Finally, for battery you get a 2500mAh one at the back.

The phone is priced at 1499 Yuan officially, but if you want to be ahead of others, you will have to shell out the above mentioned $270 to get hold of the device. Still, even with this pricing, it looks like a very good deal.

Anyways, we’ll keep you guys updated if we spot the phone on international resellers anytime soon. So, stay tuned!

Meanwhile you can check out the review of the device here.

Also, if you are looking for iPhone clones, check out the Blackview Ultra, which retails at a much cheaper price but with lower specs.

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Back in December, we saw Dakele 3, a powerful iPhone clone at a very affordable price tag. The device was probably the best iPhone 6 clone in the market. However, not everyone is willing to spend over $240 (1499 Yuan) for a device which is basically a clone. So, it looks like Dakele has another device for the masses, this time a slightly lower version of the powerful Dakele 3 called as the new Dakele 3X. The phone will be the China mobile edition of the Dakele 3 and will feature less powerful specs and a much more affordable price tag to lure in customers.

The new Dakele 3X will come with the same sapphire glass protection as its powerful brother. It will also have the same 5-inch display with 1280 x 720p resolution. According to official data, the device will have a less powerful processor as the Dakele 3. The processor inside this model is clocked at 1.3Ghz which could be Mediatek’s MT6582 or MT6290 quad-core processors. The phone will have 1GB RAM onboard along with 16GB eMMC memory. The rear 13MP camera will be of Sony make and the front camera will be of 5MP. The phone is said to support China Mobile 4G / 3G / 2G networks, and China Unicom 2G networks and will be Dual SIM compatible.

Thankfully, the company has kept the same metal design as the original Dakele 3. So, you have the same aerospace grade aluminum alloy on the phone with a solid titanium frame. This should make the overall phone quite sturdy especially with the sapphire glass on the front.

Like the elder brother, the Dakele 3X will feature the company’s own kele UI which comes with intelligent application sorting option. Further, the company adds that users can also install other third party ROMs like MIUI, Color OS and Lewa OS with ease.

Dakele has not yet announced an official pricing of the device, but expect it to be much cheaper than the 1499 ($240) price tag of the Dakele 3.

Stay tuned for more updates. Meanwhile, check out more images from the gallery below.

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GT Advanced Technologies, the sapphire glass manufacturer that had a partnership with Apple, filing for bankruptcy protection has been a hot topic among financial and tech news media. Once again, everyone has wondered how the future of the sapphire screen will be like.

Dakele CEO Ding Xiuhong thinks that Apple ended its relationship with GTAT due to the high costs of sapphire screens and that there is a big problem with the production rate. Not long after, another member of Dakele’s upper management confirmed that Dakele is trying out sapphire screens and that the results are good, implying that the Dakele 3 may use a sapphire screen.

More Chinese manufacturers are producing sapphire screens due to their hardness, scratch resistance, and elegant appearance. Devices that use such screens include the ELIFE W808, Huawei P7 Sapphire Edition, and Vivo X5L limited edition. Besides being the first devices to use sapphire screens, they also have other things in common. They are rare and more expensive than the regular versions. It goes back to what Ding Xiuhong said. Due to low production rate and high costs, not every Dakale 3 phone may sport a sapphire screen.

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On September 3, at the Beijing National Conference Center, Dakele Mobile will launch its first flagship 4G cellphone, the Dakele Spring. It will also be the first 4G phone to use the Cloud OS, more precisely, the Yun 2.9 OS, which places great importance on safety and security.

Even before its launch, a lot of information about the Dakele Spirng has already been released online. The latest news on the phone reveal the Spring’s specs and that the Spring will cost 699 RMB. This phone will sport a 5.5-inch IPS screen with qHD resolution (960 x 540). Its processor is the MSM8926 (1.2GHz) chipset and has 1GB RAM and 4GB ROM. It also sports a 2mp/8mp dual-camera. The rear camera uses OV lens. The Dakele Spring supports TD-LTE China Mobile 4G internet, TD-SCDMA, and GSM. One of its selling points is that it supports dual-SIM. Its biggest selling point though is that it will use the Yun 2.9 OS which has, among other features, greater security features.

The Dakele Spring hits stores on September 9.

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Do you remember when we’re already covered the news about Big Cola Phone?, yes when I first time heard the name of this phone is very ridiculous, but thats the real name of the phone, come from Chinese manufacturer, name “Dakele” in Chinese, the new 5-inch smartphone come for domestic market.

And we also has covered the rumor about the new Big Cola 3 smartphone back on July, on that article we write about the new phablet device that powered with 4000 mAh baterry capacity and ready to compete with Samsung Galaxy lineup.

Is now we got the fresh news that the Big Cola 3 will hit the market on August 16th, accoring to the rumors, the new Big Cola 3 will brings high-definition camera, wireless charging technology, 8 megapixel front facing camera and packs with 5.5 inch screen 1080P HD resolution. As we mentioned before, the Big COla 3 will has high capacity batterry with 4000 mAh.

The interesting point is the new Big Cola will comes with more powerfull processor MTK6589T quad-core processor which running on 1.2GHz clock speed.

Another possibility, when Big Cola executives said they would launch the secret weapon sniper while the Big Cola phones founder admits the existence of a mysterious new machine, and informed sources said the mysterious new machine for the Big Cola 2 upgrade version rather than Big Cola 3.

In addition to the new machine will packs with Cola OS 2.0 has also been exposed recently, also in the speculation of the “big news” in the column, of course, so we have to wait until Big Cola smartphone is launch on August 16th.

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After we’ve got the spy photo of Big Cola Phone 2 March, is now we have a video demo of the Big Cola phone, this is the Big Cola 2nd generation smartphone.

The Big Cola Phone 2 is powered by Mediatek chipset and ready to compete with SamsungGalaxy Note 2, the new Big Cola Phone is packs with 5.3 inch screen size but offered with more affordable price,

The 2nd generation of Big Cola Phone has 5.3 inch screen size with 720p of 1280 x 720 display resolution, and powered by MT6589 quad-core 1.2GHz processor. This phone is sports with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory, while the front facing camera is 3 megapixel and rear-facing camera is 13 megapixel with 3,000 mAh battery capacity.

Here is the demo video :

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5-inch Big Cola smartphone is here!, when I first time heard the name of this phone is very ridiculous, but thats the real name of the phone, come from Chinese manufacturer, name “Dakele” in Chinese, the new 5-inch smartphone come for domestic market.

This phone is packed with 5-inch screen size and the price is quite interesting, the 999 yuan or around $160 is very affordable price for smartphone which packed with 5-inch screen as same as Samsung Galaxy Note as a popular brand for a while now.

Big Cola packs with 5-inch 960 x 640 screen resolution, powered with a dual-core processor, and sports with 1GB of RAM, 4GB of ROM, 5.0 megapixel rear-facing camera, powered by 2,450 mAh battery and running Android 4.0. also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. This phone also equipped with twi simcard slot which support for dual-card dual standby.

The Big Cola smartphone has sleek design since has 147 x 85.6 x 10.9mm size dimmension that an fit in your hands and the 5.0-inch screen equipped with TFT screen with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixel.

In front facing area, there is one big physical button for back to the home screen and two soft button for back and switch between running applications. While the micro USB located on the bottom of the phone. And the power button located on top of the phone beside the 3.5mm headphone jack.

Here are few video of Big Cola Smartphone, while the picture after the break:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TYfnYRElzGg#t=0s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1eg-zbEo0yU#t=0s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVkj7WA2-IY&feature=player_embedded#t=0s

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