It all started with the iPhone. Everyone was wild about the touchscreen technology. Everyone loved having everything you needed in your cell phone. The idea was that you wouldn't need a separate PDA, MP3 / MP4 player, digital camera, web browser, or cell phone was a very appealing one. With iPhone technology, you could now have all of these features stuffed into one sleek and small cell phone. This was a great idea, but as far as cell phones go, Apple left some things on the table.

The complaints started flying and like cars and other electronics, China has the lock on the clone and knock off markets. One company, CECT, has had huge success with its iClones. It's P168 model has been a runaway hit because it improved upon the iPhone in many ways by:

1. making the phone easy to unlock so you can use any carrier you want and aren't stuck with AT&T;

2. making the phone dual sim so that you can have two phone cell numbers since what is the use in having iPhone technology if you are still having to lug a spare cell phone around?;

3. adding additional speakers and surround sound; and

4. fixing the bugs and freezing problems inherent with the iPhone.

Recently, CECT has unleashed its quad band version of the P168. In a nutshell, the original CECT P168 was tri band. This new version is quad band (GSM GPRS 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz), which is needed in a few countries. Like the old version, you don't need any software. This phone will automatically recognize and load the info on any sim card. The new version also added a slide unlock feature (just swipe your hand to unlock the phone) as well as a webcam.

Surprisingly, the new version P168 is priced very similarly to the older version, running between $100 and $150 depending on where you get it. This is a mind boggling price for all of the features stuffed into this high performance little phone.