Fake Nokia iPhone: The Cooli902 as the best of both worlds

November 30th, 2009

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When it comes to the ‘real-fake’ phones from China, some of them really make big news. While the OPhone made the news for being the closest clone of the iPhone, I personally liked the Nokia E97 for an awesome design. This time around, we have the “Nokia-iPhone” coming straight from the re-engineering (read copying) department from another Chinese manufacturer, via the supplier EEMOBI.

Dubbed the Cooli902, this handest features (more…)

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iPhone knockoff costs $40 to manufacture?

April 28th, 2009

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Wondering what is the real cost of the chinese make iPhone clones like the oPhone that we saw recently? Well here is a estimated cost sheet of a fake iPhone. Cheap, cheaper and cheapest parts with no good software is what you get. According to this estimate a very basic iPhone clone shall cost $39.56 to manufacture.

Extremely popular in India these devices have given the Nokias and Sony Ericssons a run for their money. Prompting Nokia to do some dard-e-disco.

Some better clones in the market that have also accommodated the accelerometer and finger swipe gestures of the iPhone. These might cost a little more. But thats the reality of Chinese handsets for you – $39.56.

Via Gizmodo

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After the OPhone, here comes HiPhone Nano

April 19th, 2009

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Just a week back we told you about the OPhone. And now here comes another one from the chinese market, the HiPhone Nano – A combination of the iPhone and the iPod nano. This TriBand flip phone features Dual Sim, camera, bluetooth and MP3. And the ugly cousin of iPhone is available for $125 with a discount of over 70% on its original price.

Close the flap and its an iPod nano, open it to get the iPhone. Chinese mobiles are not completely useless, they may bring out some good ideas for Apple.

[ChinaGrabber]

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Huawei’s iPhone Clone runs Android, Named uPhone?

February 16th, 2009

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The Huawei Android mobile that is expected to launch Q3 has made a small public appearance. And no points for guessing its an iPhone clone. Not sure if its really named uPhone but you can head over to MC for more

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