Fake Nokia 7260 detected ! And more !

I believe many of us have a obsession with new mobile phones. The sleekest, feature packed, latest, most expensive phone in the market never fails to impress the people around us. The owners probably get a high for all the attention. Well, it appears that our mass-copying-factory-of-the-world have already "OEM" Nokia's phone.

Right now, the phone that is cloned is the Nokia 7260, by Shenzhen Telsda and Song Xun Da Khong Ke Electronic.And the real stuff...

Even to a phone-retarded guy like me, the difference is obvious. The copied phone could have been produced with better quality to match the original.

So, when the next time you see someone strolls down the street with the sleekest, feature packed, latest, most expensive mobile phone, it could be "冲的" (a pirated fake). Come on people, this is really a very lazy way to make your own mobile phone, it's a exact clone, albeit with lousy looking plastic.

In another note, the cheapos out there could be buying these in droves. When busted, they could come up with reasons like

1. 我不知道！ (I don't know !)
2. No lah, it looked fake because this is a cover plate bought from the stall / shop at Sim Lim / [Insert area name] pasar malam / [Insert neighbour hood shop]
3. Where got fake one ? Don't have ! Don't disturb me !
4. [Strange awakard silence] ...
5. I beri buzi you know [Runs off]

Original article here from The Inquirer

And further search on the Google yield even more surprises.
Here is a article on pirated Sony Ericsson W800 and K700 mobile phones.
You can also buy them off ebay ! Here is a W800C, which is cloned Sony Ericsson W800i, at only $1499 yuan (SGD$299) with a free 128mb SD card !!.

And not to forget the K368, which is a cloned Sony Ericsson K750i for only $960 yuan (SGD$192) !The range of pirated mobile phones and PDA phones is really amazing ! Do a search in Ebay china for a better picture. Woah, cheap, disposable phones for all ! Who cares about no warrantly coverage and exploding phone batteries when they are dirt cheap?

12/01/08 Update : Apparently the phones are sold everywhere else in the region. The clones flew out of the cloning factories within weeks of the original's release. They looked so real that it's really hard to tell the difference. It's available in Malaysia too if you are interested. There is a full range of current models to choose from !