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Fake Nokia N97i found in China, doesn’t look that bad at all

By Dusan Belic on Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 1:42 AM PST In Clone/rip, Devices, Nokia

Fake Nokia N97i

“Good ol’” Chinese handset cloners are getting better with the day. Their latest “work” mimics Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s latest flagship device, N97, and honestly doesn’t look that bad. I’m not sure whether I should talk like that about something that’s obviously blatant forgery, but when you look at the image above, and few more images bellow, you’ll have to agree with me.

Anyway, the so called Nokia N97i is almost identical to the real thing, except that I doubt the Finnish quality is built inside. And while I’m not sure what the “i” part means, I can only figure it stands for “it doesn’t have keyboard.” We’re talking about the all-touchscreen device here, which also packs 3.2 megapixel camera, and a user interface that tries really hard to act like the original Symbian S60 5th Edition.

The price, you ask? It’s about 750 yuan which is roughly $110. Again, the quality is spotty and the warranty, if it’s provided at all, and is as useful as Bear Stearns’ stock options…

[Via: BGR]

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7 Comments on “Fake Nokia N97i found in China, doesn’t look that bad at all”

  1. n97i says:

    find more info about nokia n97i at
    http://www.n97i.com/nokia-n97i

  2. siggi says:

    750RMB? This is then with “laowei” bonus .. : )

    I got it today for 500RMB. Not bad at all as you said..

  3. Pourrahim says:

    recently I bought N97i and I am looking for PC
    Software to edit my phone book & …. from PC
    and also I am looking for N97i user gide
    I will be pleased if you give me software name and
    also related link for download

  4. Ash says:

    hi i got the n97i but can some1 help me i cant find the memory card slot
    thanks

  5. Janan says:

    Hi
    How can I tell a real N97i from a fake one?

    Regards

    • soujiro1022 says:

      simple. THERE IS NO “REAL” N97i. Nokia only released N97 and the N97 mini. If you bought an N97i, that is a fake or clone unit from China. I do not know of any fake cloned unit as of this date since they are after all… FAKE.

  6. vahid says:

    it is very very kos shere

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