This week in fake Nokia devices: Five Nokia N97 clones
By Dusan Belic on Sunday, May 24th, 2009 at 2:49 AM PST In Clone/rip, Devices, Nokia
There are no doubts in my mind Nokia (NYSE: NOK) have big hopes for its new flagship device – N97. That said, I was not surprised to spot 5 fake N97s in the last few weeks. Some of them have their own “branding” like Nckia and Nokla, while some other simply say “N97″ on the top of the device. Moreover, we see that of all the clone N97s, there are some with keyboard (Nckia N97) while others are all-touchscreen devices (Nokla N97).
As it gets harder and harder to spot a fake device, buyers need to examine the phone carefully prior to pulling any cash/cards out of their pockets/wallets. Sure it may sound like a good deal, but if it’s too good to be true, you’re probably looking at a clone device which doesn’t come even close to the “real deal.” Here are some shots of the fake Nokia N97s, which we advise you to look carefully and keep following our “this week in fake devices” series. 
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How terrible?
it definetely looks like one of fake chinese clones. my brother bought N96 which it actually was fake. he found out that his 580$ handset not responding for maps application and went to mobicom and found out that fakes didn’t have proper chips to support such functions as well as 3G.it was a 580$ mistake and he never found the dealer again.
I was so close to buying a Nokia N96 from shop on the Internet. The price tag was to good to be true, so I decided to do research on Google. This phone was a replica and called Nokla N96 and not Nokia N976 so I will be very careful when I go and purchase my next Nokia N97.
My friend got the Nckia N97c yesterday. His dad had promised him a nice phone coz he’s been dodging giving him pocket money (we’re in varsity). Anyways, so he was overseas… I don’t know where exactly. My friend charged the thing in my room and I didn;t mind. Well, me being me, I decided to explore the phone a lil… I found it to be weird. For such an ‘expensive’ phone the interface looked cheaper than my 3 year old SE W850. I kept wondering what was wrong as even when I opened the back almost everything was amiss… Then today I looked at the logo and saw that it’s actually NCOKIA and not NOKIA. The C Is made to look like an O, LMAO… He hasn;t realised this yet and I don’t know what to do. Anyways, I just hope people are careful not buy fake, cheap clones unless it’s what they’re aiming for. His dad really screw him over… WOW