11 August 2008

Cloning (r)evolution:
Touchscreen enabled Nokia N82 for 100$

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Oh yes, you read that right, you can get brand new Nokia N82 for about 100$, the cloned of course :)

You can choose between few slightly different versions, all of them come with almost the same looks, but different names and specifications.

I know there is nothing new or surprising about cloned phones, but still it worth mentioning and warns consumers of fake handsets available in Asia Pacific region, Phillipines especially.

Fake products are found and produced in many countries but China is a major source of cloned devices and is well known for its cheap labour and fake products.

There are significant improvements in cloning techniques, ability to clone such technologically sophisticated products is scarifying and proves that almost everything can be cloned nowadays, even the high-end Smartphone like Nokia N82.

As usually, they managed to copy the designs and form factor of this famous manufacturer very well, and even to add the touchscreen functionality but they completely failed to rip off company's high-end technology.

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So although Chinese products looks better and better with every release they are still designed to be sold on the black market with typical working time from midnight to morning.

I just hope that in the future they’ll not only aspire to copy the designs of a western manufacturer on the cheap way. I believe that ear of reverse engineering is behind them and that soon or later we can expect that they will offer clones with capabilities beyond the original.