30 August 2008

Cloning (r)evolution: Nokia N97 cloned
several months before its official announcement

First of all I am not sure if we’ll ever see something like Nokia N97 but those Chinese clonners have managed to clone a phone based on the patented Nokia form factor leaked last year and named as Nokia N97.

Drawings extracted from the Nokia’s patent applications clearly shows the slider phone concept with the swivel camera module on the top of the phone and the 8 MPX mark under the lens.

Phone looks like hybrid between the oldie Nokia N90 and Nokia N95 and it going to be amazing device although it is still questionable whether such a phone will be ever materialized in the real world!

Please Nokia don’t leave this project and release this sexy creature as soon as possible, my Nokia N95 is two years old now and we need a new and real flagship as soon as possible. This phone looks like pretty good solution for new flagship, especially considering rumored specifications like, WQVGA screen, 8 MPX camera, Xenon flash, Carl Zeiss optic, x3 Optical zoom and DVD Quality video recorder with stereo sound.

Anyway, speaking about the Chinese clone, as far as I know this is the first time that they didn’t wait for the real phone to be leaked or announced to clone it. With every new model their cloning techniques getting better and better and blurry drawing leaked from the Nokia patent documentation was more than enough impulse and stimulus for making the phone based on that concept.

As usually, they managed to copy the form factor of this famous manufacturer very well but they completely failed to rip off company's high-end technology and therfore this Chinese fake is not an option for us and we need something similiar but with Nokia badge on it!