The shanzai clones never get old… This time the HTC Touch Diamond has been cloned and it received a cold steel finish, for tougher looks. Apparently, this design is inspired by the fictional metal Adamantium that we know from the Wolverine comics.
Dubbed K1 Cold Steel, the handset has already hit the streets in China, running Android 2.1 and...
Touch G7 is a HTC Desire clone that gets pictured below, in case you’re interested in such devices made in Asia. Even the UI is a HTC Sense copy, so the clone is pretty well done, although the handset runs Windows Mobile 6.5.
The Android trackball on the original phone was replaced by a touchpad, for better UI navigation and we learn that the...
Lava Mobile has got a pretty interesting smartphone to showcase, the B5 Alpha model, pictured below. This mysterious device features an ABCDE keyboard layout, instead of the usual QWERTY one. As you can see, the handset’s design looks very much like the one of BlackBerry Bold and the OS on the B5 looks a bit like Windows Mobile.
The render above...
Although Apple has yet to launch the white version of the iPhone 4, this handset already got cloned in Shanzhai, with the new colour and all. The clone bears the name of E9000 and can be seen in the following image. It packs a 3.5 inch resistive touch display and we’re dealing with a dual SIM handset here.
There’s also a 0.3 megapixel camera...
Welcome again to another piece of shanzhai gear, the M9. Basically, this is a handset hidden in a gold colored Mercedes Benz “toy car”. The full name of the phone is BenzM9 and you might have noticed that its design is inspired by the curves of the famous cars bearing the same branding.
The Benz logo can be found all over the place, even...
We’ve seen practically any handset out there turned into a clone, so it doesn’t surprise us to find out that the Nexus One has also been turned into a replica. Known as Sigao H9, the device also uses an imitation of the HTC Sense UI, that could catch your eye.
This handset features a 3.5 inch touch display, with a 240 x 400 pixel resolution,...
HTC Tattoo is one of the few entry level Android phones on the market and we’ve just learned that there’s a clone of the handset out there, obviously one made in China. The device gets pictured below and we found out that its specs are nothing like the original.
Tattoo’s clone is a dual SIM phone, with a slider design, a 2.6 inch...
Another day, another cloned phone, we might say, after seeing Nokia’s N8 getting cloned in China. The new product bears the name of N8-00 and it costs $99.20, much less than the original N8. I think you guessed by now that this is NOT a 12 megapixel cameraphone…
Its specs are pretty basic and predictable for that price: 3.3 inch touchscreen...
Dapeng T3000 is your classic made in China device, but before you call it an iPhone clone, check out the details. Apparently, it brings to the scene a couple of extras, like a 180 degree flip and rotating screen, plus a full QWERTY keyboard, that makes the device look neat.
The handset comes with a 3.5 inch HVAG touchscreen with a 240 x 320 pixel resolution,...
If you’re looking for your average weekend iPhone clone, we’ve come across the Yuhua X2 smartphone, pictured in this article and packing some reasonable specs. The handset comes with dual OS support, 256 MB ROM, 128 MB RAM and a 3 inch WQVGA touchscreen display with a 240 x 400 pixel resolution.
Also on board, you’ll find a 5 megapixel...