Nokia N-Series Clones
Like I mentioned the N-series mobiles are the major products that have been duplicated. Because of the popularity of these mobiles, these cloned versions are selling like hot cakes. In Pakistan you would get a N-series mobile for up to PKR 35,000 and at about 7 times less you can buy the cloned version for PKR 5000!! . These mobiles are packed with almost the same features but are a bit fragile so you have to take some extra care of them and they only come with a seven day trial warranty. My friends who have tried it out found that they work fine up to one year and some have given figures of proper working for only a month.
Nokia N-95 Clone
Here is a review of some of these cloned Chinese versions of the conventional Nokia mobiles:
Nokia N-95
After the release of the Nokia N-95 it started to gain real popularity and it was time that the Chinese brains also start to get there hands at it and make a clone out of it. So the released there own cloned version of the Nokia N-95. This mobile looks quite like the nokia n-95 even with a nokia logo at the back just like in the original one. It has also got some great features and these things come up only for a mere 120-130 $ in Pakistan.
It has got features like; 5-mega pixels digital camera and 1.3 mega pixels camera for video calls, 3.5″ QVGA touch screen, Bluetooth, FM radio and microSD slot, it supports 2 SIM cards etc.
But 5 mega pixel over here is not really 5 mega pixel and the quality is really not high but it still is quite good. It has got Bluetooth but no FM radio some have even reported that the Bluetooth doesn't work properly.
Nokia N-90
Just like the Nokia n-95 the Chinese also started to device new plans and cloned yet another Nokia N-series mobiles and like the N-95 you shouldn't expect much from it either but still for 150$ you can sure play with a fake N-90. Its prime features include; QWERTY keyboard,2.4″ QVGA external and 2.8″ QVGA internal screen, stereo speakers, 1.3 MP camera, stereo Bluetooth and microSD expansion slot. In terms of pre-installed software, there's some office documents viewer as well as Nintendo emulator that can double up as a dedicated-gaming device. So at first glance it is easy to fool any one because it really looks like the original one but still you won't get all there is in the original N-90.Nokia N-90
Just like the Nokia n-95 the Chinese also started to device new plans and cloned yet another Nokia N-series mobiles and like the N-95 you shouldn't expect much from it either but still for 150$ you can sure play with a fake N-90. Its prime features include; QWERTY keyboard,2.4″ QVGA external and 2.8″ QVGA internal screen, stereo speakers, 1.3 MP camera, stereo Bluetooth and microSD expansion slot. In terms of pre-installed software, there's some office documents viewer as well as Nintendo emulator that can double up as a dedicated-gaming device. So at first glance it is easy to fool any one because it really looks like the original one but still you won't get all there is in the original N-90.
The cloned version along side the real one
Nokia N-73
The Nokia N-73 mobile was yet another of the long list of mobiles that have been cloned by Chinese mobile companies. Some companies fake the original ones and change the brand names of Nokia to something else, one of which is Nokir. The Nokia N-73 faced a similar fate and was cloned by one such company it came up with features like; dual band GSM phone that houses a 2.6″ QVGA touch screen and a 2 megapixels camera. MP3 and MP4 are supported and the memory expansion used is microSD,it is smaller and lighter than the N73 (110×55x14mm 105g) so for all fun purposes it really catches the eye of the younger generation who want to play with all the latest stuff for almost free and it really costs nothing more than 100$.
Nokia Fake N-73
Nokia 5610 - Xpress Music
Last but not the least the latest cloned mobile released by a Chinese mobile company is the clone of Nokia Xpress Music. This mobile is really going popular and once again has some distorted name of 'Nokia'. It has got some features like:
- 2.4 inch TFT LCD screen.
- Support MP3 and MP4 playback.
- 1MP camera, High resolution camra, get clear pictures.
- Built in FM radio.
- 72 polyphonic ring tones distinctive pleasent.
- T-flash arbitrary expansion slot.
- Supporting ligting.
- Mini individuation modeling.
- MP3 songs can be set to ringone.
- Support WAP/GRPS.
- Support bluetooth data transimition
Durability Of Chinese Mobiles
Mobile phones that are made originally in the Nokia factory are released into the market after being put through a no. of tests. Unlike these cloned mobiles which I don't think are much tested. These mobiles are extremely fragile and come with no warranty and neither they get repaired so you wouldn't want to rely much on these phones. There are also a number of software glitches and sometimes you might end up with your software all corrupted. These things can happen very ofte and can also appear in the original version but can get fixed. So you can't really predict anything about these phones and what my personal figures show people are buying and using these mobiles and they seem to work fine if not good.
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