The Fake Iphone - opnions wanted

stev180 · Post by **stev180** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:17 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... Y.m238.lVI

My brother is thinking about buying the chineese copy of the iphone. Any major points to put him off? thanks.

Roboscot · Post by **Roboscot** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:33 pm

One thing I will say, make sure it arrives set to english as my bro bought one of these chinese replicas and it was all in chinese and of course there was no way of using the menu system to change it.

mach1rob · Post by **mach1rob** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 12:42 pm

Roboscot wrote:One thing I will say, make sure it arrives set to english as my bro bought one of these chinese replicas and it was all in chinese and of course there was no way of using the menu system to change it.

Take it down the local takeaway and ask them to change it to English while you wait for your fried rice!

stev180 · Post by **stev180** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:32 pm

mach1rob wrote:
Roboscot wrote:One thing I will say, make sure it arrives set to english as my bro bought one of these chinese replicas and it was all in chinese and of course there was no way of using the menu system to change it.
Take it down the local takeaway and ask them to change it to English while you wait for your fried rice!

lmao !

Fluke · Post by **Fluke** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:37 pm

Any major points to put him off?

It's fake !!!

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:39 pm

Fluke wrote:
Any major points to put him off?
It's fake !!!

How is it? It's not advertised as an iphone.

Fluke · Post by **Fluke** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:40 pm

radddogg wrote:
Fluke wrote:
Any major points to put him off?
It's fake !!!
How is it? It's not advertised as an iphone.

Because it's aimed squarely at people who can't afford an iphone.

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 3:42 pm

Fluke wrote:
radddogg wrote:
Fluke wrote:
Any major points to put him off?
It's fake !!!
How is it? It's not advertised as an iphone.
Because it's aimed squarely at people who can't afford an iphone.

So it isn't fake, its a cheaper alternative to the iphone. Is a daewoo nexia a fake vauxhall astra?

benno_bro · Post by **benno_bro** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:54 pm

when you Park a nexia next to an astra....they are actually quite different. Nexia was my first car, ran with no oil and water for ages

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:13 pm

benno_bro wrote:when you Park a nexia next to an astra....they are actually quite different. Nexia was my first car, ran with no oil and water for ages

Nexia was made with Vauxhall tooling.

Bikernut · Post by **Bikernut** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:21 pm

Looks ok,seems theres quite a few happy customers in the feedback of various sellers of these phones.

Must be better than getting shafted by Mr Apple !!!

mach1rob · Post by **mach1rob** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:21 pm

Still carp and still not a Vauxhall tho

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 5:23 pm

mach1rob wrote:Still carp and still not a Vauxhall tho

Exactly! This chinese thing is not an iphone :idea:

Post by **Punx0r** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:27 pm

Everyone slates the proper i-phone, so I can't imagine a cheap chinese knock-off will be any better

richard moss · Post by **richard moss** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:31 pm

radddogg wrote:
mach1rob wrote:Still carp and still not a Vauxhall tho
Exactly! This chinese thing is not an iphone :idea:

But if itdoes the job it doesn't matter one jot.

If the iphone wasn't so overpriced then maybe people wouldn't need to look for a cheaper alternative. There is no way that an iphone is worth best part of Â£300.

calibrax · Post by **calibrax** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:42 pm

richard moss wrote:
radddogg wrote:
mach1rob wrote:Still carp and still not a Vauxhall tho
Exactly! This chinese thing is not an iphone :idea:
But if itdoes the job it doesn't matter one jot.

If the iphone wasn't so overpriced then maybe people wouldn't need to look for a cheaper alternative. There is no way that an iphone is worth best part of Â£300.

It is definitely worth Â£300. There are many worse phones sell for that on eBay. If Apple had sold the phone for Â£299 sim-free, they would have shifted bucketloads of them for xmas.

What it ISN'T worth is Â£300 plus a compulsory Â£35 per month contract for 18 months. Which is the only way to buy it at the moment... all together it adds up to Â£930

mg-richard · Post by **mg-richard** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 6:46 pm

so does the fake one have all the features of the genuine i phone?

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:48 pm

richard moss wrote:
radddogg wrote:
mach1rob wrote:Still carp and still not a Vauxhall tho
Exactly! This chinese thing is not an iphone :idea:
But if itdoes the job it doesn't matter one jot.

If the iphone wasn't so overpriced then maybe people wouldn't need to look for a cheaper alternative. There is no way that an iphone is worth best part of Â£300.

Sorry I wasn't clear. I think it is good that there is a cheap alternative to the iphone. Fluke said it was a fake and i was trying to say that it isn't a fake cos its not an identical copy and doesn't claim to be an iphone.

Now I'm confused

requestingaflyby · Post by **requestingaflyby** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:42 pm

as far as iknow the i-phone is only set to 2G where as most of uk runs 3g so thats pretty poo anyways, 56k dial up connection is probably quicker than one of them

btw ive just ordered a samsung f700!

do a google, i think you will be impressed!!

arc · Post by **arc** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:57 am

well the cheap knock-off can record video where as the iphone can't.. and it can do MMS.. which apparently the iphone can't (but i can't beleive that's true)

Semproxion · Post by **Semproxion** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:55 pm

arc wrote:well the cheap knock-off can record video where as the iphone can't.. and it can do MMS.. which apparently the iphone can't (but i can't beleive that's true)

It is true, I know someone who got one saying "oh it will, that's just anti-apple sh*t"

then when he got it, no MMS function.

Apparently Apple have already announced iPhone Gen 2 which should have all the features missing from the current released model

I reckon Apple rushed the first version to get it out in time for christmas tbh

Gareth-J · Post by **Gareth-J** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:39 am

requestingaflyby wrote: btw ive just ordered a samsung f700!

More fool you mate - i've got a U600, the better half has a F300 and my cousing has a G600 - all 3 have been back in at least 4-5 times for software upgrades, replaced at least once and still crash on a regular basis.

I can honestly say that i will never buy a samsung again - the phones are fantastic but the software they now use is absolute sh*te!!! Which is a shame really because the old D500 i still have has been thrown against walls, dropped down a drain, stood on, chewed by the dog and still works like the day it came out of the factory (with the exception of a few... well a lot lof scrapes and scratches).

Gareth

rovex · Post by **rovex** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:40 pm

The iPhone is worth Â£300, but only if SIM free, not with a naff contract on top!
You can get a replacement shell ofor the nokia and SE symbians that looks and acts like the iPhones menu system if you really want it that badly.

As for Samsung, no custom messge alert tones equals no sale, plus they are rather basic. The new G800 for example, nice camera with optical zoom, but no other worthwhile features.

Big__P · Post by **Big__P** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:06 pm

rovex wrote:As for Samsung, no custom messge alert tones equals no sale,

the U600 has custom message tones - i got a swearing one on

U GOT A MESSAGE - U GOT A tinky winky TEXT MESSAGE lol

sorry

rovex · Post by **rovex** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:44 pm

Most dont, im sure my friends G600 doesnt, none of the ones ive ever had did either.

Big__P · Post by **Big__P** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:59 pm

no - it doesent - our lass has the g600 and i had the d600 and they didnt -

rovex · Post by **rovex** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:05 pm

The iPhone is nothing special, really. It just has a pretty interface, thats what you pay for. Most phones can do everything it does and more. This device is simply an MP4 player with a phone in it, which is basically all the iPhone is, the difference is that this one is a tiny bit less well designed, but has a much better phone in it.