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Fantastically fake Nokia N97i found in China
We try to avoid covering the unending waterfall of handset copies that flows out of China, but this one is so bad it’s good. Behold, the Nokia N97i. The “i“, by the way, apparently stands for “it doesn’t even have a QWERTY keypad”. Found lounging about in a shop in China, the N97i kiiiiind of, sort of, almost looks like an N97 until you turn it on… or flip it over and see the 3.2 megapixel camera… or try to slide the display up to reveal the keypad of course. In terms of the UI, it looks a little bit like S60 on a 1/10th VGA display with a hint of iPhone thrown into the mix. Yes, it’s a mess. The N97i apparently runs about 750 yuan, or $110, and will be just as popular in the US as the real N97 before the price drops. Hit the jump for more pics.
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I can find it in Shenzhen electronic market (Hua Qiang Bei) for about 600 RMB which is roughly $90; the UI is pretty cool. That’s the China IDH way to redesign-to-cost from Qualcomm 3.5G chipset to MediaTek MT6225 in order to address emerging markets. it’s a pity to see that they have to make copycats to do that.
Actually, Japan OEM / Sharp recently used the same strategy to penetrate Chinese market. Instead of being copied by Chinese local IDH; they have offered the ID / MD of some popular 3.5G Sharp models to a Chinese well-know ODM and asked them to redesign-to-cost the architecture by using cheaper CPU engine in order to cost down while keeping the ID of the original phone.
Result: 100Kunits/month since December ‘08 and very good brand exposure on the Chinese market. That’s the best way to reuse exclusive ID / MD look & feel and redesign-to-cost in order to address markets which were not originally targeted. Thumb-up Sharp for this smart idea.
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Hello.
I've buy me the N97i in China, too.
I've a big problem with it. I hope someone can help me.
When I turn the handy on at first, the touchscreen was very nice. But then i looked at the menu of this handy and i wanted to change the language. I've taste any function. Since this there's a keylock, but I can't use my touchscreen. The handy feels my
movements, but i can't klick at some funktion. I don't want the keylock. PLEAS HELP ME :(
OOH jack am a victim! i thought I've bought a trendy piece of phone only to realise i've been a victim of fake N97i. it looked quiet sleek and believably trendy.Nokia etchings are all over the phone with a 5.0 mega pixel camera and a hard silvery covering over the key-pad.
I only detected it was fake when I started having difficulty in accessing the wap(internet facility) from my service provider MTN. I only wish a hero would come our way to help getting rid of all this fake products tarnishing the hard won reputation of NOKIA.
WHERE THE HELL IS THE GHANA STANDARD BOARD!
Hy,i bought from several month about 10 nokia n97i,2 of them had a porblem wich it is i can not call from it even the transmition on the screen is full,i did enter the network setup everything is good but when i choose my own network of my country he write: distrect network faild ,how can i rtesolve them problem .thank so urgent
i bought an n97i too thinking it would be a n97. its a good fone generally with great features. luckilly my fone came in english. i just wanted to know how and where to download games for the fone as it only has one and that is a rubbish puzzle game.
can someone tell me how to change the t flash card. on fake n97i
I am not able to make calls from phone book of N97i.When I select any name from phone book,I do not find option DIAL or CALL.can any one please help me?
I have purchased a nokia n97i,i wnt to use t flash card but i m getting any option to set flash card,pls let me know how to insert flash card in my mobile.
I have faced another problem,whn i use bluetooth from another mobile,that time my mibile says that memory is full,but in my flash card has near about 947mb space.pls let me know about that.
I could not locate the T flash slot in Nokia n97i after removing the battery. If you manage to locate the slot and set the t flash kindly advice me on the same.Your helping hand will be highly appreciated.
hi..i bought a N97i also..the problem is,if i have a text message the sender of the message doesn't appear on my mobile only the number appears.thats why you have to look for it in your phonebook who was the sender.I hope somebody can help me..
Hi
I have this phone,I would like to know if there is any pc sychronisation?
Thank you
I bought this N97i because i needed a new phone for a low cost. Initially the salesman asked for 700 but I talked him down in a fiercely competitive general appliance market that sells many China repro's
I didn't suspect that I was buying a real nokia but as far as imitation phones go this one seems to be working very well. Clear reception, functional touchscreen and it was affordable...now we will see how long it lasts.
will try to post back in a few months with an update on it's lasting performance.
I have a problem... everytime i connect to a network it tells me unable to connect, sometimes it connects thou, and when i go to an app like facebook it tells me that i have no conection... plz help its really iritating me
what are you talking about?
http://www.ApplicationsN97.com
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