Does anyone in the hive have any experience with these copy iphones I am seeing here in Hong Kong?

April 5, 2010 8:09 AM

Does anyone in the hive have any experience with these copy iphones I am seeing here in Hong Kong?

I am in Hong Kong at the moment and am seeing some very affordable imitation Iphones, complete with stickers.
As they are under $100 I am thinking of picking one up. I understand that the usual Iphone apps will not work with these but will the thing last a bit.
Can some experienced soul chime in here?

posted by citybuddha to Technology (3 answers total)

If it's relevant the copy iPod I got a couple years ago on the mainland turned out to be completely worthless. It stopped working totally in about a week.
posted by cmoj at 8:17 AM on April 5, 2010

There was something on slashdot about something similar.
posted by rickim at 8:23 AM on April 5, 2010

Don't do it! Functionality is limited and it will most likely die in a short period of time. I'm not even sure how stickers are supposed to imitate the iPhone experience but I'm scared to find out. Avoid.
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 12:50 PM on April 5, 2010