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Old 03-01-2011 at 03:17 PM   #1
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What do you think?
Hello


I want to know what you guys think,

Would you buy an I phone 4g made in China but good quality, Looks exactly like the real Iphone 4g
for a price of 100$-150$

or any type of blackberry for cheap prices

I pads that are really cheap, but with out the apple logo ( with a fake one)


What do you guys think?

Would you buy it?

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Old 03-01-2011 at 03:22 PM   #2
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Old 03-01-2011 at 03:31 PM   #3
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From what I have read, those only look like the real deal, but are missing much in terms of hardware. Furthermore, I highly doubt you'd get any sort of warranty on knock off products. For these reasons, I probably wouldn't buy one of those phones.
Old 03-01-2011 at 03:35 PM   #4
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From what I have read, those only look like the real deal, but are missing much in terms of hardware. Furthermore, I highly doubt you'd get any sort of warranty on knock off products. For these reasons, I probably wouldn't buy one of those phones.
yes there are no warranty's on these products but they cost around 1/5th of the price

and most people buy these phones for looks, it has apps as well

what you think?
Old 03-01-2011 at 03:43 PM   #5
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yes there are no warranty's on these products but they cost around 1/5th of the price

and most people buy these phones for looks, it has apps as well

what you think?
If you only care about the looks, keep in mine you will have a duller display with lower resolution than their legit counterpart. The processor is also much slower. However, the biggest deal breaker in my book is that it is made of cheap plastic and will be easy to scratch/break. If you ever drop that thing it's going to smash into 3.76 million pieces, guaranteed.

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Old 03-01-2011 at 03:45 PM   #6
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Old 03-01-2011 at 03:48 PM   #7
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If you only care about the looks, keep in mine you will have a duller display with lower resolution than their legit counterpart. The processor is also much slower. However, the biggest deal breaker in my book is that it is made of cheap plastic and will be easy to scratch/break. If you ever drop that thing it's going to smash into 3.76 million pieces, guaranteed.
I disagree, its quality is better then what you are describing it

yes Its not as good as the real i phone

but its ok I give it a 7/10 rating

I say some one with one, didnt find out its Chinese until i looked closer at the logo
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iPhone* Blackberry*
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Old 03-01-2011 at 03:49 PM   #9
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I disagree, its quality is better then what you are describing it

yes Its not as good as the real i phone

but its ok I give it a 7/10 rating

I say some one with one, didnt find out its Chinese until i looked closer at the logo
Have you done a hardware test with this phone?
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Have you done a hardware test with this phone?

I saw it and started using it, it was ok 8/10 rating unlike the 10/10 rating for the origional

Its not crappy plastic

you should check some of them
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Don't misunderstand me. I won't argue that the phones are no good, it just seemed from your original post that you thought them equivalent to the real deal. I was just pointing out why they are not as good.

I myself would only buy one of the ripoff phones if I found out they supported flash. I need my phone to be really robust, since they usually fall out of my pocket alot. I'm loving my HTC desire Z, The thing is pretty much made from stainless steel.
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Don't misunderstand me. I won't argue that the phones are no good, it just seemed from your original post that you thought them equivalent to the real deal. I was just pointing out why they are not as good.

I myself would only buy one of the ripoff phones if I found out they supported flash. I need my phone to be really robust, since they usually fall out of my pocket alot. I'm loving my HTC desire Z, The thing is pretty much made from stainless steel.
no lol they are not the same as the real deal but they are a good replacement if some one likes how it looks and dosent want to spend an extra 500$


nice I will see if they can make them like that

would you support me in trying to sell some of them at mcmaster

I know some one who gets huge amounts and has a store
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no lol they are not the same as the real deal but they are a good replacement if some one likes how it looks and dosent want to spend an extra 500$


nice I will see if they can make them like that

would you support me in trying to sell some of them at mcmaster

I know some one who gets huge amounts and has a store
I'm not a huge fan of intellectual property theft, so no. Furthermore, without the proper permits I'm fairly sure that would be illegal for you to do.
Old 03-01-2011 at 04:09 PM   #14
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its not worth it.

Its going to have a TON of problems and there is no support what so ever for these knock-offs. Waste your money elsewhere.
Old 03-01-2011 at 05:14 PM   #15
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Well considering the real item and the fake item are both made in china what's the difference?
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