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iPhone nano fake available in China

by Steven Sande Apr 18th 2011 at 10:30AM

Apple may never introduce an iPhone nano, but that's not keeping the knockoff manufacturers in China from creating them.

The phone was discovered by a writer for Giz-China.com, who was checking out a Lenovo tablet when he spied the mini-iPhone 4 clone. While unable to get exact dimensions of the device, the writer said that it "easily fits in to the palm of my hand," and the photos show this iPhone nano fake to be about 2/3 the size of a true iPhone 4.

Called the iPhone 4 Nano, this Shenzen-made product doesn't run iOS -- instead, it sports a Java-based OS that looks and acts remarkably like Apple's mobile operating system. It comes complete with a 1.3 Megapixel back camera and a front-facing camera, has a resistive touchscreen, and won't (of course) work with the App Store.

While this phone retails for about US$58 without a contract, chances are slim that it will make it out of the Chinese market. Still, it would be fun to have a mini-me iPhone 4 to accompany your full-sized Apple smartphone.

[via Ubergizmo]



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Moose

Boooo. I sent this to you guys months ago. Video and photos: http://gallery.me.com/richard.benson#100147&view=null&bgcolor=black&sel=0

April 19 2011 at 2:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bernie

it's been around since iphone 4 came out. some of you western yellow haired monkeys should take a visit to shenzhen's i.t. hub. guaranteed to be an eye gorging experience.

April 18 2011 at 11:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
InfinityX

Ugh, just the thought of a resistive touchscreen makes me a little queasy. I had to deal with an LG Voyager for 2 years before I got my first iPhone 3GS. I'll never look back to resistive after experiencing capacitive.

April 18 2011 at 1:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Jon

On a phone, yes, I will agree. I don't know though, I like the resistive touchscreen of my Garmin for th at particular application. I found poking at my iPhone using TomTom while it was mounted on my dash to be prone to more mistakes.

April 18 2011 at 3:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
XP84

I'll second that. And personally, I don't like resistive in any application. I'll be glad in about 10 years when car companies and the various gadgets that still use the old kind finally catch up to 2007 and figure out how to do capacitive touchscreens.

April 18 2011 at 3:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Anthony La

Still surprised at how it can be a convincing fake.

April 18 2011 at 10:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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