On the left is a new BlackBerry Bold 9700 (unsubsidised price $450 USD), on the right is a Chinese knockoff (even the homescreen looks the same!) that retails for $100 USD in Indonesia. Actually, the knockoff has two features the real BlackBerry doesn’t: - 2 SIM cards (notice the two green Send buttons on the left) - Rear AND front-facing cameras The FakeBerry even has WiFi! For $100, unlocked and unsubsidised. Now, what happens when the processors in the fake devices get a tiny bit faster, and they all just run Android OS instead of the kludgey thing they’re running now? (via Ambient Thoughts
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Truly mind blowing.
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If the US didn’t let the carriers lock customers, we’d all be using cheaper phones with more varied features. (Visit...
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I’m putting in my request for one of the FakeBerrys right now.
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really exciting if only because it...is likely to win against
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The other thing this made me realize is that there’s usable space at the bottom of the handset whose only purpose in the...
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Truly mind blowing.
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