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Keepin’ it real fake, part XLIX: hangin’ with “Sang” Ericsson

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 by admin

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In the latest mobile installment of Keepin’ it real fake, we lavished our attention on one of the most revealing fake mobile concepts in a while — the “Sang Ericsson” handset that looks an awful lot like the freakish offspring if the official Sony Ericsson M600i and the W950i handsets were to bump uglies. That being said, the image at the top reveals what appears to be ugly chiclet, super-glued number keys and some kind of chrome navigation pad or joystick, along with that insanely beautiful “Sang Ericsson” at the top and those little Palm Zire-like built-in icon softkeys on the screen. Now, at least the “Nokir” E828 that looks surprisingly like an actual Nokia handset (yes, actual Nokia model N73) only changed one letter to remain fake off the Nokia name. Sang Ericsson changed two letters from Sony Ericsson. We have a winner!

[Thanks, Staska]

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Keepin’ it real fake, part L: The “Ipod style Mobile Phone iPhone”

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 by admin

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We’ve gotta hand it to them: electronics conmen are extremely confident in their belief in the ignorance of the masses. Gaze at the unbelievably poor “Ipod [sic] style Mobile Phone iPhone” rendition above, and then suck in the £75 (around $150) pricetag. It comes complete with an iPod-esque white finish, Mac OS X wallpaper, and a strange Quicktime skin for the included media player, but the kicker has got to be the modified Apple logo — as if the extra leaf is going to fool anyone.

[Thanks, John Derbyshire]

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