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Nokia Clone Devices Hitting New Lows

It's nice to see that Nokia phone designs have made such an impact on the entire world that some lazy-arse Chinese manufacturers are now copying some familiar-looking phones for their PMP devices.

Nokia clones hitting new lows.

Nokia phone design clones are surfacing at an alarming rate.


Behold, the Yahee YHM-MPE02 and Golden Crystal KI-T12, courtesy of Engadget:

Two Nokia phone clones aren't even phones - they're PMPs.

Both the Yahee and Golden Crystal sport some tiny screens (Golden Crystal: 1.5" display, Yahee: 2.2"), and other regular audio features (FM tuner, support for WMAs and...MP3s). But the real draws are the design. To which I say: of all the Nokia phones to rip, you picked the 7260, a Dinosaur Phone and in my book one of the worst-looking phones to ever grace the world.

I guess that makes the Yahee just that much more cutting-edge, with a rip of the 5200 XpressMusic phone. I mean, jeez guys. NokLa's were bad enough.

Sadly, copycat designs aren't just limited to the low-end products out there. Does the design of this 11 megapixel video camera ring any bells?

At least it still manages to look slick...

Manufactured by a company called Super Power Global, the DV-1100 provides not 1, not 2, but 12 functions for the price of 1:

"A 12-in-1 featured Digital Video Camcorder, Digital Still Camera, PC camera, MP3 Player, Mass Storage Device, Video Recorder, Video Player, Motion Stabilization, Motion Detection, Remote control, Game Boy, E-Book and AV In/Out function product "

It does look expensive though.

Yahee YHM-MPE02 - Engadget
Golden Crystal K1-T12 - Engadget
11MP PMP Multi-Function Digital Camcorder (DV-1100)

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