Geek Posted December 31, 2010 Posted December 31, 2010 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fake-iphone-4-sophone.jpg" alt="fake iphone 4 sophone" title="fake iphone 4 sophone" width="450" height="444" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11409" /></p> <p>Would you believe this isn’t a real iPhone 4? This freakishly accurate counterfeit is called the SoPhone, and the enclosure is so precise that it fits into all existing iPhone 4 cases. Not only does the outside look identical to the iPhone 4, it’s apparently running a customized version of Android that is themed to look and feel practically identical to iOS.</p> <p>Perhaps the only thing that gives this away as a counterfeit is the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2009/09/26/iphone-screen-resolution-is-480-x-320-pixels/">screen resolution</a>, which at 480×320 is the same resolution as the iPhone 3GS and not the real iPhone 4’s 960×640 retina display. Oh, and the price of course, which at $225 is about $500 cheaper than what a ‘real’ iPhone 4 will set you back on the Chinese grey market.</p> <p>So remember those <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/07/buy-a-white-iphone-4-right-now-in-china/">white iPhone 4’s for sale</a> all over China? Yea, you might want to skip those since the chance of getting your hands on a real one is likely slim…</p> <p>More pictures of the phone, UI, and a video of it in use next to a legit iPhone 4 below: <span id="more-11408"></span></p> <p>Features of iOS are replicated very closely, here’s the Cover Flow iPod interface replicated: <img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fake-iphone-4-coverflow.jpg" alt="fake iphone 4 coverflow" title="fake iphone 4 coverflow" width="321" height="390" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11410" /></p> <p>The Maps feature too: <img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fake-iphone-4-maps.jpg" alt="fake iphone 4 maps" title="fake iphone 4 maps" width="390" height="304" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11411" /></p> <p>Notes doesn’t have the craziest UI experience so I imagine counterfeiters didn’t have too much trouble with that part: <img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fake-iphone-4-notes.jpg" alt="fake iphone 4 notes" title="fake iphone 4 notes" width="390" height="374" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11412" /></p> <p>More UI elements: <img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fake-iphone-4-ui.jpg" alt="fake iphone 4 ui" title="fake iphone 4 ui" width="390" height="319" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11413" /></p> <p>And of course the camera: <img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/fake-iphone-camera.jpg" alt="fake iphone camera" title="fake iphone camera" width="390" height="260" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11414" /></p> <p>Here’s a video showing the fake iPhone 4 being used next to a legit iPhone 4 (complete with totally awesome Chinese pop music):</p> <p><object width="600" height="475"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vo8Og2_by8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vo8Og2_by8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="600" height="475"></embed></object></p> <p>So what can you learn from this? Don’t buy what you think is an <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> from China maybe? Fake or not you have to be impressed with the attention to detail the counterfeiters did here. I imagine Apple is less than happy about these pseudo-iPhone’s existing, but it’s notoriously difficult to stop counterfeit production in China, so what will they do?</p> <p>You can see more pictures at <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftg.shanzhaiji.com%2Fteam.php%3Fid%3D16">Shanzhaiji</a> or SoPhone’s <a href="http://www.sophone.com/">website</a>. </p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qif_iNsjEELaKzNCJmwFTLv1QbQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qif_iNsjEELaKzNCJmwFTLv1QbQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qif_iNsjEELaKzNCJmwFTLv1QbQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Qif_iNsjEELaKzNCJmwFTLv1QbQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=yKYdUtd7kSQ:Yug_L1HS2hk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=yKYdUtd7kSQ:Yug_L1HS2hk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=yKYdUtd7kSQ:Yug_L1HS2hk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=yKYdUtd7kSQ:Yug_L1HS2hk:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=yKYdUtd7kSQ:Yug_L1HS2hk:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=yKYdUtd7kSQ:Yug_L1HS2hk:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=yKYdUtd7kSQ:Yug_L1HS2hk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/yKYdUtd7kSQ" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article 1
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