VCDQuality Forums (http://www.vcdhq.com/forum/index.php)
- General Discussion (http://www.vcdhq.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?forumid=4)
-- Because I'm a cunt..... (http://www.vcdhq.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=81226)

Because I'm a cunt.....

...and refuse to pay O2 and Apple an extortionate amount of beans for their iPhone and 18 month contract, i'm considering getting an iPhone clone.

Specifically the A88 Tri-Band.

You can see them being used here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQDjIQc_gq4

and here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Vq...feature=related


I've been looking around, and can get one for about £60 - £70

quote:

---

Specifications are

3.2"WQVGA TFT Touch Screen
Mp3/Mp4 Video Player
Tri-band 900/1800/1900MHZ
Dual SIM PDA Mobile Phone
New fashion rocking switching function
Sliding Unlock
Large-capacity card-phone number
Comes with a Free 512MB Micro SD Storage card

Display: 3.2” TFT High-Resolution WQVGA display Screen, 260K colors, 240 X 400 pixel resolution

Unlocked Tri-band Phone

Connectivity and Data Transfer: Bluetooth 2.0, USB, GPRS class 10, WAP 2.0

Dual SIM card slots

Comes with a spare lithium battery so you don't have to worry about power

Ring tones Type: Polyphonic (64 channels), Monophonic, True Tones, MP3

Music player: Support MP3 player with mp3, midi, wav format

Movie player: Support 3GP/MP4 movie player with full-screen

Camera function: 2.0 Mega Pixel Digital Camera Built-in with video recording capability

Memory Type: Support Micro SD (T-flash card) expansion slot - up to 2GB

Interface: USB 2.0

Built-in hands free operation mode

Vibrate: Yes

Internet Browser (GPRS + WAP)

Java 2.0

Handwriting Recognition

Messaging: Email, SMS, MMS, EMS, SMS group send, Long text SMS

Cell phone Directory: Large Phone Book Memory capacity

Supports Caller Ringing / Caller Video Player

Game Supported with built in games

Calculator/world time/Unit Conversion/Currency Conversion/Calendar/Games

Stand-by time: Up to 150 hours

Talk time: 180min--300min

Complete English Interface (Default)

Dimension: 5.3 X 11.3 X 1.3mm

Weight: 107g

---

quote:

---

Package included: 　

Unlocked A88 Tri-Band Cell Phone
2 x Lithium Batteries
Power Adaptor charger
512MB Micro SD Memory Card
USB Data Cable
Earphones
Handwriting Stylus
Instruction Manual[/b]

---

__________________

Looks kind of cool, wouldn't mind one of those for myself.

Where you getting yours from?

I remember the days we lived in shoe boxes and comunicated face to face.
These new fangled devices bah humgub.
i've got an mp3 player the size of wales, ppl look and stare i bought it 3 years ago out of argos 40 GB 50 quid, it fell out my pocket when i was wiping my arse into shitty water, it still works.
i have £50 phone it works.

What is my point?
fucked if i know

Looks really cool. Where do you see it for £60-£70?

I've only been looking around ebay, but a mate said he would dig out a website where he saw it for £50 plus £15 for shipping

Ebay shops are selling them for £60 - £80 brand new, but you need to pay shipping on top. Most are sent from Chinaland or Japan

link me do....

http://phones.search.ebay.co.uk/A88...orefinesearchZ1

__________________

Why not buy the iphone for £170, you don't sign up for a contract there and then it only starts when you activate through itunes, then jailbreak/unlock with the freeware one click software thats out there and stick your own sim it?
Better than buying that generic chinese crap.
Just my 2 pissy pence.

quote:

---

Originally posted by Gimp Mask
Why not buy the iphone for £170, you don't sign up for a contract there and then it only starts when you activate through itunes, then jailbreak/unlock with the freeware one click software thats out there and stick your own sim it?
Better than buying that generic chinese crap.
Just my 2 pissy pence.

---

__________________

quote:

---

Originally posted by 404notfound
Because it doesn't work like that anymore. From what I understand, you have to buy the phone by debit card and if you don't subscribe, O2 will debit your card the full amount of the tariff. People got away with buying the phone with cash from Carphone Warehouse until O2 clamped down.

Besides....the legit one still costs 100 quid more, can't do mms and cant shoot video.

---

It doesn't really make much business sense, they'd sell twice as many if they hadn't gayed up with O2 exclusivity.

I hate O2 so I say fuck em, Generic Chinese crap ftw.

I dunno, imagine chattin up a woman and you have to use your phone, and she says "oh is that one of those fancy iphones?" do you tell her it's generic chinese crap or do you tell her it's an iphone. Just wouldn't Feel right using borderline fake goods.

"Is that an Iphone?"

"Yes it is, you can't borrow it, get your knickers off"

End of conversation.

quote:

---

Originally posted by cupidstunt
"Is that an Iphone?"

"Yes it is, you can't borrow it, get your knickers off"

End of conversation.

---

__________________

quote:

---

Originally posted by cupidstunt
"Is that an Iphone?"

"Yes it is, you can't borrow it, get your knickers off"

End of conversation.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by 404notfound
Because it doesn't work like that anymore. From what I understand, you have to buy the phone by debit card and if you don't subscribe, O2 will debit your card the full amount of the tariff. People got away with buying the phone with cash from Carphone Warehouse until O2 clamped down.

Besides....the legit one still costs 100 quid more, can't do mms and cant shoot video.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by cupidstunt
"Is that an Iphone?"

"Yes it is, you can borrow it,

get your knickers off"

*knickers off*

hang on a minute this isnt a iphone
what type of cheap girl do you take me for ???

---

__________________
A Vote for Ave is a Vote for FREEDOM!

quote:

---

Originally posted by 404notfound
Indeed

I've decided to go for one of these, just going to spend a few hours shopping around first. I have a 2GB SD card which is more than enough for my needs and it has the bonus of being able to send and receive MMS and also shoot video, which the iPhone can't. Plus a dual sim slot will come in handy.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Dutch
The whole knickers thing has really sold it for me

---

Ebay, I'm afraid. My mate found the link, but it was for the older model, the P168+ which you can see here....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZSJqKRqMIQ

...and isn't as good as the A88.

I'll let you know how I get on with using it to get into girls knickers

__________________

who honours the warranty on these things ???

__________________
A Vote for Ave is a Vote for FREEDOM!

quote:

---

Originally posted by Darlowad v6.0b
who honours the warranty on these things ???

---

Well, I bought it. The seller had 15,000+ feedback with 99% positive, so I'm hopeful of at least getting it. Its also got a 12 month guarantee but, as gimpy pointed out, its probably worthless.

Still, I'm willing to take a punt on this... if it lasts me a year, I will be happy.

Its opened up a whole new world, I was totally unaware of this whole cloning shenanigans. From the little research I did today it seems practically every model worth having has been cloned. The Nokia N95 looks especially nice.

__________________

quote:

---

[i]
Cheap in the short term blah blah... [/B]

---

__________________
niall4eg version 3.0

phone clones are like owning a bmw X3

__________________
A Vote for Ave is a Vote for FREEDOM!

quote:

---

Originally posted by 404notfound
The Nokia N95 looks especially nice.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Dutch
Got a model name for that? "N95 clone" gives me no hits on eBay.

---

__________________

Well, the cunt arrived today in a funky looking iPhone box.

Initial impressions are good. The touch screen is far more responsive than I thought. I haven't done anything too taxing though, so no doubt in a few days i will be posting pics of its broken bits all over my floor.

__________________

Dealextreme have a few different Clones might of been worth a look, bit late now telling you though.
http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.511

quote:

---

Originally posted by 404notfound
Well, the cunt arrived today in a funky looking iPhone box.

Initial impressions are good. The touch screen is far more responsive than I thought. I haven't done anything too taxing though, so no doubt in a few days i will be posting pics of its broken bits all over my floor.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by cupidstunt
Its impressive alone that it arrived so quickly. Whats the name of the seller you bought from? I reckon I'm gonna get one.

---

__________________

quote:

---

Originally posted by baha
Same here.

But for £60 I'd get the A88 (for web browsing alone) and wouldn't really care too much if it fucked up in a year (as long as I didn't lose data).

Let us know the seller and keep us posted on good and bad features.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by steakknife03
Dealextreme have a few different Clones might of been worth a look, bit late now telling you though.
http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.511

---

I know some people who bought iPhone from the states and if I am correct it was without a contract for around 400 $ or is that incorrect?

You can't buy them officially in Denmark because no companies here want to sell it with a contract which apple has to get some percentage of.

Baring in mind that it's a clone and presumably just looks like an iPhone and tries to copy the functionality (and add a bit), isn't the software as buggy as fuck? I'm guessing that Apple pumped a lot of $ into the R&D of the iPhone and I'm not inclined to trust some knock-off company that can claim to clone the hardware and software so quickly.

I could be wrong but I'd expect it to look very pretty but be about as user friendly as a peeled cock dipped in salt.

quote:

---

Originally posted by Neversoft
Baring in mind that it's a clone and presumably just looks like an iPhone and tries to copy the functionality (and add a bit), isn't the software as buggy as fuck? I'm guessing that Apple pumped a lot of $ into the R&D of the iPhone and I'm not inclined to trust some knock-off company that can claim to clone the hardware and software so quickly.

I could be wrong but I'd expect it to look very pretty but be about as user friendly as a peeled cock dipped in salt.

---

Overall, i'm really happy with it. There are 2 versions out there wourth getting. The A88 and the Hiphone. The Hiphone has the ability to mimic the tilt function (turn it on its side and the image changes AR) and the ability to scale images with your fingers, but its apparently buggy. The A88 is a lot more stable but lacks those 2 features.





::edit 4 months later - Hah!

__________________