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What can you do with $65? Buy a pair of shoes, a shirt, or maybe a tablet? The cheapest ICS tablet that we have seen so far is the Ainol Novo7, it’s $99. But it will no longer be. HuaYi, a manufacture based in Shenzhen, recently unveiled a 7-inch tablet that offering as low as 399 yuan ($65)! Wow…
The knockoff maker claimed this is the “New iPad” knockoff, and it just doesn’t make any sense. What it has is a 1.1 GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, a 9.7-inch 1024×768 touchscreen and runs Android 4.0. We are disappointed with the New iPad and we are disappointed once again.
The One Series was announced a month ago. And now, one of the member of the series — HTC One S, has a knock-off version in China. We are curious why the Shanzai manufacturer didn’t choose to make a knock-off One X instead. But anyway, let’s check out this One S knock-off after the break…
What would you pay for a iMac knockoff without a quad core processor, Thunderbolt ports, wireless keyboard and a Magic Mouse? How about one that’s rocking a dual-core, 1.8GHz Intel Atom D525 processor, NVIDIA ION graphics, and an 500GB hard drive? Some Chinese manufacturer is hoping your answer is somewhere around $300, because that’s roughly what its new, 2,000 yuan ($318) iMac knockoff will cost along with 18.4-inch LED-backlit widescreen TFT display (1920 X 1080), 4GB of RAM, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, six USB 2.0 ports, and an aluminum enclosure. More photos after the break.
We were shocked previously when we spotted a Taiwanese bakery packed its pineapple cake with an iPhone 4 package. Today, we have something even more ridiculous. And that’s the 1 RMB ($0.16) iPhone 5 Ice Pop! However, the ice pop doesn’t shape like an iPhone 5 since there isn’t a really thing called iPhone 5 yet. So what inside the package is a mango flavored Apple Logo! If you don’t like mango, it also got pear flavored as well. More shots after the break…
Police in Shanghai raided an apartment and seized 1.1 million yuan (about US$174,892) worth of goods for refurbishing iPhones. Yes, according to Chinese media Eastday, the police found an entire assembly line that was run by a 53-year-old man who employed 14 young Chinese workers to produce and sell refurbished iPhones with fake parts.
Last weekend, Shenzhen police has successfully cracked down a Shanzhai factory that produced knock-off cell phones. Two production lines had been smashed and closed down, more than 3,000 shell casing and components to make fake Apple, HTC, Nokia and Samsung phone had been seized on the spot. Authorities have detained 10 suspects in connection with the factory. The small factory has only about 35 workers, which doesn’t consider to be a large scale production. It seems major mobile phone companies, especially Apple, are putting more efforts to track down those evil counterfeiters, by working with local police to raid their manufacturing facilities. Click in for more pictures on the story.
Here’s a really really really fake iPhone here for you. It just weighs 50 grams, packs a 3.5-inch paper display, has a built-in correction tape, available in black and white, all wrap up for 5.60 yuan ($0.9). Yup, it’s not even a phone. It’s just a correction tape. More shots after the jump.
The programme has been aired on BBC for about 10 years already, and the host of the programme — Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond James May decided to take a visit to China. They have briefly introduced the fast growth of China’s automotive industry in the last five years and take rides on a few Chinese car brands [knockoff cars].
If you’re an IT guy or a regular compu-nerd, then nothing expresses the life you live better than these keyboard slippers. It has been around for some times, originally designed by a brand called Kito, a Thai rubber shoes company. The rubber pair of foot adornments doesn’t comes with USB port or Bluetooth compatibility, but it can functioned as a massager to relax your feet. It is selling dirt cheap for $7.8 yuan (USD$1.23) in China right now, over at taobao online store. We’re properly seeing a knock-off here …
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