Who hasn’t ever seen cheap mysteriosly branded devices with few features but imitating the design of famous gadgets like the Game Boy, PSP, iPod or Palm? The fever is coming to the mobile phone field with this “Mobile Music W800c” which most people would mistake for a real Sony Ericsson W800. Being just a tad taller, this blatant copy has a bigger screen (but probably of lower resolotion and quality) and the different navigation buttons prove it’s not using anything like Sony Ericsson’s user interface. Showing unprecedented courage against possible guaranteed lawsuits, the Chineese say:

- Our “fake” phone is cheaper with the same multimedia features
- No we didn’t put Sony Ericsson logo on it, so we did nothing wrong (loool )
- w800i is too expensive! We make profit at only 25% of its price
- Please support “fake” phone, we don’t like Japanese products

The K700 rip-off is worse executed, with the screen positioned higher in the front panel, different typography in the keypad and a back that doesn’t respect much of the original design. [Engadget via Slashphone]

UPDATE: There are lots of more comparison photos in the original article that show a Micro SD and a 3.5mm standard 2.5mm headphone jack; pretty much what you anti-Sony activists would like to see in your W800’s eh? The screen doesn’t look bad either, but it’s not clear whether it has Bluetooth or Infrared or none.

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