Keeping it real fake, part CXII: Is the DaXian X999 the ultimate fake iPhone?

iPhone cloners: meet your new king. We're not kidding when we say we even tried fake names and disguises at CES to score an early picture of the DaXian X999 you see here, only to be shot down by the eagle-eyed vendors in the International Pavilion -- but it's out now, baby, and never has KIRFdom been so thoroughly rocked. Not only does the hardware ape the iPhone -- 3.2-inch single-touch QVGA screen, dual 2MP cameras, motion and proximity sensors -- the UI is actually a TouchFLO clone running on what is surely an unlicensed copy of Windows Mobile 6.0. That's a hat trick, people -- and to top it all off, the list price is a staggering $369. It's like we don't even have to make the jokes -- except to say that if your love / hate relationship with Apple compels you to buy this thing, you should probably seek therapy. Random dramatic video of the UI in action after the break.

[Via thegadgetsite]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 20th 2008 5:57PM]

I think I will stick with my iPhone. The phone looks painfully slow when switching orientations and browsing. You can tell they just ripped off a crappy iphone today screen overlay and htc cube.

The hardware seems decent except it only has gprs. I bet the guys at xda-developer are gona be pissed.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 20th 2008 8:20PM]

GVGA res is good, but considering it's supposed to mimic the iphone is kind of an unusual statement. Same with the GPRS vs EDGE argument.

--james

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 20th 2008 8:53PM]

According to a few Chinese sites, it runs Windows Mobile 5... Sells for as low as 2100 RMB (USD-RMB exchange rate is dropping daily).

Check out the mirrored Apple logo on these pictures, just to remind you that you own a fake every time you use this phone :P

http://auction1.paipai.com/ACE0BF1E00000000002C364E02AE8F4A

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 20th 2008 11:40PM]

This is probably the dumbest demo video I've ever seen. The specs sound good but watching it changed my mind.

[PEZ Posted Feb 21st 2008 7:57AM]

It looks rather shitty, actually. The clone from last time was actually more authentic, I think.