Keepin' it real fake, part CLXXXI: Sumsang Omnia can't fool anyone

Oh, the horror! You know, Samsung's Omnia isn't terribly unique, but we never thought we'd see it knocked off and disrespected like this. Clearly created for use on China Mobile (and by fools who don't actually inspect the devices they buy), the Sumsang Omnia is a GSM smartphone that sports a 2.4-inch 320 x 240 resolution display, an MP3 player, a 13 megapixel camera (right...), USB connectivity, a couple of games, a microSD card slot and a sure-to-be-counterfeit version of Windows Mobile running the show. Of course, this abomination will only set you back a buck twenty, and hey -- at least this version comes with dual SIM slots!

[Thanks, Derek]

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 10:09AM]

sorry its not 13 megapixels. its 13 lacpixels (which most chinese phones are measured in)

1 lacpixel = 100,000 pixels
13 lacpixels = 1.3 megapixels

[bonesb Posted Feb 8th 2009 1:07PM]

I see the selling site has at least one real picture of the real Omnia up. For shame, bad people. For shame!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 1:18PM]

When I was in China for biz a few years ago, I saw a company called "SAMLANG" sign on a business building or a factory building. Same font and everything. Pretty funny. Companies that make knockoffs in China are not the top tier companies, the top tier companies usually copy but change them a little, kind like what Japanese used to do with the cars.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 4:25PM]

oh the horror!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 8th 2009 9:06PM]

At least they made the stylus (*cough* lipstick) usable.