Keepin' it real fake, part LVII: Ultimate knockoff phone rips four separate brands

by Sean Cooper posted May 17th 2007 at 3:09PM

We get a wee bit excited round here when brands collide to create interesting new spinoffs, but this handset is full-on ridiculous. Our creative Asian friends weren't happy with a simple gaming handset, they had to bust out a Windows Mobile-esque OS, with a dash of faux PSP, a splash of Nintendo all wrapped in almost Anycall. Notice that great big PSP logo on the back? Well that's all there is for Sony content here, the handset is actually loaded with NES games and Pac-Man? Of course, we have to congratulate on the Samsung F520 double slider thing going on here, we feel that this is definitely a winning idea, but of course this handset only copies and is definitely not the brainchild of Samsung. Packing dual-band GSM a-la 900 / 1800, a 1.3 megapixel shooter, a touchscreen, and support for up to 2GB of memory, the mystery manufacturer handset definitely has the goods. This is without a doubt the pinnacle of Keepin' It Real Fake fare, and we think this could only be topped by some clever use of iPhone branding and maybe a Coca-Cola color scheme. This one won't be hitting carriers over here, but at the end of the day, who really cares? We are justifiably in awe.

Filed under: Handsets, Others

Tags: anycall, kirf, nintendo, psp, spinoff

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Arkenklo @ Apr 4th 2008 8:51AM

Its tagged with "kirf", Keepin It Real Fake.

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LUIS @ May 18th 2007 9:50AM

I feel dirty saying this but...I want it.

alphanumeric keypad AND game pad WITH a touchscreen!

Why can't you do that Nokia!!!

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MCJ @ May 17th 2007 7:29PM

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/03/13/samsung-sph-b5200-dmb-phone-with-gaming-pad/

I think you make a mistake, this is really SAMSUNG phone!!!!!!!!!!!!!
isn't it?

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Yubal @ May 18th 2007 5:07AM

^^^^^indeed!!! the copyest cat indeed!! awesome, I wants it now! *searching ebay*

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fyreblazer @ May 18th 2007 12:38PM

Any phone that has the old popeye arcade game preloaded on it is worthy of my dollars.

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Robbie @ May 22nd 2007 1:31PM

i would totally buy it if it rocked at least 1900mhz

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CJ @ May 19th 2007 10:24AM

Bah, until I can play Splinter Cell on one of these massive fakers, I won't waste my cash...

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villainy @ May 24th 2007 11:58AM

I had a hell of a time trying to refind this article for a friend. Any reason it isn't tagged keepinitrealfake?

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