Keepin' it real fake, part CXXII: if Nokia won't make it, China will

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jul 4th 2008 at 4:08PM

Don't get us wrong, Nokia's Aeon concept is beautiful. By the time you remove all the fanciful, nonexistent technology and try to come up with a dead ringer of your own, though, a certain something is lost in translation. A manufacturer -- not Nokia, trust us -- has now tried (and failed) to recreate the Aeon's magic in a retail package, dubbing it the YX-W168 and throwing in dual SIM capability, 2 megapixel camera, and that critical "invisible keyboard" lit by a handful of blue LEDs, but there's only one small problem: it looks nothing like the Aeon. Simple steps like getting rid of the "Vogue Lifestyle" label etched across the phone's edge would've gone a short way toward making it a more believable rip, but then again, not really.

[Via Tech Ticker]

Filed under: Handsets, Others, GSM

Tags: aeon, kirf, nokia

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TL @ Jul 6th 2008 3:30PM

i think the tri-band US version is called the A95i aeon... http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=174

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robinsmad @ Jul 7th 2008 1:46PM

People have been selling these on eBay and trying to pawn them off as the Aeon since at least February. It's not exactly a new development.

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