Red Ferret compares the original Apple iPhone to 5 clones from China, and finds that one of them isn’t all that bad.
All 5 comparables were made in China (as is the iPhone itself), are listed below and were assigned ‘credibility scores’ re how close they came to matching the real iPhone:
Desay A8+ …score: 3/10
CECT P168+ …score: 2/10
Desay M888 …score: 4/10
A380i …score: 3/10
i32/HiPhone …score: 6/10
Red F. was surprised by the progress made by the clones and even said that the HiPhone’s score would have been higher if the camera had been better.
The iClone Shootout – five iPhone phonies – The Red Ferret, February 20 2008
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I like the idea of a ‘credibility’ score. I think this kind of rating should be applied to more products and tech services.
I wonder what the price difference was between these phones + the iPhone.