Brando joins wacky world of fakes with "Nokir E828"

Remember that sketchy Nokia N73 ripoff that happily traded any semblance of 3G data -- and legitimacy, for that matter -- for a touchscreen? It seems Brando, everyone's favorite overseas purveyor of all things gadgety, has gotten into the Keepin' It Real Fake business (a slippery slope, if we do say so ourselves) by offering up said N73 forgery as the "Nokir E828" ("Nokir" instead of "Nokia," get it?). We remain utterly underwhelmed by the E828's meager spec sheet; the QVGA screen with stylus is cool, don't get us wrong, but GPRS is the widest bit pipe you're going to squeeze out of this thing and the 2 megapixel cam cowers in the shadow of the N73's 3.2 megapixel piece. Ah well, at least it only sets buyers back $200 -- and just like the eBay-hawked version before it, that's a good chunk less than the real deal.

[Bill @ Feb 14th 2007 4:54PM]

Wow that's pretty blatant. It looks very similar to the "Nokia" logo. Shame

I will say that Brando makes great Pocket PC screen protectors though.

[Kory @ Feb 14th 2007 4:54PM]

Ummm... Just for grins, how would one go about finding these on eBay?

[nigel @ Feb 14th 2007 5:15PM]

you have got to respect balls of that magnitude.

[JP @ Feb 14th 2007 5:37PM]

What happened to Keepin it real fake?

[Ypoknons @ Feb 14th 2007 5:38PM]

I don't think that Brando makes that.

[NHAnimator @ Feb 14th 2007 7:58PM]

What's next. The iPhony?

[jabyroby @ Aug 23rd 2007 1:10PM]

security code????