Keepin' it real fake, part CXXIV: SongLiveX1 gets out ahead of actual X1

Can't wait to get your hands on Sony Ericsson's hotly anticipated XPERIA X1? Then perhaps this so-called SongLiveX1 will suffice -- or, not. If for some reason you do decide to take the plunge, however, you can apparently expect a 3-inch 240 x 320 display (not a touchscreen), dual cameras (one of which is supposedly 5 megapixels), Bluetooth, all the usual media-playing functions and, oh yes, an NES emulator. All that can be yours for the bargain price of €82 to €98 (or $128 to $154), depending on the quantity purchased.

[Thanks, Rashy AA]

[KEROLiUKAS @ Jul 9th 2008 6:13PM]

that looks nothing like the x1.

[BrianB @ Jul 9th 2008 7:26PM]

Yeah but the QWERTY keyboard is fake. Try typing on it, nothing will appear on screen. I also love that "red" Chinese character left of the mail short cut.

[debugy2k @ Jul 9th 2008 6:17PM]

Looks like it was built pretty well for something fake. And you've got to love the NES emulator. lol
But I think I'll wait for the REAL X1 since the Sony logo is a bit nicer. =)

[nak @ Jul 9th 2008 6:29PM]

Appears to have dual SIM slots as well?

[retro77 @ Jul 9th 2008 6:30PM]

NES Emulator? Are you kidding me! This is gonna change everything we know about cell phones










/end-sarcasm

[retro77 @ Jul 9th 2008 6:51PM]

also check out their iPhone:
http://www.eemobi.cn/mobile/13/726/5578.aspx

Dual sim slots as well.

[Ryan @ Jul 9th 2008 6:41PM]

i would bite if it had wifi..

[Lowest Ranked @ Jul 9th 2008 6:45PM]

What do you think that sweet antenna is coming out of the left side? A stylus? Pffff!

[andi @ Jul 9th 2008 6:55PM]

does have touchscreen, all china mobiles do

[naz @ Jul 9th 2008 7:00PM]

lol "SongLive"

[Technodragon @ Jul 9th 2008 7:09PM]

Nothing like using Babelfish to translate your product's name...

[Rashy AA @ Jul 9th 2008 7:55PM]

Actually Engadget, the phone is touch screen and the keyboard does work, most phones on that site are touch screen (I had one), no wifi or 5mp cam, but most likely a 1.3mp camera, but actually has a TV tuner, which is pretty crazy...

[SNP @ Jul 9th 2008 8:25PM]

If what they say about the real X1's keyboard works really like the VAIO U series, this fake one may have a better KB....let's hope not.

[Tim @ Jul 9th 2008 8:35PM]

does anybody else get the idea that if Blackberry sent one of these shops a wish list today, the Thunder would've been out the door a week ago?


But seriously, they could do that, then polish it up a little stateside, clean up the UI, toughen the case design, and probably halve R&D costs, ya know?

[Rubicon @ Jul 9th 2008 9:00PM]

i would buy it...but it doesnt spell SEX1

[dan2600 @ Jul 9th 2008 9:07PM]

Can someone please tell me why all chinese knockoff phones have to use that ugly MS-Mincho-esque font?

[User @ Jul 9th 2008 10:33PM]

A majority of these cheap knockoff phones use mobile phone solutions (chipset+OS) from MTK (MediaTek). To keep costs low, they do little to zero modifications to the reference sample OS supplied by MTK. Therefore you can see these manufacturers produce knockoffs of popular phone models very quickly because they don't even have to develop the mobile phone OS.

[SPOKE @ Jul 9th 2008 9:12PM]

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING GET THAT THING AWAY FRO ME

[ted m @ Jul 9th 2008 9:49PM]

whats with the "RED DRAGON" symbol in the lower left corner of the keys.

[User @ Jul 9th 2008 10:34PM]

It's "Chinese", probably a button to switch to Chinese input

[rH @ Jul 9th 2008 10:32PM]

yeh, another crap comes from china again

[FRZ @ Jul 9th 2008 10:35PM]

That is a real nice fake. I almost feel like picking one up right this minute but, I am not.

[Kommunikatoroff @ Jul 10th 2008 10:18AM]

http://www.eemobi.cn/mobile/13/1617/6681.aspx — error?

[Phoenix @ Jul 10th 2008 2:36PM]

It's even got the kaiser's tilt!

[haX0r @ Jul 10th 2008 5:51PM]

If there is no touch screen, how the hell do you dial a phone number?

[霽月瀛台 @ Jul 10th 2008 11:06PM]

well, don't just yell there
Sue it if Sony thinks it is copying.