Keepin' it real fake, part CLXVIII: Motorola Aura clone is everything we ever wanted in a knockoff
By Paul Miller 
posted November 19th 2008 9:41AM
posted November 19th 2008 9:41AM
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I personally hate it. With a passion.
why would anyone want to knock off the ugliest phone ever?
Why would anyone post the stupidest post ever?
@broli
Catch phrase of my professor," There is no such thing as a stupid comment, HOWEVER, there are good and bad comments."
Canoo spoke up for many of us, and I concur. Why buy a knock off of an ugly phone?
Sorry broli, I didn't realize the comment system wasn't for making comments...
What's that blue colored crap suppose to be? Porcelain?
That would of been cool 80 years ago!
Hey china design guys DON'T think on your own, you have
0 idea of what we like. Just keep applying your special definition
of "copyright" and your crap will sell.
LOL,
I used to work at the company that makes these!!! In Orlando Florida. We ship the cases and designs to China, and they add in cheap chips and processors.
Porcelain! That accually made me think the white one is kind of cool! My mom has little bowls with the same kind of patterns on them. They'd go together great! Now if there only was a reason to carry around a bunch of porcelain bowls for it to go with...
Imitation is the truest form of flattery
That is one ugly ass phone.
If you think this is ugly ass, you should see the original..
I love the faux bling. For the truly lazy, we'll pre-bling your phone for you.
If that was an Of Montreal reference, then I salute you good sir.
I do try.
FUGLY hey moto phone FUGLY
HEY! it WASN'T fugly back then. I remember I used to crave for a Razr when it first came out.
I bet you did too.
*Those are the older days*
When the RAZR came out I woulda killed for one. I actually don´t think the RAZR was ugly. This monstrosity and the Aura that "inspired" it, however, are just... fail.
I can feel my sense of fashion dying a little from this...from fugly induced seizures...
i know we suffer for fasiooon, ooooor whateeever
fugly
I was about to say that too.
the picture itself smells plastic and it adds to an already bad design some fake jewelery that reminds me of sailor moon.
I bet if I ask someone to design a phone I would find uglier noone could do it.
That's some bling.
That's actually looks almost identical to the Aura's predecessor, the V70. If you remove the ridiculous bezel inserts, it would be almost indistinguishable from the Motorola V70.
If only the AURA was cheaper. I loved the V70/W550. If only they made more of those phones now.
like the one gold bezel. gangsta on a budget.
I believe the term is "ballin' on a budget"
I don´t know how I would keep from laughing hysterically if I saw someone pull that out of their pocket to make a call. This is about as pretty as a pair of khakis that someone bedazzaled and put gold glitter on.
This isn't an Aura knockoff, but one of the V70, an ancient motorola phone. Look at the photo here :http://www.zdnet.co.uk/i/z/rv/2002/08/motorolav70-img.jpg and compare. These have been around for ages, which explains the specs, which just like engadget reporting are a bit ropey :p
Just *how* ancient, I wonder...
If Caller ID shows your mother-in-law's number, can you close the iris?
Is it me or does it remind you of an Indian/Middle-Eastern trinket?
better looking than the actual aura