Keepin' it real fake, part CLXXVII: HTO HD satisfactorily apes MAX 4G

We tell ya, these KIRFs are getting good. Real good. If we didn't know any better, we'd assume the HTO HD was a bona fide original, and even though we know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this thing is a direct rip of HTC's MAX 4G, we're still itching to hold one. In fact, the lucky crew over at Engadget Chinese were able to do just that, and they've hosted up a hands-on gallery to prove it. Specs wise, the handset features a 4-inch WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera (with AutoFocus), 8GB of internal storage, an SDHC expansion slot, digital TV tuner, GPS / FM radio modules, Bluetooth, WiFi and a standard 3.5-millimeter headphone jack. Availability is still unknown (big shock there, right?), though it'll reportedly be priced around 3,000 Chinese yuan, or $439 in greenbacks. In other words, this really might be the most expensive, high quality knockoff we've seen to date. Hit the read link and decide for yourself.

[Aguiluz @ Jan 24th 2009 10:32AM]

Looks nice for a knockoff...

[Gene @ Jan 24th 2009 3:13PM]

is a most top rated must watch matrial art movie this year! even better than Jackie Chan, Jet Li's, etc.

Bruce Lee? (oh, well, he is a just The Legend~ and Ip Man is the master of The Legend!)

btw, Ip Man is the pronouncation of name in cantonese, NOT 'I' 'P' 'man'~~~ XD

[Gene @ Jan 24th 2009 3:19PM]

i mean the 'Ip Man' movie

[warrrennnnn @ Jan 24th 2009 5:24PM]

Matrial arts? As in, there's ninjitsu for marriage?

[Gene @ Jan 24th 2009 9:24PM]

lol, excuse my bad spelling:P

[oh.ppie @ Jan 24th 2009 10:49AM]

You guys seem to be getting confused with your products lately...

First the RAmos T10 ikiss that you said looks like a Storm, but really looks like an Archos 5.

Now this, which looks definitely like the HTC Max 4G...

[TareX @ Jan 24th 2009 10:53AM]

True. It resembles the HTC MAX a lot more than the Touch HD. Just look at the square form factor and sharp cut.

[TareX @ Jan 24th 2009 10:51AM]

Bloody beautiful. I'd love to have Android or WebOS on that gorgeous screen...

[KilgoreTrout @ Jan 24th 2009 10:59AM]

I own an HTC touch HD and I promise: it looks nothing like the thing in the pic.
Specs wise this HTO seems also better endowed than the my HTC, starting with the screen which is a full inch bigger.
The materials its made of also look better, as a matter of fact the all thing looks better and of course very different from my HTC touch HD.

[Surur @ Jan 24th 2009 11:31AM]

Its actually only 0.2 inch bigger (3.8 vs 4.0), not 3G/HSDPA, has a huge border and looks pretty thick.

[TareX @ Jan 24th 2009 1:40PM]

It's a replica of the HTC MAX..... either Engadget thought the max wasn't famous enough to refer to it, or they were too lazy to remember who it looked like.

[Rob Conway @ Jan 24th 2009 11:00AM]

pretty soon, you'll need a new site just for the KIRFs!

[Patriks7 @ Jan 24th 2009 11:48AM]

Pretty soon? We already have that. It's called TUAW.


I kid, I kid! :p

[Rob Conway @ Jan 24th 2009 11:52AM]

lol! ooohhhh! buuurrrrrrrnnnnnnn! (okay now i'm just instigating!)

[Metkis @ Jan 24th 2009 9:00PM]

@Patriks7:

Made me chuckle, man. Good one!

[Ahmed Alzayani @ Jan 24th 2009 11:09AM]

The read link should be: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcn.engadget.com%2F2009%2F01%2F24%2Fhto-hd-806mhz-4-0-500%2F&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[joshbrannon @ Jan 24th 2009 11:21AM]

Most expensive, high quality knockoff you've seen to date? Then you haven't seen some of the fake watches I've had. Just absolutely astonishing engineering, regardless of their "real/fake" status.

[Greg @ Jan 24th 2009 11:58AM]

Am I the only one who thought it was 'rapes' in the title at first?

[l0k1 @ Jan 24th 2009 1:56PM]

i'm willing to bet ... yes.

[ken @ Jan 24th 2009 12:38PM]

haha..........no the Chinese is ripping off another Chinese..............great, equal opportunity knockoff artist............so next time when someone else gets ripped off, do not bitch, because they knockoff everyone..............lol...........it's not like another Chinese company would have any advantage over western companies if they had a great product.

[redleader158 @ Jan 24th 2009 1:30PM]

Are you suggesting Lenovo (Chinese) and HTC (Taiwanese) are knockoffs? I think they have some advantage over some American companies, don't you think.
Your also missing the fact that most western companies' products have parts made from China.

You sir, are a dumbass!

[ken @ Jan 24th 2009 1:42PM]

and you are a F'n moron who can not read!!!..............LOL, maybe you should at least try to understand my point before you open your F'n hole. Let me explain it to you bitch, Chinese companies will copy any good designs even the products from another Chinese company such as HTC or Lenovo. Good Chinese companies like, again Lenovo and HTC do not have any advantage over any other western companies as far as protecting their designs, because they are getting knocked off as well. You understand now idiot????!!! Majority of knockoff companies don't really care about who they knocking off, as long as they can make money.

[ILLEGALWARRIOR @ Jan 24th 2009 2:59PM]

like the Meizu m8 being ripped off

[redleader158 @ Jan 24th 2009 6:12PM]

@ken

But that's obviously not what you meant. "so next time when someone else gets ripped off, do not bitch, because they knockoff everyone"

Even if that's what you meant, 1.) English is not my first language and I am a teenager and 2) putting a thousand ellipses isn't going to help people understand your broken grammar, 名词.

[Zunavio @ Jan 24th 2009 1:14PM]

If only it is a Palm, comes with WebOS and retail for 199$

It'll sell like superhotcake all around the world.

[Stephen Wilson @ Jan 24th 2009 1:47PM]

When is a KIRF not a KIRF?

[Thunda Chunky @ Jan 24th 2009 2:07PM]

Sorry but $439 for an HT*O* knock off? No thanks. Besides buying one would go against everything mama taught me growing about self-respect.

[Andres @ Jan 24th 2009 2:52PM]

"Exclusive: HTO HD smartphone 806MHz +4.0 inch screen +500 megapixel camera"
~Translated from cn.engadget.
500 megapixel camera? Holy shit.

[ILLEGALWARRIOR @ Jan 24th 2009 2:58PM]

OMG

[p3ngwin @ Jan 24th 2009 4:06PM]

something's not right with the CPU speed.

the Marvel PXA310 series only goes to 624Mhz.
http://www.marvell.com/products/cellular/application/pxa310.jsp

the Marvel PXA320 series goes to 800Mhz
http://www.marvell.com/products/cellular/application/pxa320.jsp

the specs list on the Chinese Engadget page say it has the Marvel PXA310 , but the title and the rest of the article say 800Mhz.

[gooder @ Jan 24th 2009 10:38PM]

PXA310 still have secret 800Mhz board,maybe 2 months later you will know.HTO HD may use PXA320 too.

[Gene @ Jan 24th 2009 10:52PM]

refer to what the chinese engadget boss icebin replies:

Update：CPU有可能采用Marvel PXA310或者是PX320，因为是工程样机，我们会继续跟踪报道。 （cpu maybe pxa310 or pxa, as this is engineering model, so we will keep tracking on this and updating)

Update2：PXA310系列也是有806Mhz主频的处理器的。厂家没公布出来，Marvell将会在年中左右对外发布。 （pxa310 series also has 806mhz cpu. the company has not published out yet, marvell will do so in the mid of the year）

[Aaron @ Jan 25th 2009 6:27AM]

Well, at least they did something that HTC can't even manage to do in ANY of their devices -- put a 3.5mm jack in them!

[p3ngwin @ Jan 25th 2009 6:42AM]

[p3ngwin @ Jan 25th 2009 6:43AM]

(looks at his old HTC Universal and current HTC TOUCH HD)