Keepin' it real fake, part CCXLII: Aphone A6 is all about Android, aping Apple (video)

An Android and iPhone hybrid isn't exactly new (hello, OPhone), but at least we can say this has a trackball. In fact, you might even mistaken this for iPhone OS at first glance, it's just that kind of doppelganger. The fine details, you say? The GSM (EDGE only, no 3G) device sports a 3.5-inch LCD display with capacitive multitouch, 2 megapixel camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, and the part that really bests it over Apple's offering, a trackball! Huzzah! Video after the break.


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[MrAffrox Posted Nov 16th 2009 2:58AM]

This video player really sucks.

[Gad Get Posted Nov 16th 2009 2:59AM]

Yep.

[LondonConsultant Posted Nov 16th 2009 6:26AM]

"The clip has been blocked in your region" - I guess that means Europe...

[exenter Posted Nov 16th 2009 7:14AM]

@LondonConsultant:

I'm from Europe and I can watch it. It's just very slow.

[DangerRabbit Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:01AM]

Actually, it can't.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:04AM]

you too.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:06AM]

cranky

[TofuSama Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:07AM]

Engadget comments have now hit a new low.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:09AM]

holy shit that was witty.
well then. everyone who comments or writes for this website, can kiss my fucking dick.

[smartmouth Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:10AM]

in before "that's what she said"

[williamtsims Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:11AM]

Well, you can kiss your own dick then. Because as it happens, you too comment on this very website!

[DarkElfa Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:11AM]

Grow a dick and we'll talk. Grow a brain first.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:13AM]

You couldn't have picked any slower video player now could you?
Ohyeah, this phone looks like crap to me, I mean the trackball lights up, loads even slower than my LG Chocolate, and the screen change barely works.

[smartmouth Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:14AM]

See Joshua, NOW's an opportunity to use that testy banhammer of yours.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:27AM]

haha，进来围观

[Jukov Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:22AM]

Specs and KiRFishness aside, it's actually kinda nice... iPhone form factor, which is, in my opinion is great, with a better OS... hmmm

[ale Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:26AM]

Maybe this thing is a good option for me. Android + iPhone

My verizon contract is up and I can't decide whether to stay with them and the droid or switch to the iphone
I'm leaning towards the droid but the iphone's entertainment (gaming and ESPECIALLY music and video) is top notch..

hmm..

[Apeman Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:41AM]

By DROID DOES what iDont. And iDont do shit besides gaming, multimedia, social networking, 3D gaming, web browsing, no flash support, closed development, and of course run by the evil fruit.

[Apeman Posted Nov 16th 2009 3:45AM]

Oi vay im tired. By=Buy
Iphone has 100,000 apps, great gaming, and just a nice UI, but Apple kills it by being closed off and just being Apple. What this world needs is robotic penguins running the technology industry instead of an idiot CEO who dosn't know about one of his coolest products (Balmer and the Courier) and Steve Jobs trying to kill the hackintoshers who love Mac OS more than the idiots who pay for the $2000 shit that Apple throws together.

[ale Posted Nov 16th 2009 10:06PM]

Yeah but is there any way to save Android Apps to an SD card via some XDA or hack
I don't mind having non-native flash storage even iTunes is a breeze. I'd rather a proprietary micro usb

What I'm worried about is that, being an app guy, the onboard memory is gonna kill me
I guess I can load as many GBA games on an SD card as I want though and run it through Gameboid, right?
My friend's Droid runs GBA smoother than the actual console. or the same bit rate I guess
music is kinda on-offish though

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2009 4:00AM]

LG Chocolate 2 iPhone style O.o

[Geqxon Posted Nov 16th 2009 4:10AM]

YouKu? Really? Is this some sort of YouTube KIRF?

[tonyunreal Posted Nov 16th 2009 8:13AM]

Youku is one of the top two video sharing sites in China, the name means "well and cool", the other site is called Tudou(which means "potato").

Since YouTube is blocked in China, there's no reason for the manufacturer to make a bundled app for it, the iPhone models sold in China don't have YouTube support either.

[Hazman Posted Nov 16th 2009 4:12AM]

Clip blocked in my region?

[Chris7197 Posted Nov 16th 2009 5:48AM]

Ditto, I'm in the UK.

[KimCheeZZ Posted Nov 16th 2009 4:54AM]

i wonder how much it costs...

[camroncake Posted Nov 16th 2009 6:37AM]

So, you want this website to do what your girlfriend wouldn't?

[PEZ Posted Nov 16th 2009 7:08AM]

The video is really annoying. How about sub-titles? SHITDAWG! The reboot is what killed it for me - you know how long it takes android to load everything. Crap. Shoot! POOP.

[exenter Posted Nov 16th 2009 7:16AM]

"Grow a dick and we'll talk."

That's what she said!

[jfalkingham Posted Nov 16th 2009 8:28AM]

"can kiss my dick" - did your girlfriend tell you that last night? Oh, you thought she was a SHE? Sorry 'bout that.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2009 10:13AM]

"...you might even mistaken this for iPhone hurr hurr hurr"

Ross, how is that even remotely close to good english? Clean up your posts, dude.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2009 11:00AM]

for those you can see above vdo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if-0ytj_YPg&feature=player_embedded

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 16th 2009 11:01AM]

For those who cannot view above vdo --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if-0ytj_YPg&feature=player_embedded

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 19th 2009 6:50PM]

Flash this with sense UI and I'd actually buy it. Not kidding.