Keepin' it real fake redux: Nexus One clone is 'Teg W3000,' has WiFi, dual cameras, TV tuner and Skype
Earlier this month, an unknown manufacturer had the dubious distinction of making our KIRF list, for building what appeared to be a Nexus One running iPhone OS. Mr. Blurrycam couldn't tell for sure... but today the KIRFtastic handset has been unveiled in all its infringing glory. Dubbed the "TEG W3000," the device is billed as a quad-band GSM worldphone with an accelerometer, WiFi and Bluetooth, front and back-facing 2 megapixel cameras, FM and analog TV tuners and Java support. While the iPhoney OS doesn't seem to have a App Store hackjob, the phone certainly has apps; in an interface pic, we spotted eBuddy, Facebook and Skype alongside Maps and the Opera web browser. Hands-down the most exciting ripoff in recent memory. Now cautiously whistle a happy tune, and move along.





























Oxymoron.
@sonola777 Do you have any proof that this is a real fake? For all we know, this could be the Nexus Two.
@iLoveApple Lol, you're kidding right?
iPhone 4GSX!!!
@Almo I cracked up when i read that comment
It should be called Nuxes One.
@Almo
iPhone SUX! It gets 8.2 miles per gallon!
Hey Sean, I think this is a double post of the KIRF story right beneath this.
@sonola777 : darn, if this KIRF really does everything advertised, and I can get it in English, I'd gladly pay $300+ for it. TV Tuner, FM? Only thing the Evo is missing....
@Almo It's the Nexus Two, don't worry I'm Engadget's source!
Total Pre ripoff. How do these companies sleep.
That the Nexus one 4g, not a Japanese knockoff
@iLoveApple Yes, its the Nexus two with a mock-up iphone software. How did you guess.
@Dafrety had i not watched Robocop last night i definitely would not have gotten that. +1 sir
@sonola777
Oh, the irony!
MEH
@blenderman345
This actually looks really cool... (if it works of course), with it having capabilities the iphone doesn't have (front camera) and a quite nice look, since its based off of the nexus one. I'd buy this if it were cheap enough!
WOOT!!! 2nd Comment!
Well, this is ironic…
(8)You get the best of both worlds!!(8)
@Devin
But I thought the best thing about the Nexus one was Android?
WOOT! 2nd comment!
@rk151094
Yeah, we don't do that here.
Anyway, I think it's a positive sign for the Nexus One that it's made it to KIRF territory. It's almost become a sign of success, lol. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, right?
@Mr Oos I'm sorry, but 'sincere flattery' is an oxymoron
@Vizzy actually, ignore the previous comment. It's just getting a little bit too late here.
Looks pretty real to me
/s
pretty nice looking clone
It looks pretty. If it actually had Android on it that would be nice. ha
Dual camera, TV tuner?
sounds better than a nexus one. LOL
@Ben64
What an easy customer. I may try to sell you a piece of dog sh!t with a dual camera and tv tuner on it. "Hey, it's better than a nexus one!" ;)
@Ben64
How much do you want to bet that the trackball isn't real?
@JW With advanced features like Dual Camera, and TV Tuner, and you still complaint about a KIRF phone with a fake trackball?
You guys are real picky.
@Mr Oos
How much?
Cant they sue for this?
@ashleythehottiest
nurp. Google doesn't have design patents on the nexus yet. I think...
@Ryan1000000
If it goes for sale In the civilized world they can sue, but ethics and china don't really go together.
Imposter! I will have it disintegrated by the power of my death star
@Darth Vadar
Lol fail
Looks better than the iPhone 4G(w/proof).
@Spaceshipped yeah, truee. but we all know apple will surprise us
@MGore32
Yeah they'll surprise us by claiming yet another standard smartphone function is actually a special "feature" and charge users for it...
@MGore32 i mean, we never expected the unibody macbook or the ipod or even voice control. even apple went the extra mile with gamecenter... that was not expected
@Mr Oos well apple's not the "charging" kind of company. apple could put in a radio or the camera features on the ipod nano. those are all free. apple could even put flash on it. im just saying that the picture on the iphone 4g can be real but we won't know until june 28th
@MGore32
We can't use our old ipod to exchange for the new one. Therefore, it is not free.
One of the reason why Apple add new features is to attract current ipod owner to buy a new one. Even an apple fanboy won't buy a new ipod (same model) evey year. Apple need to add some new features to show it is a "new model".
@Rockchan
If just talking about that price of ipod doesn't not change after new features were added, it is the same to all computer products.
Laptop in the market is actually more powerful and cheaper than the one which I bought 3 years ago. Does it means that all laptop manufacturers don't 'charge' people?
@MGore32 yes they are..... itouch software updates..... remember them trying to charge me for that.
How well does it work though? Can you guys make a video? I think you should review all KIRF products :-P
I wonder why they don't just put the real Android on there.
@Vizzy Me too. It's free and has all the apps. I also wonder why they didn't just design a phone on their own.
KIRF sees, KIRF does.
@TareG I think you have to pay for the license to use Android on a device... not sure though...