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Faked in China
- smaili 11y agoIt may not to be the same extent, but doesn't the US have the same kind of thing with "Foakleys", "Folex", etc?
- PhantomGremlin 11y agoIt's not very common here, IMO. But I once bought a Rolex for $30 from a street hustler in the Times Square area of NYC. And I know it's not fake because it says "Rolex" and not "Folex" on the face! :) To my surprise, the watch kept decent time for at least a few months. Now it's dead but might just need a new battery.
- Kristine1975 11y agoShanzhai and the company «Mediatek» mentioned in the article were discussed here last year https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8802414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8802414 regarding a presentation about it at the Chaos Communication Congress. The video of the presentation is available at https://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2014/31c3_-_6156_-_en_-_saal_1_-_201412282145_-_fernvale_an_open_hardware_and_software_platform_based_on_the_nominally_closed-source_mt6260_soc_-_bunnie_-_xobs.html https://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2014/31c3_-_6156_-_en_-...
- prodmerc 11y agoHeh, I think reusing old parts to make new phones is quite ingenious. Good for the environment, too :-)