Coming in a candybar form factor

Apr 16, 2007 14:46 GMT  ·  By

Not long ago, Nokia's latest multimedia computer, the N95 started shipping in stores, and now, the Chinese have already come up with a clone for it. This time, not only did they not bother to change the design, but they didn't even bother to change the name and thus the handset is still dubbed the Nokia-N95.

Well, there's a dash between the Nokia and the N95 if that counts for anything. What's very surprising and pleasing is the fact that even though the original Nokia N95 is one of the best and most advanced mobiles available on the market today, the Chinese manufacturers still managed to pull off a worthy clone. However, the Chinese N95 is in this case not a slider, as Nokia's original is, but a candybar, looking more like the N73.

While it's not clear what the phone's specs are, as in the case of this type of handset, they probably include a 2 megapixel camera (or close to that), a touchscreen with a QVGA resolution and most likely handwriting recognition. Also, from what you can tell from the photos, the handset seems to sport a second camera on the front side, which means it most likely has 3G capabilities.

What's to be seen is how much time it will take Nokia now to sue them over their clone, and in this case, as opposed to the Nokir 828, it's pretty clear that the Chinese manufacturers have borrowed at least the name, if anything from Nokia's multimedia computer. While there's no information on this phone's availability, it's a sure thing that it comes with a very low price tag.