I worked in a cell phone store at that time. The amount of fake iPhones I saw at that time was ridiculous. Mainly because there were genuinely a lot of people who believed they were the real thing.
Me too. It identifies it as half its actual size, but that's much more than I expected. I believed it would not even read it since it, like most modern cards, is XC type, and that was virtually nonexistent on the market in 2009 (it was released that same year but one can imagine most devices did not support it yet, let alone a piece of china junk like this).
I remember buying a very similar (if not the same) fake. This was before subsidies made it possible for me to afford a real iphone. I knew it wouldn't be viable to seriously use but the whole touch screen thing was so cool and futuristic I could not resist.
I'm from Argentina and I got the SAME phone when I was a teenager 😂 My dad bought it during a trip to Paraguay and I honestly hated it but it was a gift so I couldn't say anything 😅
Back in, I think, 2007 or 2008, I got what was called a iClone phone. It had a stylus that resembled this one and I was able to put dual SIMs in it if I wanted to. I was actually able to get online and such with it. No App Store support but at that time, that wasn't a big deal. After I did get a different phone I actually still used it as a MP3 player lol.
Hi , You need to talk about the heating of the iPhone 15 Pro Max, I was in a conversation that lasted more than 5 minutes and the iPhone started to get really hot, I couldn't touch it until it cooled down! I had to return it ! First time in my life that I returned an Apple product! And I'm really shocked by the situation!
The phone language is in Indonesian, I think they were supposed to be for the Indonesian market where some people like the feel of having an iPhone without actually buying an iPhone
I saw a listing for the same phone on Xianyu , the listing shows maybe like over 50 units,brand new (seems to be unsold inventory) and the price is like 50 yuan. As for the manual, the reason why the it’s different is because it was used for another clone called the “SCIPhone”.
It seems to have a JAVA based OS having the almost same UI as most companies did at the time, but this company at least tried to mimic the apps as in iOS (iPhoneOS) back then 😅
Did... did that thing just work with a 128GB sdcard? A lot of old digital cameras SHIT themselves if you put something larger then 2GB in them. Why is the logical block addressing on this thing so good?
I remember my first ever phone in like 2009 also had profiles, the "meeting" profile was just a fancy silent mode which would still turn on the screen for notifications but wouldn't vibrate or sound and so on, I also remember there resistive touch screen were just keypad phones with a terrible touch screen running Java based OS's
Ashens had a video either talking about this or a very similar iPhone clone back in 09 or 2010. Had exactly the same calculator. Those knock-offs were EVERYWHERE in southern Europe.
I found out dual sims are big in a lot of countries. My birth country for example its like a downgrade to a lot of people if it doesn't have dual sim. Dual sim is far more important to a lot of people there than speed for example especially nowadays where the speed is acceptable to most people on most phones
When I was 10 Ashens really sold me on the fake IPhone 4’s GooPhone and AirPhone4 😭😂 at 10 years old and for £50 when I just got birthday money it all sounded too good
I actually owned and used a Sciphone i68+ (iPhone 2G clone, very similar to those ones) back from june to september 2009: it was a real nightmare, but it was somehow - yet barely - usable.
6:29 it surprised me that this thing has bahasa indonesia as default language straight from the box. never seen anyone use this junk here in indonesia.
I had one very similar to the first one back in 2008 or so. My aunt bought an “iPhone” on eBay and got this. She got her money back and gave it to me. Even as a kid in 2008 I remember thinking it was really bad.
I bought a fake 4S on aliexpress i think whilst i was in school. Was insanely good though. Called like OrangePhone 4s or something. Talk of the school hahaha I miss being young.
This little thing is so bad 😂
Your browser is holding you back. Level up with Opera here: opr.as/Opera-browser-LukeMiani
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no.
I would like to have one
even my Opera Browser for Nokia 15 Years ago still working better than this e-waste
I worked in a cell phone store at that time. The amount of fake iPhones I saw at that time was ridiculous. Mainly because there were genuinely a lot of people who believed they were the real thing.
Genuinely impressed it reads the 128gb card. I expected it to have a max of... 2 or so.
Me too. It identifies it as half its actual size, but that's much more than I expected. I believed it would not even read it since it, like most modern cards, is XC type, and that was virtually nonexistent on the market in 2009 (it was released that same year but one can imagine most devices did not support it yet, let alone a piece of china junk like this).
Luke, you're a champ for taking one for the team and testing these out. Can't wait to see who gets to inherit these vintage treasures
Please no!
Ain't no way he called it "Oprah one" 😭
For a nice night out, I recommend going to see an “Oprah”
Hahahaha
It’s Oprah because he’s giving away phones. You get a fake iPhone! You get a fake iPhone! And you get a fake iPhone!
Oprah time
This is the definition of torturing yourself just for content
I remember walking around NYC back in the day and seeing street vendors and pan handlers selling fake phones like this.
Luke: Buys 12 fake iPhones
Seller: We finally sold some of our stock!
Lmao
Oprah paid for them!
their water damaged stock lol
I laughed so hard every time the music came up 🤣🤣
I remember buying a very similar (if not the same) fake. This was before subsidies made it possible for me to afford a real iphone. I knew it wouldn't be viable to seriously use but the whole touch screen thing was so cool and futuristic I could not resist.
“Could not resist”…I’d say I see what you did there, but I’m not sure it was intentional 😏😃
You could try using the 3GP file format as it might be compatible.
YES!
Exactly what I was going to comment!
or .mpg
I'm from Argentina and I got the SAME phone when I was a teenager 😂 My dad bought it during a trip to Paraguay and I honestly hated it but it was a gift so I couldn't say anything 😅
Lucky!
Lo sigues teniendo? jajaja
Ok but the way it somehow has handwriting recognition actually boggles my mind
bruh i didnt expect you to show up on the comments
if it's meant to be old i'm not sure if that even makes sense in the first place :P
Back in, I think, 2007 or 2008, I got what was called a iClone phone. It had a stylus that resembled this one and I was able to put dual SIMs in it if I wanted to. I was actually able to get online and such with it. No App Store support but at that time, that wasn't a big deal. After I did get a different phone I actually still used it as a MP3 player lol.
Hi , You need to talk about the heating of the iPhone 15 Pro Max, I was in a conversation that lasted more than 5 minutes and the iPhone started to get really hot, I couldn't touch it until it cooled down! I had to return it !
First time in my life that I returned an Apple product! And I'm really shocked by the situation!
Fakes were and will be here, forever…
Luke, if you´ll set this lovely jingle as your Ringtone, I´ll give you 50 Bucks...
Oprah one: *You get a fake iPhone! And you get a fake iPhone! Everyone gets a fake iPhone!*
Oprah Winfrey giving these away? She makes a good browser huh?
The phone language is in Indonesian, I think they were supposed to be for the Indonesian market where some people like the feel of having an iPhone without actually buying an iPhone
was about to say the same thing...
why would they like the feel of having an iphone without buying one?
i'm indonesian and i never seen anyone use this junk, that's probably why it still sitting on the store shelf for decades.
I saw a listing for the same phone on Xianyu , the listing shows maybe like over 50 units,brand new (seems to be unsold inventory) and the price is like 50 yuan. As for the manual, the reason why the it’s different is because it was used for another clone called the “SCIPhone”.
Why his face looks always so concerned? Like “oh my god I’m so happy” with a crazy frown
Those aren't "focus modes". They are exactly what they're called - user profiles. Which is a feature even the Nokia 3310 from the year 2000 had.
It seems to have a JAVA based OS having the almost same UI as most companies did at the time, but this company at least tried to mimic the apps as in iOS (iPhoneOS) back then 😅
the os is from mediatek and not all models can run java, it's called nucleus rtos
If it is Nucleus, makes me wonder what processor is running inside of it@@namesurname4666
Did... did that thing just work with a 128GB sdcard?
A lot of old digital cameras SHIT themselves if you put something larger then 2GB in them. Why is the logical block addressing on this thing so good?
From what I saw approximately only half the capacity was recognised and used
@@iainhughes4630 I did kinda notice that, but hey, it actually did something! The phone didn't crash or corrupt the filesystem!
I love how you kept playing that sound. This needs to be a recurring meme, I love it 😂
The fact that the hand writting actually works is something truly amazing judging by the quality of both the hardware and software xd
xd
I listened to DRK Mode, and I'm doing my part by watching this video.
Did he say Oprah 1? Did they get bought by Oprah Winfrey?😂
The handwriting recognition reminds me of the Simpsons episode featuring the Newton. 🤣
I remember my first ever phone in like 2009 also had profiles, the "meeting" profile was just a fancy silent mode which would still turn on the screen for notifications but wouldn't vibrate or sound and so on, I also remember there resistive touch screen were just keypad phones with a terrible touch screen running Java based OS's
Ashens had a video either talking about this or a very similar iPhone clone back in 09 or 2010. Had exactly the same calculator. Those knock-offs were EVERYWHERE in southern Europe.
Please can we get a hi quality recording of that startup sound!
I love how you called it Oprah instead of Opera lmao
Id love to have one of those I love to collect old tech even if it’s fake
at least Fake iPhone is in 2027 regulations about removable battery
This was painful to watch. I imagine it was even more painful for you to make. Respect ✊
It has a user-replaceable battery, dual SIM, handwriting recognition, and an SD card slot. In those ways, it's better than a modern Iphone.
We have all of these except for replaceable battery and SD card
I found out dual sims are big in a lot of countries. My birth country for example its like a downgrade to a lot of people if it doesn't have dual sim. Dual sim is far more important to a lot of people there than speed for example especially nowadays where the speed is acceptable to most people on most phones
You will have to pay us to take these phones off your hands.
Luke, you're probably the only person in the entire world who bought more than 1 of these
And you're definitely the only person to buy 12...
That boot music be stuck in my head now XD
I bet if you put a 3gp video file it will play it. It was the standard video format for feature phones back then.
if its pre-2010 100% it's 3gp for videos, probably max 360p
New drinking game! Drink every time Luke says "dude" 😆
I'd love to spend a decent amount of time with the phone just to see if I could get anything working😂
Yeah im looking forward to getting a fake iPhone 3
When I was 10 Ashens really sold me on the fake IPhone 4’s GooPhone and AirPhone4 😭😂 at 10 years old and for £50 when I just got birthday money it all sounded too good
I love your work man! This is one of your best videos!
Nice. They made an iPhone Mini much before Apple did.
apple never made one in the first place
@@countryland69iPhone 12 Mini?
@@smashkommentiert i meant mini mini
I really want one lol
Only for the funny music lol
Maybe some other funny tweaks
I actually owned and used a Sciphone i68+ (iPhone 2G clone, very similar to those ones) back from june to september 2009: it was a real nightmare, but it was somehow - yet barely - usable.
That was my second "smartphone" such a waste of money xd
Wait, the Opera Browser is pronounced like “Oprah” the TV host, not like “opera”, the musical/dramatic art form?
No he's just saying it wrong lol
in the big sea of fake "Welcome" devices, this is for sure a breath of fresh air
In the name of chicken burger, I got is chicken leg piece with 2 buns covering it, can u believe that
The auto color calibration was going wild whenever the camera was pointed at the table
I have one of these in my collection. It even has analog TV inside. With telescopic TV antenna you can pull out of its back.
That booting sound will hunt me in my dreams
Awful for sure, but at least the fake has replaceable batteries!
And stylus!
I watch so much DankPods that just immediately assumed Luke was gonna blow those headphones up
I think that startup melody is ripped off from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" whenever she has a touching moment with Angel 😆😆
I remember these fake phones very well
You sould make that boot up sound your notification sound
Lmao "this looks like it is rescued from the titanic 😂"
That Boot music will stay in my brain like GTA San Andreas Theme
I had no clue that the browser that was your video’s sponsor was pronounced the same as the talk show host.
6:29 it surprised me that this thing has bahasa indonesia as default language straight from the box. never seen anyone use this junk here in indonesia.
Love ya Luke, but how do I enter the give away to win NOT getting one of those?!
Love the videos
thank you for genuinely putting the phone ringtone of these fake iPhones in my head 😂
Some of them seem to use Indonesian Language. Maybe some are from Indonesia... (note they have lots of scam phones from Shopee and Tokopedia)
My father used it until 2012. He knew that it is fake but it had the price normal for fake. It was very cheap
That fake iPhone’s speaker sounds louder than my iPhone XR
Literally watching this on Opera and had been using it for like 10 years now
*Oprah 😂😂😂
id love to have one of those, i love collecting old phones😋
Ahh yes the Oprah browser is nice! I prefer Opera though it works much better
The boot song is from an old taiwanese song, your smile by FIR.
Oprah sponsored the video?
Tbh that fake is kinda better then the iPhone 15 pro max in the time of never
Oprah does help my web browsing experience 😂
The old iphones boxes were so much better than the new iphones boxes lol
I love everything about this, it's so cute and I love it
Wooow I love the old Chinese iPhones videos!
what was the listing called?
All OG Apple products are incredible[ly worse than their fakes]!
NO! Please don’t have these thrash to us!
I remember buying a fake ipod touch that was just as horrible to operate, so it didn't last me long.
They got the camera app but no camera 🤣
But the big question is does it make calls😂😢
I will try to jailbreak them so they can run something that’s more to iOS
LOL this is fun stuff Luke
I think that startup melody is actually from a Chinese song sang by Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai. Could not recall the name of the song though.
ok
Love this videos 😂
I had one very similar to the first one back in 2008 or so. My aunt bought an “iPhone” on eBay and got this. She got her money back and gave it to me. Even as a kid in 2008 I remember thinking it was really bad.
I bought a fake 4S on aliexpress i think whilst i was in school.
Was insanely good though. Called like OrangePhone 4s or something.
Talk of the school hahaha
I miss being young.
Do you still have the link for it
I didn't know Opera was pronounced like Oprah instead of like Opera
Great video as usual
Nah. Instant e-waste.
Very good video and very entertaining. This was fun, but I would be afraid of those phones...LOL.
I want that boot sound