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Cell phone clones hit boom time

Lhendup Bhutia is thrilled with his new phone, the much sought after I-phone, an international hit and now available in India. Bhutia's new possession looks exactly like an I-phone but is actually a much cheaper Chinese-made fake. Available at about one...

from YouTube on Wed, Jan 09 2008

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13 Apr 08 visit Chinese man builds world's largest cell phone  »  Shanghaiist From Ananova: A Chinese man is hoping to get in the record books after creating what he claims is the world's largest working mobile phone. Mr Tan, of Songyuan city, says his 3ft high phone, which weighs 48lbs, is an exact copy of his own phone - but 620...
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