Top 7 Fake Smartphones in India

Bangalore: When tech-giants like Apple and Samsung are fighting with each other to grab a bigger pie in this booming mobile market, there is a whole new set of  villains (mainly Chinese) who are cloning the high-end smartphones. These cheap fake phones are obviously very inferior to the original ones, but they are they are still selling out in this price-sensitive market.

Samsung Galaxy SII vs. HDC A9100:

Samsung Galaxy SII, one of the most popular Android smartphone has one local enemy named HDC A9100 which costs less than half of Galaxy SII. Samsung Galaxy SII costs around 30,000 and HDC A9100 comes for only 13,000.

HDC A9100 is a Chinese dual-SIM phone which has a 4.3-inch capacitive screen, dual camera, is powered by dual-core MT6573 processor, runs on Android 2.3 and has access to Google’s Android market. This cloned phone is available online shopping site Alibaba.com.

How to Identify: At the first glance HDC A9100 looking exactly same as Galaxy SII, but this cloned phone comes with a HDC logo at the back therefore you can easily identify it.