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What would you say if you were a hard-working and ambitious cell phone manufacturer that tries its best to become famous and for its products to get known and appreciated by consumers and you walked by a shop window where a bright and shiny device happily smiles to the pedestrians, looking so very much like the one you’ve worked for a couple of years, but it’s not that one? People can hardly tell the difference, but you know, because you’ve been there, since day one, since the moment it was conceived. You know it ain’t your work, even if no one could ever notice the truth.



It’s not something you’d wish to happen, but it does. The tragedy is when the fakes turn out to be better products than the real ones. This could easily turn into a huge disappointment, couldn’t it?



A relevant example is the device I’m about to tell you about: the Barbie P520. The clamshell phone had the chance to see the light of day in the land of cloned mobile phones. I can’t believe you’re raising your eyebrows, as if you didn’t know what land I am talking about. There’s no country to be compared with China when it comes to cloning cell phones. And, as I’ve already said before, the merit these manufacturers have is that they prove themselves to be able to create better devices than the original models.



The Barbie P520’s design is based on Mattel’s Barbie B2 MP3 player and it’s not, as you might have already guessed, sponsored by Mattel. Proving a crass lack of inspiration, the box features the harmonious silhouette of the doll, the logo and a tag line that says “Barbie Music Phone”. The P520 is quite impressive for a fake, if you know what I mean. Thus, as for the features, they include GSM 900/1800 MHz, 2.0-inch display with a resolution of 176x220 pixels, a 1.3 megapixel camera, two SIM cards support, microSD card support for expandable memory, MP3 and MP4 functionalities and Bluetooth connectivity.



Measuring 60 x 63 x 21 millimeters and weighing 110 grams, the Barbie cell phone provides up to 120-180 minutes of call time and up to 100-160 hours stand-by time. If cloning cell phones is your thing, then you might be interested and willing in spending 780 yuan ($113) for the fake Barbie Music phone, which is more expensive than the real one with approximately $30.

(Source: cellphonebeat.com)