There’s an Android in My iPhone

By ASHLEE VANCE
NYT

Here’s one of the more curious gadgets you’re not going to see on the show floor of the Consumer Electronics Show. It’s an iPhone knock-off that may just be better than the iPhone.

An acquaintance of mine stumbled upon this gem in Shenzhen, China. It comes in what looks like a proper iPhone box and has the proper iPhone shape and weight. This phone, however, also has a trackball for navigating the screen and Wi-Fi. (Chinese iPhones do not have Wi-Fi). So, it’s sort of an iPhone-plus.

(My acquaintance acquired the device in China but requested anonymity when talking about it, since it’s frowned upon for technology company executives to flash suspect gear to the press.)

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