i pity my room mate.

he's been conned by his own friend into buying a fake nokia N73.it looks too good to be fake, heck, the symbian front menu below the date time and telco name is just the same as normal symbian phone.

the hellish nightmare came when he brought his phone to me asking to update the firmware.tried to update by using NSU but cant.Pc-suite cant connect.everything also cant.somehow an unknown USB device called "MT6227" came out of nowhere when using this phone's USB cable.

he even gave me the box for me to see, surprisingly it's Nokia N73ME box! and with Nokia earphones and nokia chargers too!

he'd been conned by his own dear friend

the obvious phone spec are:
2mp camera
USB mode: 3 mode to choose; mass storage, webcam, COM port
camera screen not in landscape mode
there's no Option in menu
keypad lock is on the opposite site ( upper right button, and # )
there's no Autofocus
the *#0000# was like this:


i wasn't able to spot the difference at the first glance..he should have brought me ( or someone else knowledgeable about phones) when purchasing the phone. he learnt his lesson now.bought the phone for RM800.

came across another thread about this kind of phone on the internet: http://allaboutsymbian.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64796

picture taken using Sony Ericsson K618i, hence no autofocus.












This post has been edited by cloudstrife07: Nov 14 2007, 04:19 AM

hmm, i've been thinking.

can i replace the fake cheapo board with the real nokia n73 board?how much does it cost if that is possible?

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Added on November 14, 2007, 4:10 pmdidn't take any action, as he bought it already.haiz..

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Added on November 14, 2007, 4:12 pmdunno la..i ask him to ask refund from his member but he dont want..

This post has been edited by cloudstrife07: Nov 14 2007, 04:12 PM

i've troubleshoot for around 4 hours before i really announce it as fake.

and the link i provide before proves it as several other users in this world also suffered from this scam.

and there's no Theme manager! i cant even create a folder on the main menu..

camera is 2MB because its resolution is 1600x1200 max iianm.