Cheap Mobile Phones In Tachilek.

[tayto]

Lots of latest model phone, vendors in Tachilek, Burma across the border from Mae Sai.

Nokia N from 4000 baht and other bargains.

Anyone know whats the catch?

Are they fake or what?

Edited July 19, 2007 by tayto

[Ajarn]

Lots of latest model phone, vendors in Tachilek, Burma across the border from Mae Sai.

Nokia N from 4000 baht and other bargains.

Anyone know whats the catch?

Are they fake or what?

They're NOT made by Nokia...

[sceadugenga]

Check the box and book, bad printing is the usual sign of a fake.

I can't say otherwise, maybe Nokia are made under contract in China and someone ran off an extra couple of million while the boss wasn't looking.

Still, think of the years of guilt living with the knowledge you'd ripped of such a respected company.

Edited July 19, 2007 by sceadugenga

[MrOzark]

Nope.

Don't trust Tachelik for something like that.

It's a huge distribution point for fake Chinese products.

If the price is too low, for sure its a fake.

The Chinese are excellent at this. They also

make motherboards for computers, watches, etc.

The products work when you buy them, they just use

cheap components that will fail after a few months.

And that's no idle warning.

Edited July 19, 2007 by MrOzark

[asiaworld]

original Nokias are "preprogrammed" to start malfunction & "self-destruct'' in 2 years, or less !! beleive me, i only use Nokias, for the past 10 years ! At least 7 of them so far !

[sceadugenga]

original Nokias are "preprogrammed" to start malfunction & "self-destruct'' in 2 years, or less !! beleive me, i only use Nokias, for the past 10 years ! At least 7 of them so far !

I've been using the same Ericsson for five years now.

I've bought 2 new phones because I thought it was time to, used them for a couple of weeks, put the card in the old Eric and given them away. It just keeps on keeping on.

[jetzie]

original Nokias are "preprogrammed" to start malfunction & "self-destruct'' in 2 years, or less !! beleive me, i only use Nokias, for the past 10 years ! At least 7 of them so far !

wierd cuz i had my nokia 6510 for 7 years now and still performing as well as some new colored 3g fones out there

[bahnoo]

Lots of latest model phone, vendors in Tachilek, Burma across the border from Mae Sai.

Nokia N from 4000 baht and other bargains.

Anyone know whats the catch?

Are they fake or what?

They are definally fake. this are 3rd party make mobile phones. you can get them in the internet. they are cheaper then the original phone.

just like the memory cards. china have make many fake goods