I just bought this phone on ebay and had a question on wether the phone is a clone or the real deal. So where better to ask than the experts here. I know i can tell by using the phone unfortunately all i have is still pictures. I think the phone has a theme therefore making hard for me to tell. The fakes ive seen use a system similar to a s60 which this is not even close to but the chinese improve their copies all the time sooooo. Maybe im being paranoid. Anyways here are the pics. Oh and thank you for your help.

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/8586/n900.jpg

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8599/n9001j.jpg

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/8750/n9002e.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/486/n9003.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/4633/n9004.jpg

Looks genuine to me. If you can update the software with Nokia software updater you've got no problem.

Looks fine. You might like to read up on flashing it as it looks quite heavily tweaked.

Thats a fake by the looks of it because no way is the system menu like that and no way does it have office unless you installed and changed the menu completly.

Oh its getting flashed for sure. Im a clean freak. Maybe leaked 1.2 LOL.

These pictures that you posted are original, people can do grazy stuff now with menu's etc...

This one is fake! look how well made it is but still different.

http://mynokiablog.com/2010/01/26/yo...n900-unboxing/

Please further opinions are needed. I am starting to get angry if it happens to be a fake.

System menu looks like that if you've got the Catorise package installed to sort them into nice catagories for you.

I reckon that one's real.

i wouldnt buy off ebay... why?
1-once the sellers got has ya money he may report the phone stolen.
2-find out if its got 2 sim slots or 1... if 2 its a fake.
3-enquire wether its got wifi.. if not its a fake
4-if it has built in antenna for tv then its * fake
5- if the price is too good then look for fraud or scam


but to be honest if you personaly dont know the seller then buying a up todate phone from a non business entity is very risky....

GO into menu-settings-about and look at the version, that will tell you also.
But having said that its obvious none of these guys commenting here have seen a China copy yet lol.