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Hi,

I see a lot of new/unused Nokia N900 on Aliexpress. Are those just fake ones or new one? Have anyone tried them? I want to grap a cheap spare one.
 

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I bougth used fake one for curious for 2$. It's completly different device. Nothing is the same, even dimensions. A fake one is smaller. It has custom OS not maemo. It hasn't FMTx. Display is very poor. It has only one speaker.
 

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Thats means no buying from me :-)
 

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Even no spare parts for original, keyboard doesn't match, digitizer also (but it's resistive at least). I think it has 16M RAM and dual SIM, and from time to time display shows mirror view
 

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#5
Best place to get a nxx0 from ...is here.
EBay tends to be reliable as well.
Every where else...well...I wouldn't...

For example...
The first aliexpress n900 I ran across ..the first review ..was from a person who bought and found that the guts of it were not a proper n900's guts.
(Personally I have bought lots of stuff from aliexpress over the years with never a problem...but the n900s for sale are obviously gutless wonders ...to coin a phrase)

warnings have been written saying it over and over here...
For years...
Yet some wish to chance it.
Good luck to you.
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1/2 - neo900 pre- "purchased" in 2013. N̶o̶w̶ ̶A̶w̶a̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶e̶f̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶f̶e̶w̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ - neo900 start up declared officially dead -
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It states on aliexpress that they are refurbished, so used but checked to be working. So they should be N900s. You can try checking the specs from the suplier and I think refunds work at least should.

I'm coming short with N900s but I am constantly hunting them. One went for my cousin to whom I found online 40Eur offer. I only buy with 25-30Eur so they don't come too often.
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#7
Skimming over what I just wrote doesn't cut it.

Also...
In no dictionary that I know of does "refurbishment" mean "checked ...but working"
That is glossing over a serious issue of fake n900s
Which is still a big issue for buyers.

As I just said...

The buyer stating "refurbishment".
And the purchasers statement in a review that the " refurbishment" was a n900 shell and non n900 guts ....
Still stands.
It was written by a purchaser in black and white.
The sellers response was that it was a "refurbishment"

"Refurbishment" is a word ...
Cavalierly used with much interpretation...
...that doesn't necessarily mean they are "original" n900s.
With all "original" parts inside or out.or "official" n900 parts...for that matter.

Yet again ...
I reiterate.
Caveat emptor.
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1/2 - neo900 pre- "purchased" in 2013. N̶o̶w̶ ̶A̶w̶a̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶e̶f̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶f̶e̶w̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ - neo900 start up declared officially dead -
Lost invested funds.


PIMP MY N8X0 (Idiot's Guide and a video walkthrough)http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=94294
THE LOST GRONMAYER CATALOGShttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ight=gronmayer
N8X0 VIDEO ENCODING THE EASY WAYhttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ght=mediacoder
242gb ON N800http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=90634
THE PAIN-FREE MAEMO DEVELOPMENT LIVE DISTRO-ISO FOR THE NOOB TO THE PROhttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=95567
AFFORDABLE MASS PRODUCTION FOR MAEMO PARTShttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=93325

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Indeed... I am also in a hunting mood for these N900. Ebay seems to be ok. I should check there for some of these devices gems.
 

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#9
Indubitably .
Personally ..
I have gotten over 20 nxx0s from eBay...
And each and every one was exactly as described by the seller...
EBay has been pretty reliable ..
I simply steer clear of sellers from Asia ...
And those with statements like "refurbished" .
And aim more at euro and norrth american sellers.
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1-n770 (in retirement), 3-n800's / 3-n810's (still in daily use), 5-n900's ((3 are flawless, 1 loose usb ( parts), 1 has no telephony (parts))
3-nexus 5's : 1 w/ Floko Pie 9.1 (running beautifully) waiting for Stable Droid 10 rom, 1 w/ ̶Ubuntu Touch, 1 with Maru OS (intend maemo leste when ready)

1/2 - neo900 pre- "purchased" in 2013. N̶o̶w̶ ̶A̶w̶a̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶e̶f̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶f̶e̶w̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ - neo900 start up declared officially dead -
Lost invested funds.


PIMP MY N8X0 (Idiot's Guide and a video walkthrough)http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=94294
THE LOST GRONMAYER CATALOGShttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ight=gronmayer
N8X0 VIDEO ENCODING THE EASY WAYhttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ght=mediacoder
242gb ON N800http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=90634
THE PAIN-FREE MAEMO DEVELOPMENT LIVE DISTRO-ISO FOR THE NOOB TO THE PROhttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=95567
AFFORDABLE MASS PRODUCTION FOR MAEMO PARTShttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=93325

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I got stuck with a fake 'new'; it was a dirty re-soldered board refurbish with a SSD days from failing, it dropped into read only mode and wouldn't let me reflash.
Years ago you could spot the fake new ones easily as the box had a row of keys instead of a spacebar for the raised image of the N900.
I recall another real fake N900 which had a DVB-T circuit and maybe even let you run J2ME games and apps but looked like a N900.
 

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