Recently some hard-to-distinguish (before You have it in your hand, actually) fake N900's appeared. Of course, they're not powered by Maemo, and resemble real N900 only visually.
whats up with the $200 new n900s on ebay from hong kong
legit or knockoff?
People have told me about good stories and negative ones, though the good ones were always in reference to the HongKong models priced more than $300. I think generally when you purchase from HongKong you are getting refurbished models.
I got my first N900 a little over a month ago. Unfortunately, half of that time it has had a broken LCD. I have ordered two more new (hopefully) N900s since. Tracking these things down is really quite a chore.
Needless to say, if this is your first N900 and you are affiliated with IT you will really enjoy it.
I took a gamble and ordered a "new" N900 for $220 from a Chinese seller. I'll be happy to report how it turns out here. The feedback for the seller was extremely positive, so here's hoping!
Yep. At the price I'm more or less prepared to be happy with a refurb in good condition. Also went through the seller's history with the N900 in particular.
And most importantly, more than ready to contest if it's an outright scam.
