iFixIt Tears down the Flip Mino HD

Nothing says “I occasionally don a $200 jogging suit and plod through prominent areas of Central Park where my Greco-Roman form has the best chance of being noticed by onlookers” like carrying an Adidas-branded phone in your pocket. Bonus points for a metal-look “Sports” badge glued to the inside of the hinge. But ouch… minus 15 points for it being an unlicensed product, my friend — who do you think you’re fooling with this thing? Actually, whether it be the streets of Shenzhen or New York City, we don’t think the average individual would suspect that this was a ripoff from the outside — it’s actually pretty convincing and tasteful — but the multicolored lights on the keypad might give it away when you flip it open. Your years of athletic achievements, poof! Gone just like that in a cloud of illegal branding.

Keepin’ it real fake, part CCXLVII: these Adidas don’t go on your feet originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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