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UPDATE: FAKE BlackBerry Spotted With Front Face Camera

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20 February 2010 5 Comments

UPDATE: FAKE! We’ve received several reports and links to sites showing similar images.  We hope to see something in the future for it though.  Thanks to all for letting us know about it.

What is this BlackBerry? I am baffled, but before we continue, we don’t know what is going on here.  We got a random email from an address we couldn’t reply to with the name Xena (let me know if you guys want to try emailing him/her yourselves), with just this small part of a picture showing the top of a BlackBerry with a front facing camera.  My guess is this is just a fake, as I will continue my search finding replicas or some sort of explanation to it.  If any of you have an answer drop us a line and we’ll throw an update on this post.

So back to the concept, are we so far from having front face cameras on BlackBerry?  A few months back, some RIM executives did mention that having the front face camera isn’t far fetched and is something RIM is looking into.  I don’t know how soon that was intended as we haven’t seen much of any leaked device images or even patten images around for it.  What are your thoughts?

Mac’s Observations: I am noticing that the BlackBerry logo looks very much accurate as I am putting it side by side with an original and it looks good.  The speaker and top bezel look very similar to the one on the Tour 96xx and Bold 97xx along with the speaker with the RIM-styled grill.  One thing that appears strange is the thick blackness around the inner screen, making it recessed.  This doesn’t seem so RIM-styled with that.

Disclaimer: This image is a leaked one sent off to us as a tip.  We do not warrant its authenticity as we are just passing it along to our readers as it has been passed on to us.

-by Otoniel Bruno

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  • tge boss

    what is this?? it looks liek a touch screen

  • arys64

    Well I've been dealing with a lot of Chinese phones in the past 2 years. I have a friend who has the same exact phone. This is a Chinese replica to the Blackberry Javeline 8900 made by the chinese phone company CECT. You can find these and other replicas on Ebay. Hope this help!!

  • arys64

    I would like to share this pic I found on a mobile store near where I leave. :http://i763.photobucket.com/albums/xx277/arys64/Misc/IMG00010-20100223-2042.jpg

  • sgtpeppa

    wow look at that, the asians are making blackberry with front face cameras, RIM should steal the idea!

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