Comments on: Shanzhai Mobile Phone Resembles Cigarette Pack

By: La Seconda Babele

La Seconda Babele — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:03:05 +0000

zuggy pop is right. I was in Guangzhou beginning of 2008 and this stuff was pretty common. Packets of cigarettes, toy cars, Pucca heads and what not.

I just wished shanzai culture would put back on the market those old nokias, they could pick up signal 2 floors underground.

By: ray

ray — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 08:07:20 +0000

The Japanese used to do similar things with transistor radios in the 1960s. Innovation? Perhaps all that time being cut off from the rest of the world means that China missed all those innovations of last century and has to experience them in this century!

By: Coppice

Coppice — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:50:37 +0000

Lol, what is that, a subtle threat?: Keep China down and China PUTS YOU DOWN!

As for leading the world in terms of technology, not quite yet, no idea how you came to that conclusion. Though perhaps you are right in terms of novelty mobile phones…

By: Akter

Akter — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:21:27 +0000

It looks in the field of techonology, innovation and creativity China is ahead of the rest of the world. China is producing tomorrows techonology today. It looks really and truly existing super power will soon be superseded which will be better for world peace.To supress emerging superpower may create a rivelary problem that may lead to nusty and hostile reaction that may destablise the whole world.

By: ecologico y cosmetico naturales

ecologico y cosmetico naturales — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:00:23 +0000

I love that one… Big up china !!!

By: Slagwater

Slagwater — Sun, 17 May 2009 03:08:12 +0000

HAHAHAH, I can see the ads now. “For the guy who wants to make his friends think he’s lost his f*cking mind and is talking to a pack of cigarettes, its the ciggy butt phone”. If I ever get taken to court, I’m gonna spend the whole trial chatting on this thing. Would make me a shoe in for the insanity defense.

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By: laowai

laowai — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:03:00 +0000

further more…

Please CHINA stop looking at one good thing and assuming it represent everyone…

if you want to make a good assumption on these kind of things just do a percentage (%).

now divide the amount of creative ppl by 1.5billion, and you get the least creative ratio in the world!

Enjoy the dream!!!

By: laowai

laowai — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:57:33 +0000

I bought a 10kuai phone exactly like that 6 years ago (for the house not a cell) so the idea is so not new.

Meaning that he didn’t need creativity but simply a 1st year of industrial engineering. SO NOT IMPRESSIVE.

LAME chinese copyativity!

By: skeptical

skeptical — Mon, 11 May 2009 03:55:06 +0000

Wow, I guess we use a very different yardstick to measure creativity, then.