It's a lot more likely than not, since we know that Apple products such as the iPod and iPhone are manufactured IN China, that the knock off versions are simply the same, if not almost exactly similar in terms of hardware, that have been ported with different types of software. The biggest difference between the two types and which would account for the difference in price, is the legit Logo, and lack of one on the other.
Paying for brand names has always meant paying a premium, in ANY market, regardless of the difference in features per dollar value...
Of course you should be wary of a knock off on any level of consumerism, but I think the important thing to note here is that people whom are generally into tech stuff, but are only so far into it in that they follow Apple's road maps, are generally people who will not go outside the box.
Then there are people, who have money, love to spend it, and are extremely tech savvy, and willing to take risks for the love of exploration. Those are the niche types who should be buying this phone and then posting in all of the forums available, just making fun of those who paid more than twice as much money for half the amount of features, just to have an Apple branded product.
So what if there are minor differences between the two versions ? If they achieve the same tasks (and the knock off even more) and the point is able to be proven that the iPone is not as innovative a device as the apple marketing machine would love to have people believe, then it would give both consumers and foreign manufacturers more incentive to further saturate the market with technology that has been around for a while, which Apple claims is exclusive to their creative genius....
All it takes is a little education. Anyway... Pachinko man... DO YOUR DUTY !!!
