Have you seen the Nokia N96 that succeeded the very popular N95? Critics are rating N96 higher than the Nokia N95 brand, which had enjoyed a huge chunk of the mobile phone market share for a long time.

Admittedly, ever since the original CECT P168 came out a few months after the iPhone, there has been no shortage of clones on the market. Some consumers took to the these clones right away and some were nudged by the failing economy and the low cost of buying and using one of the knock offs. But, regardless of what drew folks to the clones, most were drawn to the P168, as it was, for a very long time, the most faithful knock off with the most convincing interface. Now, almost a year after the release of the original iClone, the smaller, mini i9 has begun to gain some serious ground. I'll discuss why this is so in the following article.