Linshof i8 – a German smartphone with top-notch specs and affordable price

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I'm calling bullshit on this company. It doesn't publish an address, I can't find it in the official Austrian company database (Firmenbuch) and any websearch just points to their press releases. Same when searching for the name of their CEO. Not only do they want to launch a smartphone, a tablet and a desktop PC, but the specs are just high enough to impress people. It would be a nice study on how gullible the tech press is.

P.S. their headquarters in Vienna would make them Austrian, not German

It's also weird that a European company would quote the price in USD.

Maybe it's yet another Chinese company disguising as a European company in order to look more credible?

I agree. This is also interesting: Have a look at their logo: http://www.linshof.com/ Now take a look at the logo of this real German company (established 1887): http://linhof.de/index-e.html (It's almost the same name except for the s)

Coincidence, huh?

Good find!

I knew the name/logo sounded familiar. So yeah, definitely some kind of fake.

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