Illegal copies of original MP3 players made in China are rampant worldwide, seriously distorting the market.

telecomskorea.com reported Tuesday, during a recently IT show held in Brazil, Chinese companies brought out a large number of MP3 players which are illegal copies of original products made by Regincom, Apple and Samsung Electronics.

Fake iRiver N10: The earphone-cap is not removable, while there is a USB port on the side.

Fake iRiver iFP-900: Color LCD is replaced by OLED.

An illegal copy of iRiver iFP-300: iFP 300’s exterior without LCD.An iRiver version of shuffle.

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