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Love the S5 so much you want it now but you're an impatient fella? You can get a smartphone that's pretty close now, but of course, buyer beware. Dubbed the Goophone, it comes straight from China and it looks exactly the same as Samsung's latest flagship.

The price is $299.99, unlocked. While it looks identical on the outside, there's one slight difference. It measures 5 inches diagonal instead of 5.1 inches. On the inside, instead of a 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor, there's a 2GHz octa-core MediaTek chip. No LTE and it doesn't support 802.11ac Wi-Fi, just b/g/n. Its rear camera is 13 megapixels compared to the Galaxy's S5's 16. It runs on Android 4.2 and has a storage capacity of 32GB.

That's actually not too bad, though the lack of LTE connectivity could be a hindrance to some. Either way, take a look at the difference with the original from this video: