Every year the phones produced are becoming more functional and more complex. However, Chinese manufacturers are not at all afraid of such difficulties, and they easily counterfeit any phones. Due to the fact that the Chinese counterfeit is several times cheaper than the original, the distribution of such crafts becomes very profitable for retailers. As a result, the risk of purchasing an expensive phone actually made in China is very high. Let's consider how not to fall for a fake and distinguish it from the original.
Instructions
Step 1
Usually, a Chinese counterfeit weighs very little, it is very easy to calculate it, knowing how much a particular phone weighs approximately. For example, Nokia makes very heavy phones compared to its counterfeits, and this is easy to figure out.
Step 2
It is also worth opening the back cover of your mobile phone to look at the battery. To check the originality of a mobile phone battery, you just need to shine ultraviolet light on a shiny sticker, which is placed on the surface of the battery. The original battery has bright yellow stripes under UV light.
Step 3
You can also look at the sticker on the rear removable panel of the phone; a fake one will be of poor quality. Compare the digits of the serial number, and if there are noticeably more digits than on the original, then, most likely, the device is a fake.
Step 4
Fakes always have low-quality plastic, which, when pressed with your fingers, begins to bend. The materials the phone is made of can sometimes have unnatural colors. And forged clamshells start to creak when opened.
Step 5
Sometimes it is possible to identify a fake by a low-quality translation or even misspellings in words.
Step 6
If you decide to buy a new phone, then do not be lazy and first look on the Internet on the official websites of manufacturers, how this or that device should look, and compare with what you find on the counter.
