How to spot counterfeit smartphones – A buyer must know

Have you considered a purchase a smartphone that is a crazy low price? Did you even
realize that the device is counterfeited? Here are some tips on how to spot a counterfeit smartphone that buyer must know.


Sweet Deal

Price is one of the sign telling you that you are getting a rip-off device, if the deal feels too good to be true, you may probably getting a counterfeit smartphone. Remember that A seller is less likely to under-price a genuine product.

Check the IMEI

There are many ways to check the IMEI of the device, you may request the phone’s IMEI by dialing the *#06# and check on one of the utility services online that verify what phone company owns the phone IMEI and its model. You may visit the imei.info that is very accurate for this kind of task.

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The Quality

Remember that counterfeit producers are good at copying the look and design of an original product but they hardly get the materials and build quality anywhere near the real thing.

A clone device will normally use cheap materials and hence the feel of the device will always tell it apart.

Third-Party Applications

Android play store is flooded with many applications that once installed on a device can mine the device information giving the true model as well as the producers. Your safest and surest bet is an application called Antutu, it is a vast performance benchmarking tool and also gives you a legit info on the phone. If the information you mine does not match, then it’s no doubt a clone.

The Software

Under the settings tab in Android device is a sub-menu the ‘About Phone’ and under it is a list of data about the device.

Disclaimer: if for some reason the phone is already unboxed or second hand, you must not rely on this to inform your decision since the information can be tweaked by ‘tech geeks’.

Analyzing this information with what’s on the device and its packaging will put you in a better stand to avoid a probable rip-off.

Better familiarize the device you are planning to buy, a bit of product research may help you make a well-informed decision on what to buy.
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