Differentiating a fake phone from an original one is
sometimes an enormous task because they are
virtually the
same. Fortunately or unfortunately, Jovago.com ,
Africa’s
No 1 Hotel Booking Portal noticed that many of
these
phones are from China. We can argue that Techno
has
somehow proofed many wrong about the
authenticity of
China phones. However, when you go to the
market, it is
advisable to buy from an authorized dealer or you
look for
these salient features to distinguish an original
phone from a
fake one.


VERIFY PRICES
If you have a friend that uses the same brand of
phone that
you are interested in buying, you can call him to
confirm
the price. Then, compare the prices of both brands.
Why?
Because many of these counterfeit phones are very
cheap
and less expensive. Therefore, the low price may
be a
subtle ploy to entice customers. Don’t fall victim to
this.
However, you have to be cautious still because the
phone
maybe expensive and at the same time fake.


LOGO AND BRANDING
This is perhaps one of the easiest ways of
identifying a fake
phone. This is done by simply observing if the brand
name is
correctly spelt or not. Samsung, Nokia and
Blackberry
manufacturers will always get the spellings of their
brands
right. However, when you see noKLA, samSVNG, or
any other wrong spelling, don’t hesitate, it is
definitely a
fake!


MISSING/LIMITED FEATURES
You may want to buy the same phone again
because you
love the brand and the phone. However, while
surfing, you
discovered that some key features are omitted in
the phone.
Don’t think twice the phone is fake. Nearly
everybody can
identify a Nokia phone, hence any missing features
can
easily be identified (or there are some additional
features),
then the phone is a no…no…


APPEARANCE/WEIGHT
Fake phones have two unique features, they are
unprofessionally or poorly packaged and they are
very light
weight. For example, you are given a new phone
and you
observe that the screen protector is a bit loose.
How will
you describe that? It simply means it wasn’t
properly
sealed. Just walk away, the phone is fake.


INTERNATIONAL MOBILE STATION
EQUIPMENT IDENTITY (IMEI)
Does your phone have an International Mobile
Station
Equipment Identity (IMEI)? This question is
answered by
dialling *#06#. Also ensure that the number is 15.
However, there are other situations whereby the
IMEI
may be available and it is 15 in number but the
number is
still fake. Just be careful. If you are in doubt, just
walk
away!

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toideve:
This is lubbish.......install cpu-z and u r good to go

So when I get to a phone shop, I will take their phone and install cpu Z on it to check if it's original right?

Yes!! If you are buying a fairly used phone of course,for brand new phones after runing cpu z and you noticed its fake you can always returb and get an original or ur cash back,its simple as that

DjAndroid:


So when I get to a phone shop, I will take their phone and install cpu Z on it to check if it's original right?

As a sharp dude, u can quickly do that before u leave d shop. Won't you test d phone before leaving the shop?

CPU Z is the trusted way to go in my opinion, brand new or used..

Following..... Willl comment later

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Baroba:
CPU Z is the trusted way to go in my opinion, brand new or used..

Plz, what is CPU Z, central processing unit, right? how do one run it?

lukecent:

Plz, what is CPU Z, central processing unit, right? how do one run it?

Download the free app on google playstore and open it thats all