Some of us might have come across companies, which sells phones that are maid by fake phones manufacturers. And this phones which we buy will look exactly 99.8% as the original, and unknowingly to some people they will think it's the real product of the phones they want to buy, so the buyer gets tricked because of the cost price of the phone is lower than the original product.

I have also met some of my friends who have fall victim to buying fake phones for cheaper amounts and they rejoice not knowing that they have bought the fake version of the phone and later-on, they will begin to discover all the features that are not available but are fully available in the real/original product.

These fake products usually have nice and beautiful casings to convince the buyer to buy them, and after buying it, the buyer will start encountering problems like: low memory space, poor camera pixel(phone camera might not be good enough), low RAM(random access memory) and more issues to be generated while using the phone.
So for those who wants to get phones but afraid of getting the wrong one, my dear breath in, this post is for you.

How To Identify Original Phones When Buying



Dial *#06# for all types of phone

A number will display on your phone screen
All Nokia, symbian and other phones in line with each other, will display serial number.

While other phones like: China phones, Android, i-phone etc.will display IMEI(International Mobile Equipment Identities).

> NOTE: The things that displays involves:

1) The number must begin with 35, except i-phones which must start with 01.
2) Make sure the numbers are up to 15 digits.
3) Finally, make sure that the numbers that are displayed is the same with the one at the back of your phone battery side.

> Additional option for Android phones

Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Things displayed involves: (Phone Information, Battery Information, User Statistics, Wifi Statistics)

> RAM

Check out the RAM(Randow Access Memory), make sure it's up to 1gb and above if not, you will start discovering problems like:
- Phone seizing
- Inability to run some apps and others.

Location- Settings> App> Running apps> You view it there

> BATTERY VOLTAGE

Also make sure you take a close look at the battery voltage before buying, although this one in particular is not that important cause, it might be written but it's not really capable. So if
you have good/strong battery, it's good choice but, note that you can always get an original one else where.

Location- At the Back of the Battery Or On the Phone Pack Or You can also use this number( *#*#4636#*#*)


> CAMERA

Camera also is not that important for some but, you should also check the camera practically and not only reading its details. As i said before anything can be written but the system is not really capable.

Camera Location- Phone Home Screen Or At the Phone Menu.

> BLUETOOTH

This one, as we all know is used for transferring files, songs, images, videos and others. Although, android and other top smart phone users are now used to using app like: Flash-share, Xender, Hotspot and other sharing apps around, no one has time for bluetooth but you will need it cause, not all phones can relate with other using the above listed app, phones like; Windows to Android, blackberry to Android and more. So, make sure you check it out before buying a phone cause, bluetooth will be useful in such cases.

Bluetooth Location- At phone drop-down menu Or Goto> Settings>Bluetooth

> STORAGE

Phone inbute storage is another issue you should make sure you check it very closely before buying a phone, you should always look up to buying a phone with 4GB to 32GB inbut storage so that you won't be have Low Storage Space(LSS) problem.

Storage Location- Goto> Settings> Storage Or File-manager

> SPEAKER

speaker is not really important cause you can make use your head-set for Calls and Musics, but in some cases whereby head-sets are not available, it can before helpful. So make sure it's intact.

Test- Goto> Setting> Notifications/Rind-tones> then Play a ringing tone Or Make An Imagency Call.

With these guides, you can now boldly go to any company of your choice and buy any phone you like.

ENJOY!!!

I will so much appreciate if you leave a comment on this post and also if you have any additional information, you can as well share. Thanks and God bless.

From: Coolhubs

Nice one.

My 1st time.

this topic has been discussed times without number here. why this topic again?

Ok

Who brought this crap to front page

Who says an imei must start from 35 to show it's original
A manufacturer can start use any imei he wishes too. People using MTK phones can even change theirs with ease

Battery voltage, you didn't tell us what we are looking for.

For phone storage, the manufacturer can tweak it to show whatever number he desires, but the real capacity will be very low

For Bluetooth, what you typed there just weak me.
Blackberry and Windows can't transfer to android I die

Nice. But Bluetooth is mostly used for pairing gadgets/midgets, transferring data over Bluetooth is always quite slow for that reason was the introduction of data transfer over WiFi.

As for the check battery volts that you know too well that majority of Nigerians don't understand it neither do they have the time to check. They questions most of us tend to ask is "What's the battery capacity?"

Lol

nice info


That was how I went to purchase iphone at Banex 2weeks ago, and the guy gave me one cute sweet settled down refurbished phone

I just checked the imei no at the back and on the phone settings and pointed it out to him

Hehehe from there I became the one giving terms for negotiation









Got the phone at the exact price I had in mind

Mumu post.


So before I buy a phone, I'd read all.of these

mervinmails:
Nice one.

My 1st time.

Enjoy while it last

Good post

Coolhubs:

Some of us might have come across companies, which sells phones that are maid by fake phones manufacturers. And this phones which we buy will look exactly 99.8% as the original, and unknowingly to some people they will think it's the real product of the phones they want to buy, so the buyer gets tricked because of the cost price of the phone is lower than the original product.

I have also met some of my friends who have fall victim to buying fake phones for cheaper amounts and they rejoice not knowing that they have bought the fake version of the phone and later-on, they will begin to discover all the features that are not available but are fully available in the real/original product.

These fake products usually have nice and beautiful casings to convince the buyer to buy them, and after buying it, the buyer will start encountering problems like: low memory space, poor camera pixel(phone camera might not be good enough), low RAM(random access memory) and more issues to be generated while using the phone.
So for those who wants to get phones but afraid of getting the wrong one, my dear breath in, this post is for you.

How To Identify Original Phones When Buying



Dial *#06# for all types of phone

A number will display on your phone screen
All Nokia, symbian and other phones in line with each other, will display serial number.

While other phones like: China phones, Android, i-phone etc.will display IMEI(International Mobile Equipment Identities).

> NOTE: The things that displays involves:

1) The number must begin with 35, except i-phones which must start with 01.
2) Make sure the numbers are up to 15 digits.
3) Finally, make sure that the numbers that are displayed is the same with the one at the back of your phone battery side.

> Additional option for Android phones

Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Things displayed involves: (Phone Information, Battery Information, User Statistics, Wifi Statistics)

> RAM

Check out the RAM(Randow Access Memory), make sure it's up to 1gb and above if not, you will start discovering problems like:
- Phone seizing
- Inability to run some apps and others.

Location- Settings> App> Running apps> You view it there

> BATTERY VOLTAGE

Also make sure you take a close look at the battery voltage before buying, although this one in particular is not that important cause, it might be written but it's not really capable. So if
you have good/strong battery, it's good choice but, note that you can always get an original one else where.

Location- At the Back of the Battery Or On the Phone Pack Or You can also use this number( *#*#4636#*#*)


> CAMERA

Camera also is not that important for some but, you should also check the camera practically and not only reading its details. As i said before anything can be written but the system is not really capable.

Camera Location- Phone Home Screen Or At the Phone Menu.

> BLUETOOTH

This one, as we all know is used for transferring files, songs, images, videos and others. Although, android and other top smart phone users are now used to using app like: Flash-share, Xender, Hotspot and other sharing apps around, no one has time for bluetooth but you will need it cause, not all phones can relate with other using the above listed app, phones like; Windows to Android, blackberry to Android and more. So, make sure you check it out before buying a phone cause, bluetooth will be useful in such cases.

Bluetooth Location- At phone drop-down menu Or Goto> Settings>Bluetooth

> STORAGE

Phone inbute storage is another issue you should make sure you check it very closely before buying a phone, you should always look up to buying a phone with 4GB to 32GB inbut storage so that you won't be have Low Storage Space(LSS) problem.

Storage Location- Goto> Settings> Storage Or File-manager

> SPEAKER

speaker is not really important cause you can make use your head-set for Calls and Musics, but in some cases whereby head-sets are not available, it can before helpful. So make sure it's intact.

Test- Goto> Setting> Notifications/Rind-tones> then Play a ringing tone Or Make An Imagency Call.

With these guides, you can now boldly go to any company of your choice and buy any phone you like.

ENJOY!!!

I will so much appreciate if you leave a comment on this post and also if you have any additional information, you can as well share. Thanks and God bless.

From: Coolhubs

Nice one

Cool. Exactly.. If dah lady dah got an exploded infinix did all this it would ve helped her

This is a guide to buying a Tokumbo phone.

Even battery is not that important? Lol

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See full spec: https://www.archos.com/us/products/smartphones/platinum/archos_50cplatinum/index.html

This is absolutely pointless and badly written.

Anyone with money to spend knows exactly what they want to buy. All specs are listed in the box right off the bat.

Virtually anyone buying a phone base their choice on their budget, and usually have done their homework.

I'm also yet to see an Android phone without BT.

Anything for FP, eh?

michaelfriday44:


Nice one

u sef u dey craze must u copy all d tin we im post, we tl u say we no read wetin im post or wot

plz cn somebody tl me hw to book space on nairaland

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nice info


That was how I went to purchase iphone at Banex 2weeks ago, and the guy gave me one cute sweet settled down refurbished phone

I just checked the imei no at the back and on the phone settings and pointed it out to him

Hehehe from there I became the one giving terms for negotiation









Got the phone at the exact price I had in mind

how exactly did you see the IMEI at the back of an iphone to compare with the one in the settings page? you unscrewed it?

helpful!

I'm here with 16 amazing Android Smartphones you can buy below 20000 naira in Nigeria.

These lovely phones come with great specs and features like 2gb/3gb RAM, good camera, 3000mAh monster battery, running on Android 5.0 / 6.0 marshmallow and I also included where you can buy them (Jumia, Konga, etc). This certainly is good value for your money. Let's see them!

http://www.techpaded.com.ng/2017/04/16-android-smartphones-below-20000-naira.html

Nice write up
Not everyone​ are tech savvy
So this guide should do it for an average phone buyer.

didn't learn meaningful thing from this lengthy write-up