What is a fake iPhone 5......???
Did you ever wonder when you see people selling iPhone 5 in some 100$ or less. They often claim to have sale on their eBay store and blah blah. So many people were lured by this and they ended up having a substandard product which in no way can match the real iPhone. The sound, picture and call quality in these cheater cocks is so pathetic that you will think of smashing it to the wall. So how to save yourself from buying a fake one. The best practice is to buy iPhone from apple store only, if you follow that you might not have too browse any more tips. But that is not always possible so you have to see the tips. Let's see what the tips are:
1) Feel it before you buy it.
It is a very good idea to go in your nearby apple store and see the demo phone there. This iPhone 5 will give you the apple state of art technology and next time you touch a sub-standard one you will be able to point out the differences. Genuine iPhone 5 is smooth touch screen, and it's graphics are really awesome.
2) Dimensions speaks about the precision.
Genuine iPhone 5 is 4.87 inches in height, 2.31 inches wide and 0.30 inches in thickness. So, if the phone does not match up with these dimensions it is a real fake version of iPhone.
3) iPhone 5 comes in nice packaging.
Apple delivers all its iPhone in very glossy looking and clean packing, so if someone is trying to sell you an iPhone in packaging which looks just okay or filthy; put your money back in your wallet friend.
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Real iPhone 5 Box looks like this...![/caption]4) iPhone 5 Serial numbers are also important
Apple's each and every iPhone is assigned a unique serial number and that serial number has the info about the phone's make, manufacturing place and all. Let's see how it denotes these info. Usually any iPhone serial number is 11 digits and numbers for example AABCCDDDEEF.
Here AA stands for the factory and the machine it was made on.
B stands for the year it was manufacture. Like 3 means 2013 and so.
CC stands for week of the year it was produced in.
DDD stands for unique identification of the model.
EE stands for color of the device.
F stands for the memory capacity of the phone. Like S is for 16GB and T is for 32 GB.
Now, fake iPhone 5 can't have the correct serial numbers and they are just written for the sake of writing and printing. First thing to check is whether all the serial numbers on the phone and packaging are same or not. Sometime they differ on the same phone and the box as well. Secondly check it on apple's site here. This is for the purpose of warranty and all, but if you iPhone 5 is fake chances are that the serial number will be wrong as well.
5) It can't be that cheap.
Best tip is to avoid places where the iPhone 5 is on very low price, often labelled as sale or discount. Always check the genuine phone price by referring the apple store or apple website. Remember these people have a big network and it is not necessary that someone who has so many good reviews on eBay is necessarily selling genuine piece. See this guy's experience in this video.
Let us know if you find these fake iPhone 5 tips or not. If you have more tips you can also send them in comment. We will add them to the list.
