How to distinguish a real iPhone from a fake

First and foremost, pay attention to the cost of the mobile device. If you offer to buy the iPhone, the price of which differs by more than thirty percent of the cost of the iPhone in stores techniques, you probably the phone is either stolen or is a Chinese copy.

Any iPhone (including second hand) buy in a box. If it's been opened, take over carefully to check phone for authenticity. The original box has a relief of a phone in the contour of the concavity on the home button. Check how glued stickers on the back of the packaging: they must be applied smoothly, the text on the sticker should be placed in the same direction as on the box.

You can try to weigh the charger. The original iPhone it should weigh 60 grams. Charging is usually written the name of the manufacturer is Foxlink factories or Flextronix. Any characters in the text should not be.

On the USB cable, in the place where it connects to the iPhone, fakes can be latches. This smartphone should not have them. The only exception may be the charger from my iPod.

Headphones can externally no different, however, counterfeiting is often found over hard wire. Bad copy may not even be the microphone.

A good Chinese copy of the iPhone is externally indistinguishable from the original. The Chinese are able to repeat and case cover, and copyrights, and logos, and location of connectors. Spot the fake, you can sometimes compare the logo non-original iPhone with the original. It may vary somewhat in size, location, issuing fake may also disproportion of the cut Apple.

Much can vary the size of the screen – the original, they usually more. Also from China phone cover can be removed to vary the size of the SIM card.

Even very similar in appearance to Chinese iPhone you will be able to distinguish in software. The phone has a completely different operating system, only superficially similar to iOS. Check on the iPhone Wi-Fi, and other functions. Pay attention to the speed of work, availability of snubs.

The translation may be wrong – that is what most often gives a Chinese fake iPhone.

The main method to distinguish a real iPhone from China fake or stolen smartphone – check. If the phone is new when you first turn it will offer to register it. The owner of a used phone should you name your apple id and password to log in. Try to go with that data in the apple store. If you do this have failed, then buy this iPhone is not worth it.