HOW TO SPOT A FAKE CELLPHONE

  SPOTTING A FAKE PHONE

Beware of crooks who want to swindle everyone in phone racket GLOBAL everyone likes a bargain, but generally speaking you get what you pay for. And if a deal looks too good to be true, then it probably is. That's more than ten per cent of the 1.5 billion phones sold every year.  Fake or counterfeit phones are a big problem for everyone.

1. You not getting what you paid for. It might say 3G, WLAN, GPS etc, but once you get it home, it's entirely possible that you will have a mobile monstrosity that's barely capable of making a phone call. In any case, because they are made using cheaper, often inferior components, fake phones simply won't work as well as the real deal.

2. You're not likely to be able to take it back. And good luck six months down the line when it breaks and you look for warranty service.

3. The fake might well be dangerous, too. Since they don't submit the phones for any kind of regulatory approvals, the manufacturers of fakes may use banned, dangerous substances and not worry about safety

“The global black market for fake handsets has been growing rapidly over the past few years with the total size of this market estimated to be in excess of 200 Million devices.”

Standards when you come to plug it in to recharge, or complying with exposure guidelines. To take one example, genuine mobile phone batteries are stringently tested against industry, national and international safety standards. They contain safety circuits to regulate the voltage, current and heat inside. Fake ones often don't comply with any standards. You may have heard media reports of exploding phone batteries causing injury in most cases; these can be traced back to the use of fake batteries.

4. Genuine, honest retailers are losing trade because of fakes peddled by dishonest ones. We all want the good guys to stay in business so you can continue to buy with confidence that your consumer rights will be upheld.

5. Your government is losing revenue you don't think these guys are paying taxes, do you?

6. And lastly, manufacturers are losing revenue.  Lost sales, copyright infringement and price erosion affect their ability to continue to create competitive, leading edge devices across the world.  How can you avoid buying a fake phone?

The Spot a fake phone is an educative feature on how to avoid making mistakes. Sometimes it is obvious: if the names spelled 'Nokoia', then it hasn't come from Nokia. If your 'retailer' is a small table in the corner of a street market, then buyer beware.  Escalating for a while. Here is one guy showing the differences between a fake Samsung S Phone and the real thing. You'll note that anyone purchasing the fake would undoubtedly be very unhappy with their 'bargain'

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Note the distance between outer bezel and touch screen. For genuine ‘S’ series phones, it is very less.

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Examine the home button closely. For genuine model, it will be placed at horizontal and vertical centre of capacitive button area.

• You can see that real ‘S’ models are heavier than fake models.
• There is a noticeable difference in display quality of fake and real models. Real Samsung ‘S’ models have high brightness levels and lag free video playback.

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Make closer observations on color of LED flash, body color, performance, camera quality etc. But this method is not reliable in case of all fake models. Unfortunately there are fake models that beat the original!

• Original models come with warranty card and user manual. Don’t buy the phone without them
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Check the price tag twice. No one sells anything without profit. If the deal smells non-profitable to the sellers, use your common sense before adding it to cart.

 If you do spot a fake phone, then report it in everyone's interest that this practice is stamped out. As you can probably guess, Nokia takes counterfeiting very seriously and we have ongoing activities around the world to protect consumers and Nokia's business. And it's clear that counterfeiting is linked to other global, criminal activities. Our specialist team works with police , customs authorities and other government organizations to support  successful raids on counterfeiters an illegal exporting activities. And we've conducted a number of successful legal cases against those who prey on consumers looking for a deal.

Have you had any experiences with fake phones? What happened?

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