Learn to distinguish the fake from the real electronics and accessories
Devices / / December 19, 2019
If you do not want to buy some Chinese siphon instead of the original iPhone or the USB-cable scrap instead of the stick, here are a few practical guide with photos, both on labels, labeling, and other details in the photo and on the package purchased in the online and offline stores of goods to determine where the original accessory and running gadgetAnd where - the banal kidalovo and deception.
Let's start with a simple: here marking testirovochnoy laboratory on the adapter - in the photo she was alone, but really should be quite different, contain figures and inscriptions in the format as in the square on the left up. Hand to sell fakes no serial number and product IDWhich should be under the UL in a circle:
Below on this adapters (forks. power cord, power supply units) for mobile phones, tablets and Apple computers is always a sign Designed by Apple in California. On Chinese noneymah it is often no (even if the iPhone looks like a hair's breadth as a natural). Any typos, errors, missing words or even mention China in this sentence - a sure sign of a fake.
Carefully look at the packaging and. Erroneous and incomplete certification symbols (all the same circle with a UL inside, decorated by the rules) - a sign of forgery (100% working for the United States and Canada, where such labeling for all products from the consumer electronics category is required and where often bought iPhones and iPads our compatriots):
Often craftsmen on electronic auctions and flea markets sell very high-quality copies of the iPhone 4, which passes for second-hand phones for a long time the original. Easy to catch a fake: the photographs of boxes of different phones usually use the same serial number (What with the original Apple is not a smartphone).
But not only the products of Cupertino counterfeited. Redmond guys too have not escaped this fate: here you can find an example, both in the box to distinguish the fake from the XBOX game console this:
Another indication that the goods are counterfeit - phenomenally low price for a brand new, unopened product. For example, a joystick for Sony consoles for the price of 7 to 11 dollars in the real value of not less than $ 49. And even if the price you are not convinced, then make Color: Sony's plans have not even seen the joystick similar color:
Go ahead: Cases for mobile phones. This accessory forge even more than adapters and chargers. A sure sign of a fake (even if all the stickers, labels, stamps and holographic labels on the spot) - is the presence of joints and seams on the cover, in which the idea of body cast:
Following features: color gamut does not correspond to that indicated on the manufacturer's website, The price for new cases is ten times lower than usual, and the logo is almost not see:
Often counterfeited and memory card. The first sign of a fake: the specified capacity is much smaller or larger than the existing card of the manufacturer in a particular class / format:
Pay attention to the color of the logo, label layout and colors offered you a memory card and the present (the photo below - high quality fake inscribed only in white, which does not happen in the original accessories and consumable products of this manufacturer):
The following list of common fakes that are sold over the Internet gullible inexperienced buyers - headphones and headsets voice. The first sign of a fake - a record low price of the branded gadget. Further there are abrasions, dents, damaged casing, curved lines in the fabric headband headphones:
If it really happened that you bought a fake and realized that you have been deceivedThen contact an authorized dealer or representative of the brand in your country (if any), to other buyers do not become victims of scams and sites that help distribute forgery. Or fill in the form on a special website. Fakes help dishonest dealers to earn about $ 700 billion worldwide a year, so be careful of fake electronics and fake accessories are not perfect.