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Fake Chinese iPhones Look Pretty Convincing

Wednesday July 2, 2008 10:27 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
One forum user posted for help getting his new iPhone activated through iTunes. As it turns out, the iPhone was purchased in China just last week. After some photos of the phone were posted, it was clear that the phone is a very convincing knock-off of the actual iPhone. The packaging appears authentic, and at first glance the phone itself looks pretty similar. The proportions are slightly off, but the icons are identical except for the presence of a Penguin icon which launches a Chinese game:



Other differences can be seen, including the use of a standard USB plug on the bottom, instead of the usual dock connector. Other minor differences of type face and user interface placement would not be easily noticed by anyone who didn't own an iPhone themselves.






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SFStateStudent
Posted: 47 months ago
I like the telltale "SLIDE TO UNLOCK" in capital letters v. "slide to unlock" on my forsure, forsure original 8GB iPhone. Nice iPhonie...:eek:
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matt18
Posted: 47 months ago

I like the telltale "SLIDE TO UNLOCK" in capital letters v. "slide to unlock" on my forsure, forsure original 8GB iPhone. Nice iPhonie...:eek:


yeah, i agree!

although, it is impressive....
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jmadlena
Posted: 47 months ago

yeah, i agree!

although, it is impressive....


I thought that they had just copied the the OS over to their knockoff version, but seeing as how some stuff is clearly wrong, does that mean they made it themselves? If so, they did a pretty good job.
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cloudnine
Posted: 47 months ago
I think it's interesting that the box has the original icon of the Maps application, but the phone itself has the little penguin icon... hah.
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yummyporky
Posted: 47 months ago
That's nothing, check out the quad band 3?G iPhone already for sale in China :eek:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RMbdmdx47wc
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bacaramac
Posted: 47 months ago
Why would anyone think they could get a real iPhone from a non authorized dealer? Hmm. Maybe I am just to good at spotting fakes that this would never happen to me, but man that really sucks.
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arn
Posted: 47 months ago

Why would anyone think they could get a real iPhone from a non authorized dealer? Hmm. Maybe I am just to good at spotting fakes that this would never happen to me, but man that really sucks.


The packaging appears identical so it's unlikely you would be able spot the fake before you got it home. You have a point about unauthorized dealers, perhaps. But most non Apple-fanatics don't know Apple's distribution policies.

arn
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avigalante
Posted: 47 months ago

That's nothing, check out the quad band 3?G iPhone already for sale in China :eek:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RMbdmdx47wc


Wow - talk about fake phones!
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Eric Lewis
Posted: 47 months ago

The packaging appears identical so it's unlikely you would be able spot the fake before you got it home. You have a point about unauthorized dealers, perhaps. But most non Apple-fanatics don't know Apple's distribution policies.

arn


still i want to open it before hand

also how much was it?
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coolant113
Posted: 47 months ago
this garbage was bound to happen:apple::apple:
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