HOW TO BUY ORIGINAL PHONE NOT "CLONE" OR "PREMIUM COPIES"

Purchasing a cheap branded phone, commonly claimed in Africa to be UK used, or a second handed mobile phone could put someone in the dark for you are liable to fall into dubious hands. The more expensive the phone you wish to buy is the more probable it is that you could buy that which is not an original but what in the market is call “Clone” or “Premium Copies”.

This fakes are purposely designed to be like the originals but unfortunately they will never match the original though in appearance and in some cases in mass there is no distinct difference this thus provide the makers a good chance for you to buy it with the believe that it is original.

1.     If you have the opportunity to go to the market with the original of the phone you want to buy it is good. It will surely provide you an excellent guide to purchasing the original version of your desired phone. Expensive phones are mostly made of expensive materials. Strictly, compare it with the known original and assign the phone valid under this test when you are without doubt.

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2.     Go to the phone manufacturer’s website to check for the materials used. Say, your handset is IPhone or Samsung; it will stated the materials used for the phone, if stated that the phone screen is made of glass and the one you are about to buy is made of plastic, there is so much certainty that it is cloned.

3.     Check the specification and software used: the product specification can easily be checked for at the back of the box of the phone. Make comparison by going to Settings>About phone. If there is/are difference, it is likely your phone is clone. Suppose, the box is missing the whole specs are available to view online on GSMArena or in its official website too.

4.     You can also check your phone specification by using a third party app. To check for a phone specification, download from Google Play Antutu Benchmark the logo of which is a red android image with fire as background. It provides you the chance to test your device speed and also give you the specification and device’s name of your phone. If it display another manufacturer it is certain your phone is cloned.

5.     Check the software: suppose your phone is an IPhone, you can check the softwares, IPhone clones are not java capable and use android as their OS. This manufacturers won’t use iOS because it is Apple-exclusive

An IPhone is connected to iTunes so you must have an icloud account to allow synchronization from your phone. Don’t forget that the IPhone has the iTunes App Store, not Google play.

6.     Check the IMEI and Serial Number. An IPhone serial number can easily be checked on their website.

.. To check for an IPhone serial number, go to Settings >General>About phone. When the serial number is provided, input it in:

.. https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do. This site will check your phone warranty period.

.. If the system says “We are sorry, but this serial number is not valid. Carefully check your information and try again, if it repeats the same thing your phone is fake.

7.     Check your phone’s IMEI: the IMEI for Andriod and other mobile phone is available at their back. In case the sticker had been affected, you then check for it at Settings > About > Status. Where the IMEI is also available.

..You can dial *#06# on your phone to display your IMEI.

..When the IMEI is displayed, go to the site https://Imei.info.

..Input your phone IMEI in the box and click “CHECK.”

..By this you will confirm the authenticity of the phone’s information. If the provided information is different from that of your phone- your handset could be a clone.