Mobile pirate or original? Thus the copies are distinguished

How to know if it is an original mobile or a copy? Discover the aspects to take into account in order to differentiate them easily.

One problem that you have surely heard on occasion is that a user has bought a phone that has turned out to be a copy . It is a problem that occurs when you buy high-end models with large discounts. You think that you are acquiring a high quality mobile, but in reality they give you a copy. Besides being very annoying, it can also become a scam.

Luckily, there are some ways to distinguish these copies of an original mobile . In this way we avoid falling into these scams, which can cost a lot of money. It is not a unique method, but there are certain aspects that we must take into account and observe

Design

The first aspect that we should value  is the design of the telephone . If there is a mobile in which we are interested, we will have looked at several times pictures of it, so we know the design of this device. Therefore, looking closely at the aspect can be key to detect if it is a copy. It is likely that there is a fault in it or you notice that the finish of the phone is not the same quality as the original.

Also the position of the sensors and buttons is important , that coincide at all times with those of the original mobile. They seem insignificant details, but they can help us see right away that maybe it's not the phone we want. Even colors can be something important.

Android phones are usually launched in various colors on the market. We are also seeing many degraded colors, which may be more complicated to copy. You have to look  at the quality of the colors or if it's the same tone that we've seen in the photos, it's another way to detect a copy of that device.

screen

A clear difference is the screen. To be more specific, the quality and resolution of it . If the mobile you are interested in is a high-end, the resolution of the screen will be exceptional, of the highest quality in Android. A copy will never be able to emulate the resolution of that screen. This is something that you will notice right away.

Therefore, if you have the opportunity, because you have the phone in your hands, turn it on and appreciate the quality of the screen . Look at the colors, if they are intense, the image quality when viewing a photo or video, etc. It is something that no copy will be able to overcome, especially if it is posing as a high-end smartphone.

Of course, it  is essential to use it to see this difference in quality , it is not something that we will appreciate in photos. If what you try is to buy the mobile through a page, it contrasts its technical details with those of the original mobile.

Operating system - interface

This is an aspect that scammers have improved over time. In many cases it was easy to detect a copy because it used a version of the operating system that did not correspond to the original mobile version. Therefore, it was easy for the user to know that it was a pirate mobile. Although in this sense they have also improved.

To make sure, you can go to the settings  and enter the information section of the phone. There, the version of the operating system and the customization layer that is used at that moment is displayed. It is likely that we can see what is installed on the phone.

We also have benchmark applications that we can install on the mobile . Thanks to them you can determine the specifications of the phone and thus know if it is a copy. Although in this sense the scammers themselves have improved significantly. On some occasions it has been possible to see how AnTuTu showed that the copy used a Qualcomm chip when in fact it was a MediaTek processor.

In spite of this, it is a good idea to use the analysis applications since they will give us information that in the great majority of cases is reliable. So it's worth trying.

IMEI

The IMEI acts as a kind of identity card of said mobile. It has a great importance in the telephone, of which we have already spoken to you . Therefore, we must check the IMEI of this phone that we are interested in buying. We have several ways to check this number in Android.

It usually comes out in the phone box, also in the battery, but if we do not have this at hand, we can use the Android phone settings menu. In the settings, within the information section of the device we have this IMEI number . So it's easy to have access. It is also possible to use the code * # 06 # in the phone app. When entering it, the IMEI code of the mobile in question will appear.

Why is it important to know? A pirated copy does not usually have IMEI or has a fake one . In the case that the phone throws an IMEI you can check its authenticity on websites such as Doctor SIM . If the web tells you that the IMEI is not correct, it is probably a pirate mobile.

Common sense

The usual thing is that these copies are passed off as high-end phones with big discounts . And that's when we have to draw our common sense and intuition. You have to think that it is impossible that we will find a high-end phone, which has recently reached the market, at a price of less than half the original cost.

If something is too good to be real, it is because it is not real , we must always be alert. Especially if it is a store that you do not know or where you have never bought. It is convenient to investigate a little, to know if it is something to be trusted. Maybe doing a couple of searches on Google you get a lot of information about it.

We can not trust all the promotions that we find online. You always have to contrast information so you can avoid buying a mobile phone that later turns out to be a copy.