Hey Bloggers
I work selling Apple products for a living. It’s a great job and I’d like to give you a few tips, if you are looking to buy an iPhone abroad. The iPhone in question (shown below) I could immediately tell the customer that it was not an original by simply examining the screen, and seeing it was a smaller size than I was used to handling.
Some basic differences:
- If the back of the phone unclips and allows you to insert a SIM card, it is definitely a fake. The iPhone 4 (i.e. the original) has a tray at the top of the device that pops out and allows you to insert the SIM card.
- On a fake, the back of the phone will have a small rectangle showing the size (in gigabytes). You will never see this on an original iPhone 4. (The original iPhone 4 is on the right hand side.)
- The screen on the fake iPhone 4 is smaller.
- I found that the interface wasn’t very responsive to my finger. I haven’t included a picture of the interface here, but I found it took at least 3 seconds before the interface responded to touch.
- The Absolute Acid Test would be to plug the device into a computer with iTunes if you are unsure of the physical features. If it is not an original iTunes (whether on a PC or MAC) will not recognize the unit at all.
Trust this information helps 🙂
PhilosopherPoet
The World of a Crazed Writer 
The easiest way is turning on the phone. I’m sure the fake wouldn’t have the retina display
Yeah the retina is always the easiest way to tell, although if you look carefully on the really bad fakes, you don’t even need to pay the retina any attention.
my i phone 4′s has a big simcard slot. does my phone is fake?
Hi Najefa
If the iPhone 4’s SIM card is the size of a normal SIM card, like you say, then it sounds like a fake.
Let me know if you have any other queries 😉
hi what is the retina display ?thanks in advance
The more pixels crammed into the screen the clearer the quality of the image is. Apple have simply coined the phrase “retina display” to show that the phone is friendly towards the human eye.
The iPhone goes beyond others on the market simply because the amount of pixels crammed into the screen are far greater, and the color depth (more accurate), than others on the market. Looking at a fake phone you’ll notice the picture isn’t as sharp as a genuine iPhone (i.e. assuming you’ve seen a real one in the first place).
If that doesn’t make sense, check out this link: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-20006976-233.html
can you tell if its fake by checking the IMEI number? or they can fake it as well
As far as I know the IMEI number can be faked as well.
does the iphone4s have the sim tray on the top part or the bottom?
Niether in fact. If you’re look at the iPhone 4 (or 4s) with the screen pointed at you and the home button at the bottom and the speaker above the screen – I say this to ensure you’re not holding it upside down – then the SIM tray should be on the left hand side.
If the phone you have has a SIM tray at the top (or bottom), the chances are you don’t have an original iPhone.
Your really badly mistaken pal, the iphone4 DOESN’T have a tray at the top for a sim. Shame on you, it’s on the side der.
I agree with you. That was a bit of an oversight on my part. If you want to read a more detailed and accurate article, please checkout my latest post.
Please I bought an iPhone 4s and at the back it have this inscription.disign by apple callifonia and assembled in USA.the capacity is 32 and the safari browser comes with UC browser.is it original or fake.
I’m not entirely sure about UC browser. The main thing you need to look at is the response time of Safari, along with other software (apps) on the phone. If you are still uncertain, please refer to an updated version of this post.
Well I’m trying to help this family friend and he got it as a paying off a det well It wont turn on and the SMS card or what ever it on the right side of the iPhone and it don’t NOT show how much GB I’m thinking FAKE because 1 won’t turn on 2 you said it the card should be on top I see it on the side and last 3 iPod and iPhone and iPad all had the gb number on the back and it’s a iPhone 4 please help
That does sound like a fake to me. If you could give me a link to a photo of it, I may be able to give you a more accurate answer.
not to offend u but this information is truely false , i myself using fake iphone (brought at china) and i found my phone really doesn’t has any characteristics that u listed… contact me and i’ll send u pictureS of my (FAKE) phone and their characteristics too 🙂 p/s : nice blog 😀
Thanks I’ll keep that in mind!
did iphone made in korean original???
No. If it’s made in Korea it’s definitely not an original.
How can i send the pics of my iPhone to determine if its fake??
I will contact you via email and you can send the pictures as an attachment. 😉