For users who buy licensed products, the biggest fear is to use the money to buy licensed products to buy parallel imports. How to tell the difference?

Depending on different models of mobile phones, their parallel imports will have different characteristics. There will be a difference in appearance between Samsung's parallel products and licensed products, but for other brands of mobile phones such as NOKIA and MOTOROLA, the appearance is the same regardless of the parallel products. Therefore, it is not enough to judge parallel imports based on appearance alone. You must start from other aspects.

The first is the network access certificate. Nowadays, many machines sold as licensed products have fake network access certificates. The early fake network access certificates were very crudely made and were essentially different from the real network access certificates. It’s the anti-counterfeiting watermark on the network access certificate. Shine a purple light on the network access certificate. The real network access certificate will have a row of small vertical characters and a row of large horizontal characters. If you look carefully, you will find the words CMII. Early fake Internet access certificates did not have this anti-counterfeiting watermark, but as the saying goes, as the country's efforts to crack down on counterfeit products continue to increase, the cost level of JS is also getting higher and higher, and now there are I bought a batch of very finely crafted fake network access certificates, which also had this kind of anti-counterfeiting watermark, but the CMII words were a little larger than the real ones, and the fonts were rough. It may be no problem for experts to distinguish these, but it is not an easy task for most buyers. However, one thing about the network access certificate cannot be faked, that is, the serial number printed on it, each The serial number uniquely corresponds to a machine. You can check it online or take it to the nearest mobile phone testing center, which can test the authenticity of the phone for free.

Two real network access cards

Can you tell this is a fake?

In addition to the network access certificate, the battery is also a key. Generally speaking, for licensed mobile phones sold in mainland China, the labels on the batteries are printed in Simplified Chinese. However, since many parallel-imported batteries are sold to foreign countries, the labels on the batteries are all in English. Some JS companies use fake batteries instead of real batteries to avoid confusion, and the above is also printed in Chinese. However, the workmanship of the fake battery is very rough, while the real battery has a neat appearance without unnecessary burrs. The outer surface has a certain roughness and feels comfortable, and the inner surface feels smooth. Fine longitudinal scratches can be seen under the light. Moreover, the real battery label has clear writing, a battery label corresponding to the battery type, the marked manufacturer's font outline is clear, the anti-counterfeiting mark is bright, and it looks three-dimensional. Real batteries use electroplating technology, so the stickers feel very textured. Since the barcodes and serial numbers of batteries from many manufacturers are printed twice, the fonts will look significantly different from the surrounding fonts, and when touched by hand, they will feel slightly more protruding than other parts. The printing of the fake battery is very rough, and the sticker feels smooth. The serial number is also printed along with the sticker, so the color is the same as the surrounding fonts, and there is no special feeling to the touch. The real battery should feel very comfortable and comfortable when inserted into the phone, and the lock pressing part should be properly and securely locked, and the color of the battery should be consistent with the body. Many fake batteries feel hard to install and are not easy to install. They are not tightly integrated with the fuselage. Many of them are obviously loose. The color of the battery will be slightly different from that of the fuselage. You should be able to tell if you look carefully. . In addition, if you lightly scratch the white area on the surface of the genuine battery label with a metal object, there will be traces similar to pencil scratches, while fake products will not have similar traces due to the label material.

In addition to looking at the label, the battery contacts are also a way to distinguish. The contacts of the real battery are pure copper and will not be very shiny, while the contacts of the fake battery are plated, so you can see It looks very shiny, and after rubbing for a period of time, the black iron pieces inside will be exposed. Another way for Samsung mobile phone users to identify is that real batteries will emit a certain sandalwood smell, which is particularly strong when taken out from a sealed pocket.

In fact, to distinguish the authenticity of a battery, it is important to know how to do it, but it depends more on experience and feeling. In order to be safe, it is best to find some reputable merchants to buy.

When purchasing a licensed mobile phone, the packaging box is also a very important part.

Many unscrupulous merchants use imported goods as licensed goods to sell to users, but their flaws are often revealed in the packaging boxes and three-guarantee certificates. Generally speaking, there will be a label on the packaging box that indicates the product model, date of manufacture, place of origin, IMEI code and barcode, regardless of whether it is a legitimate parallel import. Of course, parallel imports are forged by profiteers. The genuine labels are beautifully printed and the fonts are clear, while the fake labels are printed very rough and the fonts are blurry. In addition to the manual and other accessories, Zhengxing's packaging box will also have a three-guarantee certificate for the mobile phone. This is a policy formulated by the state to protect the rights and interests of consumers. Parallel imported mobile phones do not have this.

IMEI code identification

It is also an important method to identify based on the battery position on the back of the fuselage and the IMEI code on the packaging box. The IMEI includes the mobile phone model approval code, the same factory serial number, and the same model. The mobile phone approval number will always be the same, but the factory serial number will never be the same. IMEI generally consists of 15 digits, which will be displayed by pressing *#06#. The format is 123456-78-901234-5.

123456=TYPE APPROVAL CODE, which is the equipment model approval number.

78=FINAL ASSEMBLY CODE, which is the final assembly number.

901234=SERIAL NUMBER, which is the factory serial number.

5=SPARE NUMBER, the spare number.

78 of them can be used to identify authenticity. Because generally speaking, the assembly points of Zhengxing mobile phones are in China, so as long as the final assembly point is in China, it is generally Zhengxing. The following is a comparison table of IMEI 78 bits for some brands of mobile phones:

Siemens: 37

Nokia: 40, 48, 60, 62, 80, 81, 92, 93

Motorola: 80, 81, 82, 83-Tianjin, China, 92, 93-Hangzhou Eastcom, China

Ericsson: 62-Beijing, 63-Nanjing

Panasonic: 62-Beijing

Samsung: 89, 90, 92-South Korea

Philips: 69-Shenzhen