Since Apple smartphones are so popular, they are often counterfeited. You can distinguish an original iPhone from a fake or refurbished iPhone by various internal and external features. They listed Editor of the Sport Express publication Artem Rashchupkin.
According to Rashchupkin, the originality of the iPhone must first be checked using IMEI. IMEI can be found on the box of smartphones. You need to enter this in the “Serial Number” field on the checkcoverage.apple.com website and click the “Submit” button. In response, the site will provide information about the smartphone to which the sent IMEI belongs.
Also, the IMEI on the box needs to be compared with the IMEI in the iPhone settings. To do this, open “Settings”, go to “General” and select the “About this device” menu. You can also open your phone’s account by dialing *#06# on the dialer.
“If the IMEI on the box and in the phone settings do not match, there is a high probability that your iPhone is fake,” writes Rashchupkin.
Additionally, you can check the authenticity of the iPhone by connecting the smartphone to a PC. To do this, you need to open iTunes on your computer and see if it recognizes the iPhone and offers to upload an iOS backup.
“If the phone cannot load an iOS backup from iCloud, then it is not genuine,” the expert explained.
Russians before said About criminal liability for changing IMEI.
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Source: Gazeta
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