Fake s10+?

[theghettosponge]

Hi all,

 

This guy is supposedly selling a new s10+, however it doesnt look right to me. Can anyone confirm/deny its legitimacy?

 

Thanks in advance

[Slottr]

Definitely not an S10+

[theghettosponge]

Just now, Slottr said:

Definitely not an S10+

Good to know, thanks man

[ahuckphin]

I can clearly see a top bezel where a real S10+ has a punch hole camera instead. 

[TVwazhere]

On 10/26/2019 at 12:59 PM, theghettosponge said:

Hi all,

 

This guy is supposedly selling a new s10+, however it doesnt look right to me. Can anyone confirm/deny its legitimacy?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Spoiler

 

 

On 10/26/2019 at 1:05 PM, Slottr said:

Definitely not an S10+

Looks like an S10 5G

[Mnky313]

1 hour ago, TVwazhere said:

Looks like an S10 5G

Yeah, but the lack of Samsung branding and the visible bezel at the top of the screen gives away that this is 100% not a real S10+ or S10+ 5G

[Slottr]

35 minutes ago, Mnky313 said:

Yeah, but the lack of Samsung branding and the visible bezel at the top of the screen gives away that this is 100% not a real S10+ or S10+ 5G

Could be some weird engineering sample, but why someone's selling it on a market like this is beyond me 

[Mnky313]

5 hours ago, Slottr said:

Could be some weird engineering sample, but why someone's selling it on a market like this is beyond me 

That could explain the lack of branding, but usually samsung slaps a big NOT FOR SALE on the back.
I doubt it though because why would there be a top bezel and not the hold punch?

[Radioactive Snowman]

Its one of those janky chinese knock offs, report the ad and do not buy it whatever you do

[Kisai]

On 10/28/2019 at 6:58 AM, Slottr said:

Could be some weird engineering sample, but why someone's selling it on a market like this is beyond me 

The counterfeit business is a big business. It's all about scamming people by modifying off-the-shelf cheap models and trying to sell them as their more expensive cousins.

 

Like I kid you not, the one thing Android has going for it is that each brand has their on visual style, so it's a lot harder to pass off a crappy chinese counterfeit as a top-of-the-line Android device, but since within each brand, the only outside difference tends to be the faceplates, it's possible to stick a higher end faceplate on a lower end model or a stolen device, or even a damaged model and pass it off as the high end model.

 

Back when the iPhone (original) was released, there was a LOOOOOOT of counterfeit devices out there, Counterfeit iPhones, Counterfeit Nokia N95's, and so on. It becomes really easy to spot a fake if you've seen a lot of them. With current high end devices, it requires knowing what the device actually looks like (use the manufacturer's website for a front, back, button-side and connector-side to confirm), and sometimes a model (eg a Chinese model, Korean model) of the same device will creep into the listings for the domestic (eg US or EU) model and people will jump up and down saying it's counterfeit when really, the manufacturer decided to cheap out with one of the markets, but used the same branding.

 

So there's always that risk. Personally I'd probably never buy a pre-owned/used device of a phone that is a current or previous model because the possibility of getting a fake or "blocked" (lost/stolen) model is VERY high. Always get the IMEI of the device and then use an IMEI checking service to see if it's been reported as stolen. An IMEI that doesn't work is either fake or stolen.