Pinduoduo has become a gathering place for the sales of fake mobile phones, so how do we distinguish when buying mobile phones? Do Android phones and Apple phones have the same identification method? Do you know GSX as an iPhone authenticity identification artifact? After reading this article, there are no more shanzhai and second mobile phones in the world.
Classification and summary of sales models in the market
In addition to the normal sales of licensed models, there are the following types of mobile phones currently sold, which mainly focus on profiteering, covering:
Shanzhai Machine: Shanzhai Machine can be called a sticker machine, high copy machine. By imitating the appearance, mobile phone brand and system function style, and then through the very similar Logo logo, consumers are mistaken for regular manufacturers to produce machines. Usually, shanzhai will be sold at the price of 1/3 or even lower than that of normal models.
Refurbishment machine: clean some recycled second-hand mobile phones with chemical liquid, replace the shell, battery and other vulnerable parts, and sell them as fake new machines. Generally speaking, the price will be about 10% to 15% lower than that of the new machine. At present, most refurbished machines on the market are mainly iPhone series.
Seaplane: also known as revision machine. Products that come in through smuggling and other channels without paying customs duties. For example, it was announced at the time of purchase, European version, Japanese version, and Asia Pacific. The models with this option are all parallel planes. Seaplanes cannot enjoy warranty and other related services in China.
Refitting machine: by changing the components of the mobile phone itself, the mobile phone system and serial code are changed by brushing machine, so as to impersonate other models of mobile phones. For example, by changing the appearance of the iPhone 5s, the brush machine changes the serial code information of its fuselage to imitate the performance of the iPhone SE.
Second mobile phone: second mobile phone refers to the mobile phone that is replaced and eliminated when the user updates. Usually, the appearance and function will be aging, but it can be used normally.
Locked machine: Generally speaking, custom machine, a foreign operator, has locked the network operation authority. It can only be used with the help of card stickers, and the version number is different in different countries. If you don’t use the card sticker, the mobile phone can’t communicate normally, such as calling, short message, network and so on.
Official exchange machine: a mobile phone that cannot be repaired. During the warranty period, the manufacturer will perform the warranty service by replacing it with a new one. There is basically no difference between the official exchange machine and the new machine in appearance and internal performance, and the official exchange machine will continue to extend the warranty time and enjoy the same warranty service.
Returning to Pinduoduo, the overall sales models in Pinduoduo are mostly shanzhai machines and parallel planes. We found through browsing that the appearance of these machines is 1:1 imitation of the real machine, and the only difference is that the machine Logo is different.
However, most merchants do not show their photos with Logo in promotional photos. And a large number of gifts are displayed in the picture, which is easy to divert the attention of consumers.
Besides, we are in the process of pulling down the baby details. I can’t see any detailed parameter description about the baby, but I just claim that I can’t eat chicken, unlock my face, open WeChat more, and unlock my fingerprints. And many pictures are promotional pictures of other mobile phone brands. After simple PS processing, they are posted to the details page.
As can be seen from the publicity details, many pictures are enlarged or exaggerated. For example, choosing a full-screen mobile phone without borders, face unlocking payment, etc. are all false propaganda.
Turning to the iPhone model, the current price of iPhone X in official website is around 7,000 yuan to 9,000 yuan. After searching for mobile phones in Pinduoduo, we can find that the price of iPhone X is only about 4,500 yuan to 6,000 yuan. What makes Pinduoduo merchants sell at such a low price?
After our purchase, we found that there was nothing unusual in the use of iPhone X. This added to our doubts. We found that the machine was produced in Shenzhen, China, and sold in Japan, and experienced a maintenance in the middle. At the same time, the machine was customized for the Japanese version D operator.
Finally, after we dismantled it, we found that its built-in card sticker was connected with the SIM card slot, which was difficult for ordinary users to find. So what should I pay attention to when buying a mobile phone on Pinduoduo? How to verify the authenticity of Android phones and Apple phones?
Verification method of authenticity of Android machine purchase
The core point of the most verification of Android machine is: hardware detection configuration. When we get a mobile phone, if Ann Bunny, Master Lu and other running software are pre-installed, we will uninstall it first and restore and erase all the configurations.
After the operation is completed, the authenticity of Ann Bunny and Master Lu can be identified, and it can also be judged by the specific situation. If you buy a performance machine, you can also test the overall fluency of the mobile phone by stimulating the battlefield, crashing 3 and other large games.
In addition, we can also use the computer-side PP assistant to detect the specific situation of the serial number of the mobile phone core processor, and compare it with the serial number of the fuselage. If it is consistent, it is a real machine.
We can also click on the details to query the kernel version and CPU architecture information, such asAt present, if the information is consistent without ROOT, there is basically no problem with the machine. If the machine is actually ROOT, you need to remove the ROOT authority, erase and restore the factory settings, and then check and test.
Finally, we should also pay attention to the price difference when purchasing the machine. If the selling price of the mobile phone is obviously 20% to 30% lower than that of the normal mobile phone, it is best to ask the merchant for an invoice as a purchase certificate.
Verification method of Apple mobile phone purchase
As the mobile phone with the highest renovation rate and revision rate, the verification of iPhone is also varied. Among them, GSX query can thoroughly understand the "previous life and present life" of iPhone. It can be a "golden eye" to verify the true and false iPhone.
When we get the iPhone, we can first judge the basic quality of the phone according to its appearance. We download the PP assistant on the computer to connect, and we can query the basic information of the mobile phone and the actual charging cycle times of the battery in the PP assistant.
At this time, we click on the assistant to check the machine. In this item, we can clearly observe the production date of each part. At this time, we should look at the purchase date of the mobile phone. If the display date of the accessories is later than the purchase time, or there is a big time difference between the production dates of the accessories. This means that your machine parts have been replaced or repaired.
If at this time, I still don’t feel at ease about the iPhone I bought. You can use the killer "GSX query service".
GSX: GSX is Apple’s internal query detection system. Send and diagnose service data through mobile phone, and keep the data information of mobile phone iPhone at any time.
GSX can query a mobile phone "past lives". Through GSX query, you can know whether a mobile phone has a maintenance record, whether it has a network lock, the first activation date, national model, capacity color, replacement time and frequency, and even the replacement time and reason can be inquired in detail.
In addition, expansion and code change, parts replacement can not escape its fire eye, and can be accurately queried and identified.
We also measured the iPhone purchased in Pinduoduo, and inquired about it by GSX Fire Eye Gold Crystal. All the information of the machine is exposed, so GSX is also one of the most favorable "weapons" to identify the iPhone at present. At present, GSX inquiry service can be purchased on shopping websites such as Taobao, and the charge is between 5 yuan and 25 yuan.
Carefully identify whether you are greedy or not.
The iPhone we bought from Pinduoduo has been successfully refunded at this time. At this point, Wukong also summed up the 7-word purchase motto:
Don’t be afraid of Apple’s purchase, GSX query goes all over the world.
Don’t worry about buying Android, running score detection is the best.
Don’t be greedy and cheap when buying a machine. Be careful when the price difference doubles.
Look at the inspection and test, and you can buy the machine without trouble.
