Unreal. This phony iPhone 4S found in Turkey looks and feels exactly like the real thing up until you turn it on… and even then, if you weren’t already familiar with what an iPhone’s low battery warning looks like, you might mistake it for the real thing. This is why you should either buy your gadgets from an Apple Store, or test them extensively before buying.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
7 responses to “Can You Tell This Phony iPhone 4S From The Real Thing? [Video]”
the box looks fake, the logos are messed up.
That looks REALLY fake
You dont need to turn it on at all. The square on the home button is off-center.
Come on now that looked fake.
The silence/ringer button is pretty crooked.
Looks pretty obvious to me. The volume buttons and mute switch don’t look right at all.
Obvious to Apple gear owners but this could fool a newbie. Love the embedded battery warning :-)