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What is wrong with S4?

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    #32
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    advertsfox wrote: »
    Not to mention internal storage and RAM (2GB internal and 1350MB RAM). For comparison, an actual S4 in CPU-Z.

    TCL-Idol-X+-CPU-Z-Score.jpg?resize=502%2C431

    From your picture, that appears to be a Chinese TCL.


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    #33
    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,666 ✭✭✭mondeo


    Who manufacturers these fakes anyways? I know their usually made in China but how can a company there sell their product with another companies name on it? Are they even legally produced in China or in some no mans factory in the back arse of Bejing somwhere pumping them out?

    Glad op got a refund!


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    #34
    TheMilkyPirate
    Registered Users Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    mondeo wrote: »
    Who manufacturers these fakes anyways? I know their usually made in China but how can a company there sell their product with another companies name on it? Are they even legally produced in China or in some no mans factory in the back arse of Bejing somwhere pumping them out?

    Glad op got a refund!

    I bought a fake Note 2 off aliexpress last year, Impossible to tell the difference from the outside or the screen or performance. The only way you'd know was because the s pen features didn't work. Cracking phone though.


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    #35
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,223 Mod ✭✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    mondeo wrote: »
    Who manufacturers these fakes anyways? I know their usually made in China but how can a company there sell their product with another companies name on it? Are they even legally produced in China or in some no mans factory in the back arse of Bejing somwhere pumping them out?

    Glad op got a refund!

    There's little in the way of IP protection laws in China. I come across it in my job where manufacturers of machines are paranoid about their design drawings and specifications because of Chinese knock-offs.


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    #36
    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,666 ✭✭✭mondeo


    TheMilkyPirate wrote: »
    I bought a fake Note 2 off aliexpress last year, Impossible to tell the difference from the outside or the screen or performance. The only way you'd know was because the s pen features didn't work. Cracking phone though.

    I did consider buying a cheap Chinese phone before but not a fake just a legit chinese android with beefy specs. But then the moto g caught my eye so that was the end of that.

    What worries me about fakes and general Chinese legit phones is updates...


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    #37
    Alancillhill
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Alancillhill


    Guys - this page helped me a lot.
    http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1hn0tb/


    And on that page a link to a chinese fake :

    http://www.fastcardtech.com/HDC-Galaxy-S4-I9500


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    #38
    Venom
    Registered Users Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    That's some top notch fake tho.

    The fake brick and mortar apple stores that even the employee's thought were real still hold the number one spot tho :)

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14503724

    http://www.theguardian.com/technology/pda/2011/jul/21/fake-apple-store

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/21/us-china-apple-fake-idUSTRE76K1SU20110721


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    #39
    YefimS
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭YefimS


    Goods are fake? Mostly if product is well-known brand and seller doesn't have authorized permission from the well-known company.
    I bought Samsung 64GB microSD card from DHgate.com
    Later I figured out that card is fake. Instead of 64GB only 3.7GB is good volume of memory. I created blog to explain an evidence of the fake Samsung card.
    http://fake-electronics.blogspot.com/2013/12/fake-samsung-64gb-microsd-card.html

    You can see the same fake microSD card on Ebay.com, Amazon.com, DHgate.com, Aliexpress.com.
    Beware and don't buy any electronic items from DHgate.com and Aliexpress.com if the name of the items are well-know brand and reseller doesn't have authorized permission.


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    #40
    Alancillhill
    Registered Users Posts: 121 ✭✭Alancillhill


    Hi All,
    In terms of resolution, the seller agreed to refund fully (Once I had done the PP dispute.) I had bought of someone with good feedback rating, so he may not have known, and if he did, then the protection of the feedback rating was key as well as me returning the device. So money returned and item sent back. Bought another S4 - off a major phone seller on Ebay 20000+ transactions, needless to say, it's perfect.

    Thanks
    Alan.


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    #41
    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,666 ✭✭✭mondeo


    Good to hear;-)...
    Alancillhill wrote: »
    Hi All,
    In terms of resolution, the seller agreed to refund fully (Once I had done the PP dispute.) I had bought of someone with good feedback rating, so he may not have known, and if he did, then the protection of the feedback rating was key as well as me returning the device. So money returned and item sent back. Bought another S4 - off a major phone seller on Ebay 20000+ transactions, needless to say, it's perfect.

    Thanks
    Alan.


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