Fake Nokia N95 Mobile Phone

How do you know or determine a fake Nokia N95 mobile phone from the real one? It’s easy.

My uncle briefly went to Germany for business matters. Unfortunately his mobile phone which he brought there got broken because he dropped it 2 stories high. (He said someone bumped him while he was using it) He was then forced to buy a new phone and told one of his personnel to go to the nearest store and buy him a Nokia N95 and if possible the 8GB one.

He returned and told him that the Nokia N95 8GB was unavailable but he was able to get a black one and at a cheaper price. Lo and behold he bought this:

 

Notice how different it really is from the real N95?!

First of all it isn’t even a slider, like the real N95 is. Secondly, look how the keys are positioned. The number 0 is on the far right! Look at the menus, it tried to emulate the real Nokia N95 menu but failed miserably. Wait, it has one feature that the N95 doesn’t have – TouchScreen!

When I looked at the back cover, I saw a 5 Megapixel camera, and a not so Nokia-like appearance again.

 

When I removed the battery, I saw another set of lies

 

If you look carefully, the Nokia Sticker is just brashly placed in the back. I think it was taken from a real N95 unit and was attached at the back of the fake Nokia N95. I checked out the IMEI, (I purposely did not show the IMEI in the picture) it was a real IMEI from an N95. I checked the IMEI via the phone using *#06# and it showed me a different IMEI from what was displayed at the back.

So if your out shopping for an N95, don’t worry once you see the unit, you can immediately see the difference. Just be careful if someone is buying the mobile phone for you. He/She might be duped like the personnel of my uncle. Be careful as well when you buy online. They might show a real picture of an N95 but deliver to you a fake Nokia N95 mobile phone. Before buying, check out the reputation of the seller through his past transactions. A price too good to be true should also be avoided.

By the way, my uncle bought a new phone immediately after he saw the unit.