I Ordered An iPhone 13 From China And This Is What I Received

Your fancy iPhone might be e-waste if breaks and cannot be repaired but this
"Alps IP 13 Pro Max" is manufactured as e-waste.
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[Chard]

On the bright side, at least the parts are not paired to the logic board.

[mhkhing]

If you guys don't know what processor is running on it, my guess would be a MediaTek MT6580 because most "welcome" branded clone phones use that

[HughJeffreys]

As requested I messaged the seller a link to the video. Unfortunately China blocks access to YouTube so I had to summarise the video and attach images instead.
He responded as follows:
*Seller*
"Hello, is this our accessory? Please don't disassemble the phone casually. Our memory is 8 256GB"

*Me*
"Yes this phone is from your store. Don't worry disassembly was done professionally and shared with a few hundred thousand people online. As such people are now aware of this scam. The specs of this phone are a lie and misleading to consumers. Shame you cannot visit the link and watch the video. I think you would hate it."

*Seller*
Hello, we did not cheat, we also raised our doubts

*Me*
Please elaborate on what you mean by doubts.

*Seller*
The mobile phone parts you removed.

*Me*
What about them? Are you aware the real specs of the phone are not what you listed?

*Seller*
Hello, our mobile phone is exactly what is described on the page.

With no admission of guilt from the seller I went about getting my money back.
AliExpress wouldn't allow me to open a case against the seller as it had been more than 15 days.
So opened a PayPal case and got all my money back excluding return shipping which was about $20.
The sellers page has since been removed

[mkaney]

Still, just 15 years ago, this would have been the most amazing piece of tech ever

[Reall]

Quite surprised at the fact that they have actually used adhesive for the battery and didn't just let it wobble around 😃😃

[garrettlison]

I remember seeing a phone like this come into our shop a while back. The guy dropped it and wanted to see if we could fix the screen and we told him that it was a bootleg phone and we couldn't get parts. He said he wasn't surprised and went out to buy a real phone. Funny story now, but we felt bad for the guy who fell for some nonsense.

[jfbeast]

At $120? This is one hell of an expensive e-waste

[indask]

When you buy an iPhone and you see "Welcome" you can say "Goodbye" to your money.

[CLUBNEON-mi]

"KEBE" is actually the manufacturer of this battery, and the model gives you a clue that it is in fact a 2100mAh. The board itself is just a commom cheap ass boart that's used in a lot of clone phones that Smoorez shows a lot on his videos.

[FollowTheJohn]

I used to work for Apple and we would see these on occasion. The first clue was the owner could not log in to iTunes. Also, the weight was slightly different than a genuine phone.

[nitanyess]

I'd evaluate this "phone" as worse than a Samsung s2 as the second one is an actual phone, which you can find for around 2-5$, just enough to get a pack of smokes here in Romania. 120$ is more than 30 times it's value. I still wonder who falls for this kind of scams nowadays

[bigboi]

I actually had a customer come in with one of these in the United States. I refused to activate it due to it only that the back of the phone came off, but its IMEI inside the phone and the back battery storage were not only different, but the internal IMEI read as a Samsung Flip phone. The phone's UI was one for one of an Apple's UI on the home screen, but the lock and all other pages were of Android. I told the person that they would need to return the device from where they purchased it from.

[renepena]

I got a Samsung S8 clone, and literally it has the same internals, same charging port as well the motherboard, i see it has a custom back camera flex, and that empty connector you mentioned, in the fake S8 is used as the notification led.

[BlueAtticus]

“It's like saying this phone is an apple Samsung 13 pro max ultra” I died right there.🤣

[ColinWatters]

When my kids were young the first phones we got them were cheap Android phones from China as we knew they were likely to get broken. They actually turned out to be quite usable phones and lasted two years.

[eastender]

My biggest concern would not be being out $120 for the cost of the phone but would be if this a was a phone designed for phishing information. This would put identity theft on a new level!

[Pastafari]

Based on the components and the build, I don't doubt it's made spesifically to bait people on aesthetic similarity to the iPhone. They always have the bare minimum components and specs to function. At this point I reckon there is a factory or three dedicated to these scammy kind of phones

[Adriethyl]

Man, I'd make a killing making my own budget phones if they had acceptable specs and had a similar luxury appearance.

[kenshinflyer]

The reason why I am not comfortable buying high-ticket items on online stores. Here in the Philippines, tons of these fake iPhones are flooding the major online stores, choking the legit ones. And not just phones, too—even tablets.

[Archontasil]

When i was a kid, My dad bought me a nokLa when he came back from Hong Kong. It's nice for 2008. It has a tv antennae so i can watch football anywhere, pressure touchscreen, and decent speaker