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How to spot a fake Ipod and Ipad
WITH CHRISTMAS FAST APPROACHING it is important that consumers put themselves in a position to tell a real present from a fake one, particularly when it comes to expensive hardware.
We hate to imagine the crumpled little faces of children who get an Idont or an Ipants for Christmas instead of the Ipad or Ipod that they wanted, so thanks to the consumer magazine Which? we are able to give you a guide to spotting a fake.
We will start simple - the box should not look like it has been stuck together by a chimp with a hatred of cardboard in the back of a moving van. If it does, it probably is not an Apple product.
Another big tell, for the Iphone at least, will be the inclusion of a stylus. Apple's mobile phones are touchscreen, in case you are not paying attention at the back, and do not include a slot for a toothpick, or indeed, an icepick or pencil.
Other clues are the size of a screen that does not meet the edges of the device and is a washed out grey colour, some glaring omissions from the specifications, such as memory or storage size, and a sinking feeling in your stomach that you have bought what is a pup.
As for Apple's tablet. Well anyone that thinks that the stranger in the pub that just happens to have a spare bargain priced Ipad should consider the size of the device that they are investing in. Apple Ipads have a 9.7-inch screen, and anything that is smaller than this is not an Ipad, whatever anyone tells you.
You should therefore bear in mind the fact that any boxes that are said to contain Ipads should also be larger than this size. An Ipad will not fit into a box smaller than 9.7-inches, you see, so it's probably a roof tile, or worse, a dreadful clone - as seen in the Which? editorial.
Worst of all though, and the one sign that will cause palms to meet foreheads under Christmas trees, is the Android robot that appears on the screen, and in the case of the fake Ipad, on the cardboard boxes on display.
Apple does not now, and is unlikely to ever, run the Android operating system on its hardware. µ
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Hey, this article reads like a year or so old. My Epad is the same size as the I version, has the same capacitive screen ( the same manufacturer !!) , came quality gift boxed with all the bits. It naturally runs Android, which is what I want, not some insulting fruit theme system. Oh yes, its made in the same place - CHINA, and cost a third of the price. So which company should be up for thievery ???
Gosh, who knew? After all, that pre-bitten fruit logo on the back isn't a dead giveaway.
Personally, I prefer my sub-US$200 Android tablet with the 10.2-inch display, two microSD card slots, two USB 2.0 slots, wifi, and LAN port. But that's because I'm so selfish that I don't believe I need to donate $400 to Steve Job's golden coffin fund.
Manuals in broken English (not to mention the writing on the box) are also usually a bad sign.
I just bought an iPhone, from a reasonably famous supermarket which was priced a tenner below the Apple store price. it was 'made in China' but the label said - suggested manufacturer retail price 20.000 rupees and contact India_sales_support@group.apple.com for any assistance. seems like some enterprising group has been to hindustan with a lorry!
Also - an Ipad does not look anything like a potato regardless of what the people in Batley think.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/at-a-glance/main-section/crook_sells_200_sack_of_potatoes_tells_victim_it_s_an_ipad_1_3953493