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Old 19-11-2007, 4:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Iphone - China

I orderd an iphone from china the other day, for £300, i've finally got it, works on all networks, it came with a memory card (256) but everytime i remove the memory card and go on to file manager it says;

'''Total space - 0 k

Free space - 0k''

i thought these phone's came with 8GB?

someone help please.
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Old 19-11-2007, 4:43 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I´ve seen some iPhone copies knocking around mate and as the iPhone has an internal memory of 4 or 8GB it sounds like you may have one of those
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Old 19-11-2007, 4:44 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I don't think you have a real iPhone

there are quite a few chinese copies doing the rounds. Afraid to be the one to break it to you though that the Chinese copies are only about £100 to buy in the UK though

does it look like this http://www.digitalplayworld.co.uk/fr...one-p-125.html
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Old 19-11-2007, 4:46 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I orderd an iphone from china the other day, for £300, i've finally got it, works on all networks, it came with a memory card (256) but everytime i remove the memory card and go on to file manager it says;

'''Total space - 0 k

Free space - 0k''

i thought these phone's came with 8GB?

someone help please.
There is no external memory card slot on an iphone. You have bought a looky-likey.
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Old 19-11-2007, 4:49 PM   #5 (permalink)
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There's an easy way to tell if its a fake:

Did you pay using Western Union or some other direct money transfer? - Fake

Credit Card or Paypal? - Real
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Old 19-11-2007, 4:55 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I don't think you have a real iPhone

there are quite a few chinese copies doing the rounds. Afraid to be the one to break it to you though that the Chinese copies are only about £100 to buy in the UK though

does it look like this http://www.digitalplayworld.co.uk/fr...one-p-125.html
Yeah, it's that phone, exactly. omg
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Old 19-11-2007, 4:58 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Sorry to tell you this but...Thats not an iPhone. That will be a CECT P series iphone knock off. I bet it came with 2 batteries also.
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Thats shocking !
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Old 19-11-2007, 5:05 PM   #9 (permalink)
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did they not show u any images of the phone before u purchased it ? company that mislead people like this should be shut down its a discgrace
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did they not show u any images of the phone before u purchased it ? company that mislead people like this should be shut down its a discgrace
If they did it would be images of a genuine iphone.

This is not a company that can be shut down, it is a fraudster who should be arrested.
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Old 19-11-2007, 6:37 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Re: Iphone - China

Sorry but i have to ask.......

Why did you pay £300 for an "iPhone" from China when you can get one in the high street for £269?

Also did you pay by Credit Card? if so you may be able to get some assistance from your credit card company. Was it from Ebay? If not maybe you could please post the link to the online store to stop anyone else being conned?

Please let us know how you get on...
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Old 20-11-2007, 1:25 AM   #12 (permalink)
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My friends ordered it, i don't know what the site was called, it was paid by a credit card, he orderd two and i orderd one, i don't know if he has gotten his yet as he lives quite far away, but i got mine deliverd today, i was well happy, i can't believe this, i spent allot of time saving that up aswell
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did they not show u any images of the phone before u purchased it ? company that mislead people like this should be shut down its a discgrace
It had a legit Iphone picture on it, with all the features, it also said it'd have 8gb memory on it.
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Get onto your credit card company straight away, if you have been mis-sold something your credit card gives you protection within a certain (short) space of time.
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Old 20-11-2007, 10:05 AM   #15 (permalink)
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My freind has got one of those, his dad bought it for £50 brand new and tricked him into thinking it was a real iphone (until we broke the news to him gently)......

How did you par for it? As said before if it was by credit card then get on to you CC company, if money transfer im afraid you might be stuck.
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