Man orders iPhone 15 Pro from Apple, gets Android copy instead — Mashable
That's disconcerting.
Apparently this has happened a few other times. What is the cause of this? Supply chain? Pirates maybe?
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Apparently this has happened a few other times. What is the cause of this? Supply chain? Pirates maybe?
Somebody probably put their phone down (for what they thought was a moment) and it ended up on the cover belt. The person probably didn't want risk getting in trouble so, he or she kept silent. Not hard to figure out what may have happened.
The phone had a screen protector and was loaded with apps. The phone was used and obviously someone's personal phone. If you are looking for some kind of conspiracy, look elsewhere.
edited to add: I don't care anymore about the thread subject.
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So it was a knock off phone and this has happened before, you think that people just set there phones on conveyors?
I think what happened was a simple accident and you are trying to make something more out of it the story.
So someone in a factory in China just so happened to have a knock off of the phone, with a iOS skin, and apps that are illegal in their country? Ok?
100% its the shipper. We had an amazon drive just arrested for selling packages he marked as delivered, total of 15k.. This is why apple needs to be able to lock the phone and send a email to the new owner with a code that unlocks it, until this code is entered its a glorified airtag.
Man orders iPhone 15 Pro from Apple, gets Android copy instead — Mashable
That's disconcerting.apple.news
Apparently this has happened a few other times. What is the cause of this? Supply chain? Pirates maybe?
This is the #1 reason you cant just swap parts on a iphone, otherwise they would be targets for thieves for their parts alone. Which was extremely common with earlier iphones.
I don’t think it can be on the factory side. Rules regarding having your personal phone at a factory that keeps secrets are bound to be strict. Any discrepancy in size or weight would show up in a scan. There’s probably also automated processes to check that the serial number and IMEI number match what’s on the box so that phones don’t accidentally get swapped (if that part is even delegated to a human!) Also there is no indication that the phone was used other than drained battery cycles. Naive users would overlook the preinstalled apps.
I still like the idea of pirates lol but like are people just purposely targeting these phones and just have a bunch of these knock off phones ready to go?
The article states "The packaging is quite close to the genuine one", implying the packaging was fake too. If so, this did not happen at the factory.
Suspecting a scam somewhere does not rise to the level of being a conspiracy theorist.
It wasn't loaded with apps... the home screen is all "stock" apps, even though it's fake.
But if the phone was used (by someone in the factory) it probably would have had a password on it, right? So how would the buyer be able to unlock it if he did not know the password?
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The UK couriers are less brazen and more polite. Replacing the phone with a clone puts far less suspicion on the courier. In the US, the UPS guy would just cut the box and steal the phone.
You can’t bring in a phone of any kind to the factory. That’s why any kind of leaked info about future box art or chassis design is 100% based on descriptions and sketches coming out of Foxconn.
If somebody could bring in a phone, that’s bigger news than this courier theft news article.
"Man orders iPhone 15 Pro from Apple, gets Android copy instead"
Isn't this about to be what happens to everyone who orders an iPhone in the EU?
*ba dum, dum*
Isn't this about to be what happens to everyone who orders an iPhone in the EU?
*ba dum, dum*
Maybe it was a lottery, but I have had zero issues with either battery drain or overheating.
Happened to my friend who got knock off Airpod pro. Apple replaced it but the delivery guy pocketed the original and put a fake one.
It used to be buying stuff direct from Apple was a no-brainer. But with how obvious "AI" is printed as the return address, it might be better to buy from a retailer like Costco.
Apple local delivery doesn’t have this problem. It’s a big problem with large shipping companies, too much theft these days. I usually buy in Costco or retailer near me, if it is available.