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created on 08/01/2014  |  http://fubar.com/zopo-bar/b359539

Can you trust what dealer? A test purchase wanted to uncover fakes at the online giant Amazon. The result shocked: Not a single battery is an original part of the purchased.

Pointing to a reader the editors of the magazine ordered C't 12 batteries for Samsung smartphones in the world's largest online retailer Amazon. All twelve were advertised on Amazon as original parts, four of them came directly from the trading giant, eight more were sold by smaller merchants via the trading platform. To verify the authenticity, the editors then sent the batteries to Samsung.

Frighteningly clearly is the result of the test: all twelve batteries were a fake, it was not a single original part including. Even the four batteries sold by Amazon itself does not come from Samsung.

It is unclear how exactly it could happen. Apparently fell also Amazon itself on wrong suppliers. Also the other sellers blame themselves and specify to have fallen even impostor to the victims.

To recognize the wrong Samsung batteries
The best indication to detect a counterfeit Samsung battery is the packaging. Genuine Samsung batteries are always in a blister pack. That was the case but only with two of the counterfeit batteries. Where it is even trickier to detect it as fake. Although there are differences in original packaging and imitation, the conspicuous only in direct comparison. Still, there were hints even when these batteries.

So, the country of manufacture is incorrectly specified as often. Stands on the original "Cell made in Korea, assembled in China" (cell manufactured in Korea, assembled in China). The counterfeits, however, try to sell by specifying a State other than China as high-quality. C't called about an example where the battery should supposedly come from Japan. There Samsung but not produced.

The surest way to identify a forgery, however is to remove the sticker on the front of the battery. Samsung's original is still including Samsung as a manufacturer. In the Immitationen, however, is the real manufacturer - or nothing at all.

Affected not only Samsung
By the way, the fakes not confined to Samsung devices. Incorrect battery for Apple's iPhone are plentiful at Amazon and co. Apple's batteries, the detection of counterfeits is somewhat easier: Apple sold spare parts not to customers, but only at its workshops. The probability of obtaining a genuine battery, so goes to zero.

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