Apple fan gets Android imposter rather of latest iPhone 15 Pro Max

Ordering an item and having something one of a kind turn up without a doubt isn't a new phenomenon, but a UK resident had a strange experience in which an iPhone 15 Pro Max, ordered at once from Apple, became out to be an Android device in hide.

Redditor theEdmard stated he ordered Apple's state-of-the-art flagship thru the enterprise's UK internet site, taking shipping on Saturday. He obtained the same old confirmation emails from Apple and monitoring info through delivery carrier DPD, so everything appeared to be official.

However, commencing the box set off some alarm bells. The first warning signal became that the cellphone become protected in a screen protector (and now not the proper one for the handset), suggesting a return could have been despatched out with the aid of mistake.

More signs something became off regarded while the handset became became on. TheEdmard writes that the black areas of the screen, which appear as ideal blacks on an OLED show like the one on the iPhone 15 Pro, had been lit up in a manner that advised this was an LCD. There turned into additionally a thicker bezel, or "chin," on the lowest of the device that became not like Apple's handset.

Further confirmation that this become an Android device in a pores and skin got here whilst the bad setup system and the Android toasts (small operation-related popups) seemed.

The put up adds that Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok were already hooked up at the handset, the OS become glitchy, and the digital camera became "like a slideshow and crashes in case you try to use any UI detail on display." Moreover, the battery settings web page showed the tool were used before.

The Redditor puzzled whether or not this was a rip-off by way of a person looking to grab their private details. While that is possible, it may just be a way of stealing the very steeply-priced iPhone 15 Pro Max and changing it with a cheap clone in the wish of fooling less tech-savvy human beings.

The other mystery is how the consumer received this device whilst it turned into ordered directly from Apple. We've visible the likes of Amazon send out faux items lots of times, usually from third-celebration dealers, including a putty-crammed fake images card. There changed into also the case of the person who sold an RTX 4090 from Newegg and turned into despatched a box full of weights. In this situation, the maximum probably clarification is that the iPhone 15 Pro Max become intercepted throughout transit and swapped for a faux at the way to the buyer.

The Redditor has contacted Apple support and could in all likelihood get his iPhone 15 Pro Max. As for the person who took it, Apple will absolute confidence brick the stolen tool to forestall it from being used, although as one commentator points out, the thief will probable have bought it through that factor.

Images: theEdmard