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0 pointsstouset2y ago0 comments

Yep. And counterfeits are good enough that you need dedicated personnel to be able to confirm high-value returns are legitimate and not knock-offs.

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hollerith2y ago

Does a good counterfeit Apple Watch actually do everything a real watch does, e.g., respond like a genuine watch after you install an arbitrary app on it and start using the app?

(If so, I'm guessing they made the cheapest genuine Apple Watch look on the outside like a more expensive one.)

stousetOP2y ago

It won’t, but a random person off the street might not immediately notice the difference, particularly if they’d never used one before.

Even booting it to software, it might be enough for a completely-untrained person to assume it was real. Actually pairing it with a test phone might be the easiest/fastest to be certain.

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