Real or fake xiaomi smartphone. How to check?

How to check Xiaomi smartphone for authenticity? The more popular the product, the more likely it is to run into a fake and xiaomi products in this sense are no exception. Xiaomi smartphones instantly became very popular in China and are rapidly gaining popularity around the world.

Unfortunately, at the moment, xiaomi sells its products only in China (maybe the situation will change soon), so you can’t order a xiaomi smartphone on the company’s official website while outside of China. You can order on the xiaomi official website through an intermediary, but in this case, it inevitably becomes necessary to check the purchased phone for authenticity.

There are many examples on the Internet comparing a real xiaomi phone with a fake. People tell in detail how to determine by appearance a real xiaomi smartphone or not. The authenticity of a xiaomi smartphone can be verified not only by its appearance, but also by the imei number on the manufacturer's website. To do this, go to a special page on the xiaomi website and see this form.

We pick up a box from a xiaomi smartphone and find on it information about the model, imei number, sn number and release date. It looks like this.

Enter the IMEI and SN numbers in the appropriate fields, enter the verification characters from the captcha and press the orange button at the bottom of the form. Captcha on the xiaomi website often does not work the first time and you have to enter characters several times.

If xiaomi is original, then you will see information about the smartphone model and the date when it was purchased from the official store. Naturally, the model indicated on the manufacturer's website and on the box from the phone must match. Also, if judging by the information from the box, the xiaomi smartphone was produced, for example, in October, and according to the information on the site it was bought in September, then it is clear that this simply cannot be, which means you were sold a fake.

Xiaomi products are produced in limited quantities and are sold out almost immediately, so there cannot be a long period between the production date indicated on the smartphone box and the date of its purchase from the manufacturer.

If you plan to order a xiaomi smartphone at , be sure to ask the seller if he has the product in stock, and then ask to take a picture and send information from the box of the xiaomi smartphone. If the seller refuses to send information, then this is a reason to think about buying elsewhere.

Xiaomi's official store appeared on aliexpress. Today, you can buy an original xiaomi smartphone and other products of this brand on aliexpress in the Xiaomi Online Store.