10 Ways to Distinguish Original and Fake Oppo, Must Know!

The more sophisticated the era, the more smartphone vendors are releasing their products. They offer specifications and features that are no less sophisticated. Like Oppo branded smartphones. Who does not know this smartphone brand whose name is very big in Indonesia? Surely you all already know, or even you are an Oppo user.

Oppo is a smartphone product originating from Dongguan, China. This smartphone product has also been ranked 4th in the world, 2nd in China and 2nd in Indonesia in 2021.

And recently Oppo released a new product called Oppo Find X Lamborghini. This smartphone is the result of Oppo’s partnership with the Italian sports car company.

Not only that, this smartphone is the first smartphone that supports Super VOOC charging in the world. Wow, that’s great, isn’t it?

How to Distinguish the Original and Fake Oppo

Due to the specifications and ratings obtained by Oppo, many people deliberately copy their cellphone products to be the same as Oppo.

Therefore, when we want to buy an Oppo smartphone, we must first check a few things to find out whether the smartphone is a real Oppo smartphone or a fake. Here are the ways:

1. Check Screen Clarity

How to Distinguish the Original and Fake Oppo

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Replica or fake cellphones usually have very substandard quality. So, we as consumers must look more closely whether the cellphone is genuine or fake.

One of them is to check whether the Oppo cellphone is fake or original, you can see the level of screen clarity. Usually fake cellphones have a small pixel density, that’s what makes the screen clarity decrease and when you want to open a video or image the screen display will be blurry.

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Whereas with the original Oppo, the screen clarity is very good. So when you want to watch videos, you don’t have to worry anymore.

Well, the tips are when you want to buy an Oppo phone, try to play a video. And make sure the screen brightness is good and not blurry.

2. See Specifications

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Before you want to buy an Oppo cellphone, you should first search for the specifications. And when you are already in the cellphone store, you just need to match the specifications of the Oppo cellphone that you are looking for on the internet with the specifications of the Oppo cellphone that you get in the store. You can see the specifications of the cellphone in the cellphone box.

3. View Camera

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The next step to distinguish real and fake Oppo is to look at the camera results. We need to remember that this Oppo is a camera that is so focused on camera performance.

In accordance with the slogan, guys, ‘Camera Phone’. So the selling point of this Oppo phone lies in the camera. You can check the Oppo cellphone camera that you want to buy and see the results.

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If the results are good, clear and bright, then you can be sure that the cellphone is original. The characteristics of fake Oppo cellphones are that the results of the camera will be blurry and unpleasant to look at.

4. Check Oppo IMEI Online

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The most recommended way is that you have to check the IMEI on the cellphone online. with the sophistication of technology you can use this IMEI to check whether the cellphone is genuine or fake.

In accordance with the definition, IMEI is the identity number of a mobile phone. So every cellphone in this world has a different IMEI number.

Well, usually every unit of Oppo phones that are officially sold already has its own IMEI number. The number has also been recorded and can be checked online.

Therefore you can check the IMEI number on your Oppo phone by visiting the OPPO Device Authentication site. You only need to enter the IMEI number listed on the Oppo phone.

After checking, if the IMEI number is registered, then the Oppo cellphone is a genuine cellphone. And if it is not registered, then the Oppo cellphone is fake.

You can see the IMEI number on the Oppo cellphone box or you can also see it by accessing the +#06# code. It’s easy ?

5. View Design

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Counterfeit cellphones are deliberately equating the designs of cellphones which they think are selling well in the market. With the same design, the customer will be confused and if the customer chooses the wrong one, it will be profitable for the fake cellphone maker.

But don’t worry, fake cellphones can’t fully imitate the design of real cellphones 100 percent.

For example, on the Oppo F7 cellphone, the original Oppo F7 cellphone has a lot of sensors. Such as fingerprint sensors, accelerometer, compass, gyro, and proximity. While fake cellphones don’t have all the sensors above.

Look also at the size of the Oppo phone. Like the Oppo F7, this cellphone has a size of 6.23 inches. So if you see the size of the F7 cellphone which is more or less than that, you must suspect it. And it’s better not to buy it.

6. Mandatory Check Warranty

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Unscrupulous makers of fake Oppo phones are now smart enough to make a warranty card similar to the original. But it never hurts to check this Oppo warranty card, because usually the original Oppo cellphones are produced and sold under the PT. Indonesia OPPO Electronics, if the cellphone was purchased in Indonesia.

7. Check out the NFC features

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You need to know that this method only applies to the type of Oppo cellphone that supports NFC, yes. To find out if the cellphone you are looking for supports NFC, you can see the specifications on the internet.

Well, the way to mark whether Oppo is fake or genuine is by looking at the NFC feature. By seeing that the original Oppo cellphone has a yellow lead path which identifies that the path is the NFC connector.

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This NFC connector is usually located behind the cellphone that can be removed from the battery. While the fake Oppo NFC seems to be more highlighted and shows that the cellphone has an NFC feature.

8. View Operating System

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This method is also mandatory to look at, because if the Oppo cellphone that offers the Android system is lower than those spread on the internet, it can be ascertained that the cellphone is fake. For example on the Oppo F7 cellphone.

Well, on this cellphone, the Oppo F7 uses the Android 8.1 or Android Oreo operating system and has been customized using Color OS 5.0. While on imitation products, they usually use lower android systems such as Marshmallow and Nougat.

9. Check Engineer Mode

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The next way to distinguish the original Oppo and the fake is by checking the Engineer Mode. You can access the secret code or Engineer Mode on Oppo phones with *#800#. And later you will enter Engineer Mode with several hardware testing options.

And try to check the information about the battery. And if after checking your Oppo battery is damaged, then it could be that the Oppo cellphone is fake. You can also check the same thing in various other menu options.

10. Check out the price

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The last way to distinguish fake and genuine Oppo is to look at the price. As we know, the current price of Oppo cellphones is quite high, but how high the price of these cellphones does not reduce the interest of users to buy this cellphone.

Well, you can compare the price of the original Oppo with the fake Oppo. Usually people are fooled by this part. They prefer to buy cheap Oppo prices compared to the original. Even though they don’t know that the Oppo cellphone, which costs much lower than the original price, is a fake cellphone.

Therefore, you have to ask the seller whether the cheap Oppo price is used or fake. If the goods are new, then you should be suspicious. Because usually Oppo sold has the same price from one seller to another.

Hopefully with the 10 ways above, you can distinguish the original and fake Oppo. Do not be fooled, while trying!