Beware of FAKE BT HEADSETS!!!

[francisofarabia]

I was in Dubai today and I was in one shop where all the BT Headsets they were selling were all FAKE. They told me themselves that all their headsets are all imitations of the real ones, and all were being sold with approximately USD 20 price tag, including the BH-900 and BH-800. The real ones are costing more than USD100...

The Fake Nokia BT Headsets are BH-900, BH-800, BH-600, BH-700, BH-200, and even the new BH-100... then there is even a micro headset like which they call BH-901, then there were BH-801, 802,and 803 respectively..

there were also some fake samsung WEP-200 and 300, and even 400, and also some fake SE and even a fake moto headsets...

the pics are a bit blurry, I took it secretly using my Nokia 5500...


FAKE NOKIA BH-901 (NOTE:Nokia has not even released a BH-901 yet)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/friedbrains/04052007007.jpg



FAKE BH-900 & 700 IN BOXES (Notice the different box, no picture of a guy wearing the headset)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/friedbrains/04052007005.jpg



ALL FAKE BT HEADSETS (All looks like the real thing

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/friedbrains/04052007008.jpg



THESE ARE THE FAKE BH-800/801/802/803 (Note that Nokia have not released a HS with 802 and 803 model nos.)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/friedbrains/04052007009.jpg


FAKE SAMSUNG WEP-300 (WEP-200 & 400 were also available)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v485/friedbrains/04052007011.jpg



I am sure that many of these are available in the internet, and most likely those that are having problems with their BT Headsets are most likely been sold fake BT Headsets...

I use mostly Nokia BT Headsets and the fakes that they have really looks like the original, I can not tell the difference at all... The BIG difference is as always with most fakes, the PACKAGING... this is where you can separate the real from the fake, unfortunately if you are buying from the internet you won't be able to tell the difference, specially if you have not seen the original packaging with your own eyes... well, at least now you are warned...

[Jose_R.A.M]

Good spy pics, rep reserved.

I'm going to be a bit more weary now about purchasing such accessories from unknown retailers. I was aware that certain things could have been faked, but not to that level.

Are there serial numbers we can use to check if their genuine like the Nokia Battery check?

[ninjabear]

For Hong Kong Sony Ericsson headset will have a sony ericsson hk warranty label on the side of the headset

Nokia and motorola dont have such regulation.hmmm

[im92109210]

Nokia Accessories here in Dubai have a warranty label on the back which one should check, and for your own safety but accessories from dealers and they are ALL OVER THE PLACE! I hate how people buy accessories from outside shops which are unsafe to save 5-10$ and it happens all the time infront of my eyes!