![]() ![]() Of course, we know not everyone is ill-intentioned and certainly not many would go to the lengths this fraudster went to. In return, he let us keep the iPaperWeight so we could write about the perils of buying from untrusted and untrustworthy sources. And while we (or anyone else!) couldn’t fix it, we were able to offer him a sweet deal on a REAL iPad with a 90 day warranty. We did gently break it to our customer, that wherever this abomination came from, it was not Apple. But it is as empty as the bubbles in beer (as the old song goes). Our point is: someone engineered this “Franken-Pad” and sold it to an unsuspecting and hopeful buyer. They’re also clearly mixing different models, with the “flash” on the back camera from the 2018 iPad Pro. It also felt strange when pressed, a little too “bouncy” (until it fell off the spring inside). You may be able to see that the button seems a bit “sunken” too. The home button is a different color than the white border on the front. It doesn’t have that pleasing smooth glass feel. You can’t see in the picture, but the front “glass” on this iPad is obviously plastic. ![]() Come on! It’s printed in black (which Apple never did on a gold case) with a black Apple logo? It has a serial number and everything! Unfortunately, all the information on the back appears to be from an iPad 2nd generation (2011), from the Model number (A1325) to the serial number. If you didn’t know better, it’s pretty convincing. We’re not sure where they got this back case. Here are a few (though not obvious) signs it’s a fake. One long push on what looks like the home button will knock it off the little spring, and that’s just the beginning. Obviously, it’s not meant to fool anyone for long. We do have to say that whoever put this together, took a lot of time and effort to do it. No matter how many times you plug this in, it will never turn on. The size is right, the weight is right, it has the buttons, a charge port, touch ID, front and rear facing cameras – but we know. “My friend said if I can get it fixed I can have it ….”Īs soon as we picked up the iPad, we knew: it’s a fake.
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