Hello everyone!
I recently bought a new iPhone SE 2022 from A_maz_on UK.
The box seemed intact, but when I opened it the iPhone was positioned with the back (where the Apple symbol is) towards the outside instead of the normal, forward facing phone screen.
When I first turned it on, the screen showed three long strings of numbers, they seemed to be the IMEI and something else, which I did not have time to read as the screen quickly turned itself off, and then the normal "hello" animation appeared.
When I go to "about" in Settings, the IMEI seems to correspond to an iPhone made in UK; but the model's name is not "iPhone SE 3" or "iPhone SE 2022" but just "iPhone SE".
I have owned iPhones before, and am familiar with the way new iPhones are packaged etc. I have never seen a new iPhone put in the box with the back facing forward. Also, all iPhones turned on with the activation screen/hello animation, not with disappearing strings of numbers. And all of them had the correct model displayed, not just a generic iPhone name, like "iPhone SE".
I am not very tech savvy, and I wonder if this iPhone might be counterfeit, fake or even a 2020 model modified to look like a 2022 model.
I still have the option to return it, so any help or advice would be extremely welcome.
Thanks in advance, all the best for all of you!
I recently bought a new iPhone SE 2022 from A_maz_on UK.
The box seemed intact, but when I opened it the iPhone was positioned with the back (where the Apple symbol is) towards the outside instead of the normal, forward facing phone screen.
When I first turned it on, the screen showed three long strings of numbers, they seemed to be the IMEI and something else, which I did not have time to read as the screen quickly turned itself off, and then the normal "hello" animation appeared.
When I go to "about" in Settings, the IMEI seems to correspond to an iPhone made in UK; but the model's name is not "iPhone SE 3" or "iPhone SE 2022" but just "iPhone SE".
I have owned iPhones before, and am familiar with the way new iPhones are packaged etc. I have never seen a new iPhone put in the box with the back facing forward. Also, all iPhones turned on with the activation screen/hello animation, not with disappearing strings of numbers. And all of them had the correct model displayed, not just a generic iPhone name, like "iPhone SE".
I am not very tech savvy, and I wonder if this iPhone might be counterfeit, fake or even a 2020 model modified to look like a 2022 model.
I still have the option to return it, so any help or advice would be extremely welcome.
Thanks in advance, all the best for all of you!