Hilarious Fake Galaxy S22 Ultra With Sketchy Hidden Apps

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  • I purchased an S22 Ultra from AliExpress and this is what I got. Hope you get a good laugh out of it
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  • @cas4569yt
    @cas4569yt Рік тому +5694

    "Rubik's cube technology, Double 5G Networking, S40 Ultra, 1 TB Storage, and 32 million cameras." SEEMS LEGIT

    • @josuke6131
      @josuke6131 Рік тому +332

      What the hell is Rubik's cube technology? You solve the rubiks cube first and the rubiks cube will give the answer? 😂

    • @Dhoko
      @Dhoko Рік тому +330

      @@josuke6131 you solve the rubiks cube and you unlock the phone, new unlocking method

    • @Random_4400
      @Random_4400 Рік тому +33

      smoorez

    • @LoganT547
      @LoganT547 Рік тому +31

      @@Random_4400 I see you are a man of culture

    • @nathanmonahan6157
      @nathanmonahan6157 Рік тому +15

      Good thing Hugh can solve the Rubik's cube and unlock technology that world has actually never even seen or heard of before. I think he got a good deal on an S40 Ultra, haters gunna say it's fake, but my boy Hugh is just smarter than they are.

  • @timothystevenhoward
    @timothystevenhoward Рік тому +4451

    the super advanced finger print reader is so high tech, you can't even find it!

    • @AttorneyBCollins
      @AttorneyBCollins Рік тому +108

      Stealth technology.

    • @sihamhamda47
      @sihamhamda47 Рік тому +46

      Even the Touch ID in the Apple devices and in-display fingerprint in very expensive Android phones are still far behind this phone technology. It's a superior technology we'll see in 2050

    • @nathanmonahan6157
      @nathanmonahan6157 Рік тому +12

      It has to be advanced if you're using 1 uncalibrated sensor to calibrate a second uncalibrated sensor on a different part of the phone and also uses a different kind of technology to track variables.

    • @msbhicks8358
      @msbhicks8358 Рік тому +8

      Dang the phone is so advanced it’s finger print reader is an F-35C Lightning II! Wow!

    • @techrann7693
      @techrann7693 Рік тому +4

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @HughJeffreys
    @HughJeffreys  Рік тому +434

    AliExpress wouldn't allow me to open a case against the seller as it had been more than 15 days.
    So opened a PayPal case and got all my money back excluding return shipping which was about $20.
    The sellers page has since been removed

    • @whitneyfjohnson
      @whitneyfjohnson Рік тому +5

      And scammers too and that's great news

    • @FanFav101
      @FanFav101 Рік тому +48

      Well duh were you expecting professionalism and responsibility from China?? 😂

    • @lightweight1889
      @lightweight1889 Рік тому +4

      Or any country in this world? (Laughingcryingemoj)

    • @brianrosie1762
      @brianrosie1762 Рік тому

      i vote on bombing scam companies they won't stop hurting people otherwise

    • @matts7335
      @matts7335 Рік тому +19

      Thanks for letting us know that you got your money back.
      Too often I see videos from other channels that have purchased fake devices similar to this one and they never mention if they got their money back.
      Even if the channel makes their money back from UA-cam, it is still a win for the scammer who gets away with that money and us viewers are indirectly supporting those scammers by watching those videos.

  • @The_Tau_Beta
    @The_Tau_Beta Рік тому +556

    Let's be honest
    The glass back was probably worth more than the actual phone

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz Рік тому +30

      You can make a really cheap glass back if you don't need it to be durable.
      What i find more surprising in these fake phones is the usually milled aluminium fake camera frame. It's not the best milling i ever saw, i'd say it's even rather close to the opposite, but it still seems like a completely needless expense.

    • @Pearloryx
      @Pearloryx Рік тому +7

      Cracks and shatters like a cheap glass when dropped 2 feet

    • @Riswanthlovesgames
      @Riswanthlovesgames Рік тому

      @@Pearloryx don’t say that instead say 0.5 ft

    • @c4n8r
      @c4n8r 6 місяців тому

      glasstic

  • @TechDove
    @TechDove Рік тому +1123

    These fake phones are always so funny, they try so hard on the box but then when you open it it's like a child drew what they thought the phone looked like 🤣

    • @anitad243
      @anitad243 Рік тому +18

      What a joke🤣 I have a real Samsung S22 Ultra straight from Samsung..Thanks for an amusing video..Guess you aren't getting your money back anytime soon.😉

    • @maddeningmonk9585
      @maddeningmonk9585 Рік тому

      @@anitad243 lmao the fake one looks and feels exactly like the real one. You got robbed if you really wanted an droid you could have had this since there real and fake are same lol

    • @SethTheKitsune
      @SethTheKitsune Рік тому +2

      It's like someone drew it on memory

  • @ethanwanjau2736
    @ethanwanjau2736 Рік тому +3338

    the fingerprint unlocl is crazy and the Rubik's cube technology is phenomenal 🙌 Samsung better watch out

    • @mecraze
      @mecraze Рік тому +80

      Ikr samsung is quivering right now

    • @maddeningmonk9585
      @maddeningmonk9585 Рік тому +9

      Lmao the fact that the fake one looks and works like a real one just tells us how shitty android is😂😂💀💀

    • @mecraze
      @mecraze Рік тому

      @@maddeningmonk9585 you really commented the same shit for like 500 times already, come on man we get it you hate android

    • @zUltraXO
      @zUltraXO Рік тому +138

      @@maddeningmonk9585 ah yes, blaming an operating system for your blindness.

    • @Legion849
      @Legion849 Рік тому +89

      @@zUltraXO He must be an iSheep

  • @AllThoughts3rased
    @AllThoughts3rased Рік тому +36

    "This is the latest in manufactured e-waste"
    Yeah that sums it up pretty nicely

  • @hashharith8479
    @hashharith8479 Рік тому +122

    It's funny yet terrifying to think that there's a group of people trying to scam others with this much effort put into.. imagine someone with no technology knowledge bought this and thought it was real..

    • @martin518441
      @martin518441 Рік тому +24

      When I was in high school my dad was so proud that he bought me a "great" phone for just 40$ (it's not that we couldn't afford low range phones from reputable brands , he was just oblivious) from ali express ,what a piece of shit that phone was ,slow as hell , I caught it a couple of times sending sms by itself to chinese numbers , after 2 or 3 months of use , I woke up pulled it out of my pocket and noticed a huge bulge on the back from the battery expanding , I instantly stopped it and never touched it again , guess I was lucky it didn't explode in my pocket.

    • @SianaGearz
      @SianaGearz Рік тому +1

      @@martin518441 It probably wasn't going to explode. At the time when the battery expands like that, its capacity is pretty much zero, it won't take up any energy and it won't release much any. It's simply gone.

    • @martin518441
      @martin518441 Рік тому +14

      @@SianaGearz it's not about the capacity of there was a rupture in the casing the oxygen reacts with something in there to start a violent exothermic reaction

    • @takubaka1516
      @takubaka1516 Рік тому +7

      To be honest, probably those people are their market target, people who literally have no idea about tech, ngl I found one in marketplace recently

    • @FanFav101
      @FanFav101 Рік тому +5

      That's exactly who's buying them. That's the point of these.

  • @Hannah_The_Heretic
    @Hannah_The_Heretic Рік тому +1860

    32 million cameras? DAAAAMN, thats impressive!

    • @Pearloryx
      @Pearloryx Рік тому +7

      I think they’ve missing something in it lol

    • @rocktheworld2k6
      @rocktheworld2k6 Рік тому +73

      Not just that but they're all equipped with Rubik's cube technology!

    • @AttorneyBCollins
      @AttorneyBCollins Рік тому +32

      Actually, it turned out to be 31,999,999 short. And the last one was defective.

    • @Vedant9710
      @Vedant9710 Рік тому +11

      Apple - We Finally got some Competition

    • @themanhacc
      @themanhacc Рік тому +1

      but you only get 1

  • @jingarjay8754
    @jingarjay8754 Рік тому +1048

    The W in the camera options actually stands for 万 (wan) in Chinese and it means ten thousand. So basically, 4800W is 48MP, 1200W is 12MP and so on. But overclocking cameras to 6400Watts sure is fun!

    • @funghiman8492
      @funghiman8492 Рік тому +46

      Curiously, the pronunciation of "万/wàn" in Chinese mandarin is almost identical to "one" in English.
      And if you devide the pixel counts they are claiming by 10000, the result you get shouldn't be too far from the truth.

    • @WagTsX
      @WagTsX Рік тому +56

      THANKS for the explanation, I've got some security cameras in the past that showed 100W on the box. I thought they're faking the IR light wattage, but sure enough, 1MP.

    • @_cran
      @_cran Рік тому +2

      What does overclocking cameras do other than heating it up?

    • @jingarjay8754
      @jingarjay8754 Рік тому +14

      @@_cran well you can't really overclock camera sensors soooo

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 Рік тому

      Who cares about the Chinese they are horrible people.

  • @jimhalpert9421
    @jimhalpert9421 Рік тому +8

    Thank you for fighting for a refund. Losing money is exactly what these scammers deserve and the only thing that might stop them (if they lose so much money to refunds that their business doesn't work anymore).

  • @awesomesauce8151
    @awesomesauce8151 Рік тому +10

    "no legitimate browser would need those permissions"
    *Chrome and every legitimate browser looking the other way*

  • @Cyba_IT
    @Cyba_IT Рік тому +1024

    I feel sorry for the factory workers at a company like this. If they lie to and cheat the customers there's a good chance the workers aren't treated too well either.

    • @triadwarfare
      @triadwarfare Рік тому +150

      Your sacrifice is necessary all for the glory of the CCP

    • @SemiDoge
      @SemiDoge Рік тому +52

      @@triadwarfare factory workers at a private company.
      You: must be the government's fault.

    • @triadwarfare
      @triadwarfare Рік тому +132

      @@SemiDoge The 1993 Company Law required all companies based in China, both foreign and domestic, to allow the establishment of units to "carry out the activities of the party," and to provide "necessary conditions" for these units to function.

    • @notnot9476
      @notnot9476 Рік тому +31

      Factory workers in china lol. Liveleak the video game basically

    • @AmericaTheFree
      @AmericaTheFree Рік тому +59

      @@SemiDoge There is no private or privacy anything in the CCP.

  • @Photo0021
    @Photo0021 Рік тому +484

    Yes, rubik's cube technology, such an underrated feature my S22U doesn't have. I'm jealous.

    • @fanban2926
      @fanban2926 Рік тому +14

      My iPhone 13 pro max is sweating right now.... I really should sell it for that technology!

    • @samuelhere41
      @samuelhere41 Рік тому +6

      This might be my next phone, sorry iphone 11! But you might be replaced!

    • @anuragdogra3437
      @anuragdogra3437 Рік тому +4

      And the S-Pen looks damn better than my Note's S-Pen.....So good bye note 20 😆😆

    • @bena2591
      @bena2591 Рік тому +1

      just upgrad via the softwaree to the S40

    • @superlegendary
      @superlegendary 4 місяці тому

      The funny thing is that I literally just got a new phone (at the time of commenting) and at the same time a relative gave me a Rubik's cube. So I guess you could say that my phone actually has Rubik's cube technology... lol.

  • @o-zone1217
    @o-zone1217 Рік тому +25

    This makes me laugh so hard in the midnight 😂😂😂 thank you for making the video! There's nothing better than reviewing fake things!

  • @voltron979
    @voltron979 Рік тому +9

    I wish there would be more people like you mate..,
    I like your way of thinking at the end “No Scammer Deserves My Money”
    We should all think like that always! Thanks for that informative video.
    Kudos!

  • @OleJanssen
    @OleJanssen Рік тому +312

    In my opinion, the saddest thing about this is that for the same price of knockoffs like this one, you could get genuinely workable devices.

    • @R_.709
      @R_.709 Рік тому +23

      But not Samsung becuase samsung makes bad budget phones
      Redmi and Realme are best for $129

    • @user2C47
      @user2C47 Рік тому +44

      @@R_.709 Not everyone is willing to buy a Chinese phone.

    • @hihellothere9569
      @hihellothere9569 Рік тому +33

      @@user2C47 dude they are pretty good honestly.
      And in the end of the day, everyone is gonna spy on you. Even apple

    • @hihellothere9569
      @hihellothere9569 Рік тому

      @@edrosales1520 but I say that the warranty and also the fact that new phones look better

    • @edrosales1520
      @edrosales1520 Рік тому +4

      @@hihellothere9569 eBay and refurbishers (through Amazon renewed and BackMarket) offer extended warranties if you've got the change to spare. As for looks, I predict all slabs will look dated in a couple years when foldables become the norm. I'm sending this from an LG Velvet I got a year ago for $180. I think it does the part at blending in

  • @chevystingray
    @chevystingray Рік тому +462

    at this point, these video series of knock-offs is becoming a comedy 😂

    • @sihamhamda47
      @sihamhamda47 Рік тому +4

      Just like videos in Smoorez channel

    • @Humanjerry
      @Humanjerry Рік тому

      Yeah 😂

    • @maddeningmonk9585
      @maddeningmonk9585 Рік тому

      Samsung so shitty you can’t tell a knock of and real one apart lmao

    • @technicaltacticts4380
      @technicaltacticts4380 Рік тому

      UA-cam should have a HaHa react !😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ryzenryne8747
      @ryzenryne8747 Рік тому

      @@maddeningmonk9585 you're too blind to own one lmao. Typical iSheep

  • @danz9268
    @danz9268 Рік тому +5

    5:24
    Google: I'll pretend I didn't hear hear that.

  • @kanye_yeezys_was_trash
    @kanye_yeezys_was_trash 10 місяців тому +4

    I don't know how he could keep a straight voice 😂 I laughed for an hour straight.

  • @kalebgaming5648
    @kalebgaming5648 Рік тому +196

    this man living in 2042 with his 32 million cameras

    • @coveragecraft8639
      @coveragecraft8639 Рік тому +7

      too early bro

    • @Mike-tv9rk
      @Mike-tv9rk Рік тому +1

      Its not too far from the truth if you understand how camera chips work. In effect you have an array of light sensors on the chip. Each is technically a camera How many on this ? . Who knows .

    • @dirremoire
      @dirremoire Рік тому +8

      This man living in 2050. "Only 32 million cameras?"

  • @dominic0305
    @dominic0305 Рік тому +133

    “Rubik’s cube technology”
    Are they even trying anymore?

  • @IgglePyggle
    @IgglePyggle Рік тому +6

    "No scammer deserves my money" He says as he gives scammers his money for their phones🤣

  • @TimothyGott
    @TimothyGott Рік тому

    🤣 ... I love your attention to detail, your tech savvy, and your deadpan delivery ♡

  • @yahya5956
    @yahya5956 Рік тому +371

    don't ever stop buying these world class flagship phones Hugh, we appreciate them more than we do the real ones

  • @tet7556
    @tet7556 Рік тому +41

    Oh god, one of my customers bought one of these. It always would say it had 512gb in on device and SD storage, even without an SD card, but would also pop up "phone full" warnings every few seconds.

  • @Flopster101
    @Flopster101 Рік тому +15

    7:18 but what if I want to overclock my battery to charge at 64 megapixels?

  • @iPhone7_Official
    @iPhone7_Official Рік тому +3

    Fake phone manufacturer: We use the Rubik’s cube technology. 69TB Of storage. 64 million cameras. A fingerprint sensor that dosen’t exist.
    And a good display. Only 60$

  • @sleepyfox7671
    @sleepyfox7671 Рік тому +50

    I love how he can crack so many sarcastic jokes without changing the one of his voice.

  • @james-bq8wd
    @james-bq8wd Рік тому +40

    Ah yes the classic rubix cube technology

  • @paranoidgenius9164
    @paranoidgenius9164 Рік тому

    Cool man! You are the one who buys to disassemble & reassemble, instead of destroying it outright!
    Thankyou for a non destructive teardown 😊👍❤️🇬🇧

  • @DarkMaster32801
    @DarkMaster32801 Рік тому +4

    I love how you've got "Another one bites the dust" in the background 😂😂😂

  • @SixSilverStones
    @SixSilverStones Рік тому +50

    LMAO I DIED Laughing when you said 32 million cameras

  • @quadraforest
    @quadraforest Рік тому +202

    Certain APKs fail to install because the system architecture (armv7, v8 etc.) is different to the one the package is compiled for.
    In this case, the phone has an armv7 chipset and the APK was most likely compiled for armv8 or newer.
    edit: this is related to the tiktok install fail

    • @sihamhamda47
      @sihamhamda47 Рік тому +14

      Yeah, most of the fake phone are using the Mediatek MT6580 that is already very old. They are forced to load the newer operating system installed inside the very old hardware

    • @Slada1
      @Slada1 Рік тому +1

      @@sihamhamda47 it is android 5, nothing new

    • @higihups
      @higihups Рік тому +11

      @@Slada1 Thats five versions newer, than the latest that old junk would usually run.

    • @sihamhamda47
      @sihamhamda47 Рік тому +12

      @@Slada1 Or up to Android 6, as shown in many fake phone reviews in Smoorez's video. Thanks for your correction

    • @unicodefox
      @unicodefox Рік тому +10

      Another reason for the TikTok APK failing to install was the Android system picking up on them being packaged by different vendors (i.e. if the app was signed with a key generated by someone who modified the app, you cant install the real app without uninstalling the fake first)

  • @popeye9698
    @popeye9698 Рік тому +5

    The Super Advanced Phone with all feature can be modify by increasing number. 6:52

  • @ChimeraX0401
    @ChimeraX0401 Рік тому +93

    From 1gb of memory to 32gb real quick, it's like downloading more ram. I really hope that the seller just lets you keep it and then maybe salvage some of it's parts....

    • @ArifKamaruzaman
      @ArifKamaruzaman Рік тому +12

      Use it as a casual babycam or emergency webcam. But nothing more.

    • @chrisbaker8533
      @chrisbaker8533 Рік тому +28

      @@ArifKamaruzaman Do not connect shady stuff to your network, or input any account information.

    • @upayemoony1157
      @upayemoony1157 7 місяців тому

      Nope prob only safe use is as an MP3 player @@ArifKamaruzaman

  • @joetheintermediate6144
    @joetheintermediate6144 Рік тому +18

    When you need a phone that is super high-tech just get that Samsung S40 Ultra with 32G of ram and 1TB of storage.

  • @rouelejour4080
    @rouelejour4080 Рік тому +2

    Interesting to see that the app that fakes the spec is actually installed on the phone. When I played with one of these clown phones I downloaded a system spec app that reported the correct specs.

  • @ramonchristophermolina9426
    @ramonchristophermolina9426 5 місяців тому

    Hahaha. I laughed many times with this video. The way you reveal anything. 😂😂😂

  • @nathanmonahan6157
    @nathanmonahan6157 Рік тому +130

    My man Hugh.
    Finally proving that companies are underclocking tech and withholding advances just so they can charge more for obsolete hardware.

  • @UnnusAnnus
    @UnnusAnnus Рік тому +13

    'Ruubiks cub tachnology' 💀

  • @InventorZahran
    @InventorZahran Рік тому +1

    "The mobilephone become your professional imaging team."
    And all your photo are belong to us!

  • @duskmoon181
    @duskmoon181 Рік тому

    Honestly, I would be the person sitting in front of the scammers building sipping coffee as it's raided by cops for fraudulent business practices XD. Excellent video, the unlocl had me wheezing

  • @asineth832
    @asineth832 Рік тому +23

    5:05 - The APK failing to install means that the currently installed app is signed with a different certificate & key, meaning that it is likely tampered with. You can verify this by trying to install w/ ADB and looking at the error code it gives.

    • @asteroidrules
      @asteroidrules 8 місяців тому +1

      Kind of hilarious to think that someone is making even more malicious versions of already malicious software.

    • @Maximus5641
      @Maximus5641 6 місяців тому

      ​@@asteroidruleslol

  • @raawesome3851
    @raawesome3851 Рік тому +28

    I got a s22 plus for like, 250 dollars from at&t with trading in an old s8 that I had lying around.

    • @ultramagnushurts3524
      @ultramagnushurts3524 Рік тому +3

      Same thing with me trading my iPhone 12 to my 13 pro max

    • @theleftyboater
      @theleftyboater Рік тому +12

      Does it have Rubin cube technology?

    • @ultramagnushurts3524
      @ultramagnushurts3524 Рік тому +3

      @@theleftyboater yeye

    • @frozenturbo8623
      @frozenturbo8623 Рік тому +1

      Did it have 32 million rear cameras?

    • @h.m.5724
      @h.m.5724 Рік тому

      @@ultramagnushurts3524 not the same dude. An s8 is a 5 year old phone huge difference but yours is just 1 year. A very good deal on Samsung's part

  • @DamienTanner1
    @DamienTanner1 Рік тому +1

    ‘Manufactured e-waste’ is the best description I’ve heard yet for this type of product 😂

  • @kookie175
    @kookie175 Рік тому

    the camera part never fails to humor me... xD seriously pure comedy...

  • @efftee
    @efftee Рік тому +154

    When the knock off comes with more accessories than the original

    • @AttorneyBCollins
      @AttorneyBCollins Рік тому +10

      You can tell it's fake. It has a charger cord.😄

    • @seireiart
      @seireiart Рік тому +2

      That's slightly positive (As the quality of these accessories are always questionable.)

    • @braders5192
      @braders5192 Рік тому +15

      @@AttorneyBCollins Samsung phones always come with a cord. They just sell the wall adapter separately.

    • @nitroxylictv
      @nitroxylictv Рік тому +23

      @@braders5192 Its still not justified. You make like 10x more waste when you buy the power adapter separately and they are also changing the charging speed every year or 2, so upgrading from an S9 or S10 to an S22, you will probably have to buy a higher wattage adapter to take advantage of the faster charging. Its the same as the headphone jack. They arent doing it for you, they are doing it to save money. Its greedy as hell. I just want my damn headphone jack back.

    • @rosaria8384
      @rosaria8384 Рік тому +3

      @@braders5192 Still not a good thing to continue on. Better have the wall adapter in the box by the time you purchase it.

  • @YSPACElabs
    @YSPACElabs Рік тому +53

    The fake phone makers might just be doing it for the memes now. They know that most people will not buy a phone with that many typos in the description, but they do know that curious youtubers will buy the phones.

    • @zye.
      @zye. Рік тому +16

      Could be money laundering too, since many of these fake flagship listings has a lot of fake reviews

    • @robertplayz9157
      @robertplayz9157 Рік тому +4

      The problem is that some people do actually buy these.

    • @thawrath9306
      @thawrath9306 Рік тому +2

      These phones are sold all over the world. English is spoken all over the world. They aren't making these for fun.

  • @xpodwnage941
    @xpodwnage941 Рік тому +1

    Love how it "claims" it has 8GB of ram on a 256GB model but the 256 model comes with 12GB of ram, at least for the snapdragon models

  • @deejaydiabolic
    @deejaydiabolic Рік тому +3

    Whether knock-off or real thing, it always feels great on both peeling off that protective screen plastic!

  • @saad-rn2xy
    @saad-rn2xy Рік тому +10

    Thank you man, you did a great job and submitted a detailed report on the useless commercial devices. Thank you for your effort to buy the phone, give a detailed report, open it and detect commercial fraud.....etc.

  • @TheSpotify95
    @TheSpotify95 Рік тому +8

    2:53 Aah yes, it's a Welcome phone, not a Samsung phone. I've seen "Welcome" phones before, and they're usually complete rubbish.

  • @ChristopherPunton
    @ChristopherPunton Рік тому +2

    Sad thing is, a lot of people buy this crap and will never know they have been scammed.

  • @user-od1dt3sd8h
    @user-od1dt3sd8h 6 місяців тому +1

    01:08
    The way you casually say "screen unlocl" cracks me up. I searched for this cause I had to see it again 😂👍🏻

  • @ClayTheFoxx
    @ClayTheFoxx Рік тому +10

    7:40 bro just downloaded more ram 💀💀💀

  • @jfolz
    @jfolz Рік тому +82

    5:22 the actual Chrome app requests the same permissions, though it doesn't crash when you deny them. And it makes sense, since there's APIs that allow websites to use that kind of functionality. Video calls come to mind.

    • @francescoceladini
      @francescoceladini Рік тому +20

      chrome only requests them if they are actually required by a website

    • @BrandonGiesing
      @BrandonGiesing Рік тому +6

      @@francescoceladini Not exactly, there's two different types of permissions with Chrome. You are thinking of per-site permissions which Chrome itself handles but the app itself still needs the OS-level permissions granted cause otherwise, it wouldn't have the data to pass to a site even if the site-level ones were enabled. Because Google requires Chrome to be installed on every Android device, it automatically gets all OS permissions enabled by default, the exact same ones Browser in this video prompted for.
      This browser asking on launch is simply because they screwed up the trusted apps basically that get auto-granted all permissions when pre-installed PLUS the fact it's the ancient AOSP (Android Open Source Project) browser that hasn't been updated in like a decade so it never got updated to support Android 6 Marshmallow's new permission system. So it's not sketchy at all that the browser in the video is asking for them at launch as that's just how older pre-6 apps work.

    • @sebay4654
      @sebay4654 Рік тому +1

      @@BrandonGiesing and ironically enough that same ancient browser is also built in on low end tablets and phones in Australia (usually less then a hundred dollars and sold in supermarkets

    • @ArtiePenguin1
      @ArtiePenguin1 Рік тому +3

      That's a very poorly coded browser app on this fake phone since it asks for all permissions at startup. The contacts permission is quite odd though, I don't think I remember the last time I used an Android browser that interfaced with my contacts.

    • @fuckyouxx
      @fuckyouxx Рік тому +5

      reviewer knowledge about android is actually zero.

  • @MrReeceyburger123
    @MrReeceyburger123 Рік тому +4

    Had a s22 sent to me with an after market screen fitted exactly the same shape as this. Customer hated it and wanted it change for a genuine display, it looked so bad compared to the OLED panel Samsung use 🙈

  • @DovahDoVolom
    @DovahDoVolom Рік тому +3

    Id love to see some kind of colab with a security guy to see what exactly the browser is trying to use all those things for. Use something like wireshark to see where its sending that data if it is.

  • @manofculture69
    @manofculture69 Рік тому +138

    I am really afraid about the privacy this phone delivers. With everything masked and modified (like storage capacity, ram etc) I don't know what this phone will draw out of our data's to phishing and scam centers to make some bucks. Should be regulated a lot.

    • @mal0gen
      @mal0gen Рік тому +31

      It's probably constantly connected to Chinese servers.

    • @edster8416
      @edster8416 Рік тому +15

      If ur sending sensitive company paperwork and emails not to mention online banking on one of these phones u deserve to get robbed.🙈

    • @maddym4020
      @maddym4020 Рік тому +6

      your normal phone does this too

    • @manofculture69
      @manofculture69 Рік тому +2

      @@maddym4020 the difference is that we know actually to whom our data is being sold/sent, here we DON'T.

    • @ItsLtime
      @ItsLtime Рік тому

      @@edster8416 Well then what are those who confused this phone with a real phone and dont have a laptop supposed to do then? Magically summon a laptop or another phone?

  • @thedegendan
    @thedegendan Рік тому +6

    7:08 - answer: some websites need mic, camera and storage permission. Contacts is for autofill also

    • @TingFeng77
      @TingFeng77 Рік тому +2

      Granted still i wouldn't trust that browser too much
      Then again genuine google chrome also requests those permissions

  • @justbegula
    @justbegula Рік тому +12

    After hours of research and tireless work, I can conclude that:
    The 32 million cameras is actually 32 million pixels..

  • @FlyboyHelosim
    @FlyboyHelosim Рік тому +2

    It's got Rubik's Cube technology... because you just can't figure it out. 😂

  • @cesariojpn
    @cesariojpn Рік тому +25

    Chinese Seller 1: "Hugh Jefferies? That names sounds familiar."
    Chinese Seller 2: "Didn't we sell him some parts 7 months ago? Should've been there by now....."

  • @Menjari
    @Menjari Рік тому +16

    Many phones like this will bake the fake specs into the kernel. I found this out when I managed to compile TWRP for an older S Series clone and port various ROMs for it. The ROMs I ported came from various devs and I trusted them to not tinker with fake specs. Of course, as part of any port, you have to use your existing kernel if you don't want to compile a new one, and thus even with a completely different ROM, the phone still showed fake RAM and storage. There is also a build file which as an XML file that you can edit if rooted to change what shows in System Settings.
    Although it has been a while since I played with this sort of stuff. Some things may have changed. Despite how expensive they are they all have essentially the same chip, there is not a premium version of the fake with possibility of some select brand's fake iPhones, as they can have prices ranging in the 400-600 range.
    Most of the fakes also have very poor cellular frequency support, so chances are you will be stuck with a phone that can only use China's mobile services.

  • @5argetech56
    @5argetech56 Рік тому +2

    The knockoff samsung charger, that weighs next to nothing.. And will most likely burn your house down!!
    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @Redhotsmasher
    @Redhotsmasher Рік тому +3

    3:05 Immediately thought "Hmm, kernel 3.18 sounds a bit old for "Android 11"."
    Should've used the "S-Pen" on the "fingerprint reader" for the lulz.

  • @KipdoesStuff
    @KipdoesStuff Рік тому +26

    Years ago, my exes daughter wanted me to give her $100 to buy her friends old smart phone. (2009-ish) I asked to see the phone. It was supposed to be an iphone but had no markings to prove that and it was 30% thicker than any I've seen. It had a 'touch' screen but after a little messing around I figured out it wasn't a touch screen. All the 'apps' were laid out similarly, to take advantage of pressure switches under the fake screen. It was like a kids toy from the 90's. I said no, she got pissed, another of their friend ended up with it and none of them are friends anymore because the fake phone ruined their friendship. And I got to keep my $100

    • @Zjedi
      @Zjedi Рік тому +1

      Sound like the fake iPhone is one you would let potential thives take instead of your real phone.

    • @SN64YT
      @SN64YT Рік тому +2

      @@Zjedi true, they would take it

  • @MultiTelan
    @MultiTelan Рік тому +31

    Whoo, what a powerhouse! Cortex A7 cores! Four of them! An entire gig of RAM! Eight times that in storage! Who needs any more??
    Real question: are those frickin…three other cameras just painted on under the clear plastic lenses?

    • @funghiman8492
      @funghiman8492 Рік тому +19

      Yup, a lot of those knock-off products tend to have multiple decorative, dummy cameras. Sometimes not to conceive customers, but to conceive relatives of said customers. You know, for "social status" and what not.

    • @RennieAsh
      @RennieAsh Рік тому

      The fake ones are just plastic molds. They even created a rectangle paint on the cover for the periscope lens but still has a circular one underneath that looks wrong lol

    • @MultiTelan
      @MultiTelan Рік тому

      @@RennieAsh molds really? Seems like paint would be cheaper. Since, you know, cheap is what they’re going for…

  • @CrqzyPro
    @CrqzyPro Рік тому +1

    the way he is not even laughing when he reads "Rubik's cube technology" or "32 million cameras" is making me laugh so hard

  • @chimdiokwamma6334
    @chimdiokwamma6334 Рік тому +2

    "32 million cameras".. I almost burst out laughing 😂😂😂

  • @megatronskneecap
    @megatronskneecap Рік тому +9

    0:55 - I think we're about a good 50 years away from 32 million cameras on a single phone. I would genuinely be interested to know how this could be pulled off.

    • @Cymes
      @Cymes Рік тому +2

      Nanomachines , son!

    • @someuser4166
      @someuser4166 Рік тому

      I mean we literally have millions of tiny transistors in our CPUs. Why not millions of tiny cameras? And Insect eyes actually kinda works like that too.

  • @AttorneyBCollins
    @AttorneyBCollins Рік тому +103

    Actually it has 256G of memory, the software just throttles it down to what the customer paid for. I could so see this in the future.

    • @akhileshb_
      @akhileshb_ Рік тому +23

      Come on man, don't give them ideas.

    • @prupps5840
      @prupps5840 Рік тому +2

      i'm sorry but that makes no sense?

    • @R_Forde
      @R_Forde Рік тому +33

      @@prupps5840 BMW is doing something similar with their cars. All the features are there you just need to pay a subscrition to unlock them every month.

    • @prupps5840
      @prupps5840 Рік тому +12

      @@R_Forde but i bet they're charging their cars a premium to compensate for it.
      It would be a big gamble for phone manufacturers since they're spending more money putting high specs on phones that they will have to sell very cheaply to justify the spec-locking "feature" instead of just selling a cheap low spec phone...
      I doubt people will buy a phone that will downgrades their spec unless they pay up instead of buying a normal phone.

    • @ManleyEvangelista
      @ManleyEvangelista Рік тому +13

      Reminds me of a Intel Pentium processor back in 2010, when Intel would sell a crippled chip. But you could unlock it to its full potential, by buying a scratch off card from BestBuy.

  • @dennis8196
    @dennis8196 Рік тому +2

    What really gets me is these manufacturers are actually making good hardware, if they didn't try to compete against the big players they can make very competitive hardware once approvals and certificates are obtained. They really don't need to make counterfeits, just make themselves a name. Within 5-10 years they could be signing a deal in most high street retailers in every town in the world. It takes a got of work, but they can do this if they use their brains.

  • @Alexis_Mos
    @Alexis_Mos Рік тому +2

    Samsung doesn't include chargers. So a knock-off characterization didn't apply here 😄

  • @Tilteddog
    @Tilteddog Рік тому +11

    When he took the screen protector off I wanted him to say “and were done” xddd

  • @StarfoxHUN
    @StarfoxHUN Рік тому +42

    In a 'Real' phone, the browser does asks for permission to camera, because there's some sites using it for video chat fe. Contacts however, that's solid data stealing.

    • @aceae4210
      @aceae4210 Рік тому +7

      in firefox it's also used for builtin QR code reading as well

    • @jacquelineliu2641
      @jacquelineliu2641 Рік тому +15

      Normal browsers only ask for permission when needed. For example it only asks for the camera permission when you first choose to upload a picture.
      Contacts permission can be legit too. The permission to add accounts or use existing accounts (those "accounts" that shows up in system settings, like Google accounts) falls under the "contacts" category. If you decline that for Chrome you won't be able to use Chrome sync.

    • @StarfoxHUN
      @StarfoxHUN Рік тому +4

      ​@@jacquelineliu2641 Oh sry, i didnt knew Chrome already utilized contacts.
      And yea, good point most browsers asks permission only when first needed, but still i can accept if a smaller browser asks in first lauch too, to not be an unconvinience later-on. But that's just me, its skecthy still to do.

    • @peachandtoffee
      @peachandtoffee Рік тому

      Facts

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Рік тому +1

      @@jacquelineliu2641 Yup, they ask when needed. I have a couple apps where I disabled some permissions, because I don't see why it would need them, but if they do need the permissions at some point, they obviously ask for them again.

  • @dhineshd94
    @dhineshd94 Рік тому +2

    Got an heartattack after seeing the idea behind their fingerprint sensor 😂

  • @ParArdua
    @ParArdua Рік тому

    "Genuine Fake Phone".
    Wonder if Hugh might be better flagging eBay, or notifying the ACCC and state Scam Watch Agency?
    The 32 Million cameras becoming ONE, and the very droll presentation really cracked me up. Great that Australian humour has survived the internet age.
    Best wishes Hugh.

  • @manuelmorrobel
    @manuelmorrobel Рік тому +22

    Rubik's Cube Technology?! I've always waited for this to be implemented in smartphones!! Finally 🔥🔥💯💯

  • @fadedgam3r
    @fadedgam3r Рік тому +11

    A customer who came to my at&t store brought that phone on alley express for 180$ it was some old lady telling me that she got a good deal on it🤣 it didnt work with our network and she was like wtf lol like yea ofc it doesnt work the imei is sketchy🤣

    • @lebirb9497
      @lebirb9497 Рік тому

      jesus 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @8ith.
      @8ith. Рік тому

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @EJKim-zk9st
    @EJKim-zk9st Рік тому

    Oh man, I laughed so hard watching this video. It's much funnier all recent stand up comedy shows on netflix.

  • @shivam5878
    @shivam5878 Рік тому

    That "trailer" of yours in the last was osm 😂 btw 32 million cameras😱 they r GODs

  • @anterprites
    @anterprites Рік тому +7

    1:39 China Export logo LOL

  • @Jensen871
    @Jensen871 Рік тому +7

    Love your videos! Keep making videos on phones that are very legit. I wish my real S22 Ultra had Rubix Cube Technology.

  • @h.google
    @h.google Рік тому +3

    Brilliant video Hugh, thanks. How is Aliexpress allowed to sell this crap?

  • @dibyadarshanpatra2932
    @dibyadarshanpatra2932 Рік тому

    How could you hold back your laugh man ???😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

  • @jaisuriya8055
    @jaisuriya8055 Рік тому +4

    This series is fun!!! Can you please do more series of phones like this?? This is so interesting and informative

  • @seireiart
    @seireiart Рік тому +27

    I think SMOOREZ reviewed this phone before. The funny part in his videos is when he does test the "under-screen fingerprint" 🤣👌

    • @DerrickRG
      @DerrickRG Рік тому +8

      What hasn't that guy reviewed at this point? He's the Welcome Phone king.

    • @FauziAveline
      @FauziAveline Рік тому +2

      @@DerrickRG he’s the king of clones

    • @hviet7685
      @hviet7685 Рік тому +1

      Yo people who watch SMOOREZ

    • @doneshiabrock2262
      @doneshiabrock2262 Рік тому +2

      @smoorez

  • @clint1144
    @clint1144 Рік тому +1

    Apple and Samsung need to incorporate that groundbreaking Rubik's cube technology

  • @TheRealDirtySkillz
    @TheRealDirtySkillz Рік тому

    What a fantastic video. I knew they have been doing this for years. Thanks for your through review of the scam.

  • @filenotfound__3871
    @filenotfound__3871 Рік тому +5

    Was so exited to see theese 32million cameras in action

  • @mosesmatawaareseb1965
    @mosesmatawaareseb1965 Рік тому +7

    Love your videos and I've been watching them for years now thank you very much for informative and educational content,,not only we learn something from u but we learn how to repair our own devices too,, wish I could be just got as you if only I had better device to watch on,, but anyways great content my best UA-cam channels

  • @motordori
    @motordori Рік тому

    Great to see and hear the explanation. Excellent

  • @newbie4789
    @newbie4789 Рік тому +1

    32.0 million camera with Rubik's cube technology... sounds legit.

  • @eager_ly
    @eager_ly Рік тому +4

    I've always wanted 32 million cameras, these guys are ahead of their time!

  • @-ver6459
    @-ver6459 Рік тому +4

    Scams like this are so common in my country and people fall for it ALL THE TIME. smh

  • @DhaleBEvans
    @DhaleBEvans Рік тому

    I love this guy's voice while sounding sarcastic at the same time.

  • @siya_bong_a
    @siya_bong_a Рік тому

    Lol this phone had me on the floor on rear camera part, lol I don't know how you said that with a straight face

  • @fog5721
    @fog5721 Рік тому +4

    11:44 "oh wait i forgot to put in the fake cameras"