Unboxing A Knock-Off Galaxy S9+

The Samsung Galaxy S8 was a major move by the company and it is actually my favorite phone released in 2017! All the things about it are great, along with the design, specs and the numerous features it has. The Galaxy S9 hasn’t been released yet, but it is rumored to release on 25th of February, which is in just a few weeks.

The guy from UnboxTherapy, called Lewis, came up with a great video of a fake Galaxy S9+ that was shipped to him from China, which was a smartphone that has all the things that are considered to feature in the new model of the “Galaxy S” sequel. It costs a $100 and it is up to you to tell me whether you think it is worth it, or not.

What’s this phone about?

The reason behind making this phone is actually to show how the original Galaxy S9 will look like, which makes me think that the developers of this “Clone” are really confident and they may actually have a strong source of information, coming out of Samsung. For a hundred dollars it is clear that they don’t make it much for the profit, which sounds cool to me. I wonder if they would get in trouble with Samsung for issuing the copyrights of the company. That’s a commonly seen problem with Chinese “fake” products, that try to do so with big world companies. I hope they don’t.

What’s with the design and features of the phone?

To be honest, I am amazed by how the phone looks. For a $100 price, I expected it to look worse than it does. This doesn’t mean that the quality is perfect – it is far from that. The phone is kind of bulky and heavy, but it looks good on first sight. They pretty much nailed most of the things about the expected S9 and the fingerprint sensor is exactly where users of the S8 complain that it should’ve been. Samsung listens to those who buy their products, so I think that this “Clone” version will be right at guessing the possible spot of the fingerprint sensor, which is just under the dual-lens camera.

Talking about cameras, it is unclear whether this knock-off smartphone has really integrated 12MP camera – I pretty much doubt it. The camera is slower, along with the software itself, but still looks fair for the price. The audio coming out of the speakers is not perfect too, but the placing of the system looks promisingly enough to appear on the original S9. On the packaging of this fake S9 it says that it features an AMOLED display, but this is a total lie. It is unclear what type of technology hides behind this display, but it is clear that there are “Frames” that appear on the screen of the “Clone” when Lewis compares it to the original S8.

All in all, for a smartphone $100 sounds like a reasonable price, but I’d rather save up some more dollars and get myself an average smartphone. At least if something happens to it there would be maintenance and support provided by the manufacturer, which is not expected to happen with this Chinese model. Moreover, imagine if you crack the screen? You’d have to throw it away, as there won’t be any spare parts available in any store in any country, aside from China. I like the concept of building something before the original phone has popped out – this means that the developer of the “Clone” is too confident and we’ll soon see whether they nailed it or not.