r/alphaandbetausers • u/Michael_siame • 5m ago
[Web, Android/iOS, Beta] Phone Checker: open it on your phone and it says if the phone is really the model it claims
I'm looking for people with Android phones and iPhones from anywhere outside Africa to try this and tell me if it gets their phone right.
What it is: Phone Checker, a free web page that tells a fake phone from a real one. In Zambia, where I live, copies of phones are sold as the real thing: Settings, the box and "About phone" all say Galaxy A14, but the hardware inside is a cheap clone. You open the page on the phone, tap Check, and in about 20 seconds it reads what the browser can see (the model code, the graphics chip, RAM, screen resolution and refresh rate, Widevine level) and compares it with a real one of that model. No app, no account.
Stage: beta. It knows 1,337 models, but most real-world checks so far are Tecno, Infinix, itel and Samsung phones sold in Zambia. I need checks from Pixels, OnePlus, Motorola, Nothing, Sony, Xiaomi and iPhones bought elsewhere.
What I'd love to hear:
- Did it name your phone correctly? (Settings > About phone has the real model)
- Did it say "Original" or "Couldn't confirm"? If "Couldn't confirm", which check was different?
- Anything confusing on the result page
Link: https://ogphonechecker.com
Every result has a "Something wrong?" link too, which comes straight to me. I'll test other products posted here in return.