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Counterfeit (Fake) Headsets - How to recognize and avoid them; what are the differences?

Counterfeit (Fake) Headsets - How to recognize and avoid them; what are the differences?

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Published on: 29 January, 2007 by PhoneArena Team

Counterfeit (Fake) Headsets - How to recognize and avoid them; what are the differences?

According to Wikipedia, “A counterfeit is an imitation that is made usually with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins. The word counterfeit most frequently

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I have a fake BH-700 Nokia headset. I must say I thought it was a fake from the start. Battery life is bad, but on top of that it doesn't keep the "security" code so every time I turn it on & attempt to pair I have to type 0000. That doesn't happen w/ the real BH-700 I also have. Great article! Thanks for confirming my suspicions.
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Phone King
Wow.....it took this long for someone to actually post an article on fake bluetooths? These have been circulating for months and months now. Another should be written on car and home chargers too. Oh and even the handset themselves.
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PR5
i disagree with the buying from large companies bit, i got my Jabra JX10 from a well establish online US company, and its still a fake, its been 3 months and i havent had a problem with the fake, it works suprisingly good for a POS. it was only $60CAD Vs $200 CAD (bestbuy). i dont mine counterfit as long as it works GOOD and is super cheap.

also the motorola headset that i got from bestbuy was a fake too, the HS820, i know there was something wrong with it, it even smelled bad, i returned it that day since it was so obvious
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raulr
Motorola does have a site dedicated to fake accessories. It shows you how to identify the real from the fake and give you a link to report it. The site is http://www.motorola.com/original
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fake headsets
i bought 3 of them from retail stores and they were fake but i was more than happy with the quality so i dont really care. your going out to buy a headset, as long as it does the job, the quality is good and your happy, i don't really care, its exactly what i was expecting.
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Moto site
Raulr,

At the time this article was published, Motorola did not have that site. It is something new and I guess created after we wrote our piece.
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Motorola
So the motorola h700 FAKE is actually better, am I seeing these charts right?
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Fake H700 is better than real !!!
Hmmm ... I should buy the fake H700 then. According to the charts, in overall the fake H700 has better performance than the real one. Very weird unless the charts were messed up.
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Nokia BH-800
I'm a bit confused. I purchased the Nokia BH-800 and read your review on pg 2. The one I have matches up with the genuine one you described... everything except for the box. Mine came in the darker box w/o the animation. Is mine a fake?
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very nice, i didnot know there are such things!
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