The phone, which sells for \u00a350 in the UK, also emerged on online marketplaces in South Africa, including Bidorbuy and OLX.<\/p>\n
MyBroadband purchased one of the advertised Nokia 3310<\/strong><\/a> phones through Bidorbuy for R600, and received it a day later.<\/p>\n The low price and instant availability of the phone raised concerns that it may not be the real thing. When it arrived, these concerns proved to be justified – the phone was a fake.<\/p>\n The packaging used a stock image of the Nokia 3310 with a poor design, and the plastic phone was visibly not the real thing.<\/p>\n The battery which came with the device was a 1,700mAh unit, while the official spec sheet<\/strong><\/a> for the new 3310 states it comes with a 1,200mAh unit.<\/p>\n MyBroadband contacted the seller, Cellulab Umhlanga, regarding the fake Nokia 3310 phone it\u00a0sold us.<\/p>\n A representative from\u00a0Cellulab Umhlanga said they were aware that the phones were fake, and that it was recalling the devices\u00a0and refunding clients.<\/p>\n He said\u00a0he purchased and brought back Nokia 3310 phones from China, and then ordered more which were delivered through DHL.<\/p>\n The batch which he brought back himself were all sold, and the clients were happy.<\/p>\n However, after they started to send out the batch which they shipped back, without having checked them, they received complaints.<\/p>\n They checked the phones, realised they were fake, and are recalling all the fake devices\u00a0which were sold.<\/p>\n He said he will go to China on 30 May to return the fake Nokia 3310 phones, and will swap them for the real thing.<\/p>\n \u201cWe fully comply with the Consumer Protection Act, and we are recalling only the devices that were sold last week. All previous devices will not qualify as they are 100% original,\u201d said Cellulab Umhlanga.<\/span><\/p>\n MyBroadband was told by\u00a0Cellulab Umhlanga that the phone will be picked up on 29 May\u00a0and a refund provided.<\/p>\n Bidorbuy said it does not allow the sale of fake goods on its platform and takes action against sellers who are guilty of this.<\/p>\n \u201cWe investigate and take the necessary action, which may include closing the seller’s account or handing them over to the police,\u201d said Bidorbuy.<\/p>\n It added that users who feel they have received fake goods can report the matter to Bidorbuy.<\/p>\n The images below show the “Nokia 3310” we received.<\/p>\n The new Nokia 3310 is on sale on Bidorbuy and OLX, but users should beware of what’s really on offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":212784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3636,43502,35,25775],"class_list":["post-212666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","tag-bidorbuy","tag-cellulab-umhlanga","tag-headline","tag-nokia-3310"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212666"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212782,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212666\/revisions\/212782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Seller of the fake Nokia 3310 explains<\/h3>\n
Bidorbuy responds<\/h3>\n
\nNokia 3310 advert on Bidorbuy<\/h3>\n
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\nThe fake Nokia 3310<\/h3>\n
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\nNow read:\u00a0Nokia 3310 \u2013 The icon is back<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"