The new iPhone flagship is quietly on sale! I was stunned

If there were a smartphone with the design of an iPhone, a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, and support for Huawei's HMS services, how much should it be worth?

10,000, 5,000, or 3,000 yuan? It sells for 459 yuan.

The advantages of this phone are not limited to what was mentioned earlier; it is also advertised to have a 6.5-inch ultra-high-definition screen, a 48-megapixel rear camera plus a 20-megapixel front camera, and a 6,800mAh battery, which is extremely rare in today's smartphone market.

Out of curiosity about the actual experience of this phone, I impulsively applied for funds and bought it.

To have a comparison and in the spirit of fairness and justice, I didn't want to bully it with genuine products from Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, and iPhone, so I found another phone that looks very similar to the Pura 70 Ultra for comparison.

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The moment I opened the packaging of these two phones, I was confused; the packaging of these two phones was exactly the same, making one suspect they were produced by the same company.

There are some differences in the packaging details, such as the plastic seal of the "iPhone" having a hole in the center of the top and bottom, while this "P70" does not.

The labels on the two phones are also different; the phone named i15 Pro only indicates the production address, with no information on memory or storage, while the one named P70 Pro Max, yes, P70 Pro Max, only indicates the manufacturer and specifies the storage version, without the size of the RAM.

The most absurd thing is that the text on the front and back of the i15 Pro is actually reversed.

The manufacturer probably wants you to read it this way.The internal packaging of both phones shows noticeable shaking, but the i15 Pro's internal packaging is even more loose, allowing for a more pronounced internal jiggling and louder sounds.

Therefore, I speculate that these two phones are not from the same manufacturer but have procured the same packaging materials.

As mentioned earlier, the i15 Pro is priced at 459 yuan, while the P70 Pro Max is priced at 357 yuan, with the i15 Pro being 102 yuan more expensive. The i15 Pro comes with a 20000mAh power bank and a pair of Bluetooth earphones.

Regarding these earphones, I am willing to call them the AirPods Pro Max edition, and their value can be judged by you all.

Back to the phones, let's talk about the i15 Pro first. In addition to the data cable, the phone accessories also include a charging head and wired earphones, which is very un-Apple-like...

The power of the included charger is only 10W, which is also very Apple-like...

It must be said that there is only one user manual inside the phone, without a warranty card, and the manufacturer of this phone remains unknown.

On the front of the phone, there is a notch narrower than the iPhone 13 Pro Max, and the wide chin at the bottom of the phone is quite touching. For the 459 yuan i15 Pro, expectations should not be too high.

Moreover, the phone features an extremely advanced 3.5mm headphone jack, and the power button supports fingerprint recognition, but the volume buttons, neither increasing nor decreasing, are ineffective and only control the volume by sliding the screen.

The camera module on the back of the phone can fit into an iPhone 14 Pro Max case, but here, the disadvantage of the long chin is evident, as the chin of the i15 Pro is indeed too long.The P70 Pro Max does not come with wired earphones, and naturally, there is no headphone jack on the device itself.

Additionally, the P70 Pro Max does not include a product warranty card; it only has a user manual. The user manuals for both phones cannot be described as very similar; they are, in fact, identical.

I must comment on its packaging, which shares the same design at the bottom as the i15 Pro. The same packaging box for different phones, but for this reason, the box holds the phone in place, preventing it from rattling around inside.

However, this also results in the camera lens being scratched, but that's not important. The reason is not discussed here, but I believe everyone can guess.

The back of the P70 Pro Max has a similar texture to the Pura 70 Ultra. The Pura 70 Ultra uses an embroidered embossing process, while the P70 Pro Max uses a plastic mold forming process. The texture feels very cheap, but it is not prone to scratches.

Like the i5 Pro, the P70 Pro Max has a longer chin and cannot fit into the Pura 70 Ultra's phone case. The camera module is also not as large as the genuine one.

But to be honest, I didn't have high expectations for the appearance of these two phones. The waterdrop screen, the frame that could park an aircraft carrier, and the long chin are all features that can be seen on low-end phones from big brands. I am more curious about the specifications of these two phones.

Do you remember we mentioned earlier that the i15 Pro's chip was advertised as the Snapdragon 855, but in the phone settings, it shows the chip as the Snapdragon 888+, with a memory configuration of 10+128G. The number 10 is quite rare.

AnTuTu also shows that the i15 Pro's chip is the Snapdragon 888+, but instead of the corresponding Adreno 660 GPU, it has a Mali-G57. The screen resolution reaches 4K, with a rear 87.7-megapixel camera and a front-facing camera of 41.3 megapixels. The screen pixel density and battery capacity are both incredibly high, at 680ppi and 9800mAh, respectively.

These numbers are artificially inflated in an artistic way; they are meant to deceive you, but in a way that makes it clear they are deceiving you, and AnTuTu cannot detect this.In comparison, the P70 Pro Max has correctly identified the chip and the corresponding GPU; the manufacturer has done their best, but not much more. For instance, the screen resolution is stated as 1440×2560, with a ratio of 9:16, which clearly does not match the screen's aspect ratio. However, in terms of visual perception, the P70 Pro Max does not have as severe a graininess as the i15 Pro.

We used the app specifically designed by the blogger "Xiao Bai Kai Xiang" for counterfeit testing to check, and the results showed that the actual screen resolution of the P70 Pro Max is 720×1612, while the i15 Pro only has 540×1200.

Due to the unique screen aspect ratio of the i15 Pro, many apps will have a black border at the bottom when in use.

What's even more surprising is the chip. The i15 Pro uses the Unisoc T606 chip, while the P70 Pro Max uses the Unisoc T616 chip. The more expensive i15 Pro actually has an inferior chip compared to the P70 Pro Max. In terms of performance, the counterfeit Huawei phone has won.

When using AnTuTu for benchmarking, both phones are restricted to using the lower-tier AnTuTu Benchmark 3D Lite version. The P70 Pro Max scores close to 260,000 points, while the i15 Pro scores 810,000 points, but both phones surpass more than 1% of users.

For comparison, the OnePlus 9 Pro with the Snapdragon 888 can score up to 960,000 points, surpassing 33% of users, while the Snapdragon 888+ on the i15 Pro only surpasses 1% of users.

What are everyone's thoughts on this?

Geekbench can measure the true benchmarking performance of both phones. The P70 Pro Max has a single-core score of 440 and a multi-core score of 1375, which is roughly the level of the Snapdragon 710.

The i15 Pro has a single-core score of only 378, which is comparable to the Kirin 955 on the Huawei P9, by the way, the P9 was released 8 years ago.

I originally wanted to test the gaming performance of these two phones, but there are restrictions on the phones that prevent the use of tools to test frame rates.The P70 Pro Max and i15 Pro can only be described as capable of running games like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) and Honor of Kings, but due to the limitations of their screen quality, the experience is far from satisfactory. The highest graphics setting for PUBG is only high definition, and the i15 Pro, due to its low resolution, has a very pronounced jaggedness in the text within the game graphics.

What about playing Genshin Impact? I would advise against harboring such unrealistic expectations. From installing the game, loading animations, to in-game actions, every aspect is noticeably laggy, even with the graphics settings set to the lowest.

It is not surprising that the phone's RAM and storage capacity are also falsely advertised. The i15 Pro is labeled as having 10GB+128GB, but in reality, it has only 4GB+32GB. The P70 Pro Max claims to have 12GB+256GB, but in fact, it only has 3GB+128GB.

As previously mentioned, it is not an issue if the camera module of the P70 Pro Max is scratched. Why is that? Because the camera is fake. Among the three lenses of the i15 Pro and P70 Pro Max, only the top one is real, while the bottom two are fake.

The image resolution indicates that the P70 Pro Max has a pixel count of 12 million, and the i15 Pro has 20 million pixels, both of which are approximately only a quarter of what is claimed.

As for the camera quality, this set of photos can reflect their level...

However, with such camera quality, it is possible to capture the currently popular vintage-style videos.

I have shared all of this to prove one thing: the water is too deep when it comes to the hardware specifications of counterfeit smartphones. Both AnTuTu and Master Lu have made identification errors, and ordinary people simply cannot grasp the truth.System-wise, the i15 Pro, which claims to support HMS, can indeed log into a Huawei account within the settings, but it cannot enjoy any of Huawei's cloud services. In this control center, one can see the shadow of the native Android.

On the other hand, the P70 Pro Max does not have the so-called HMS, but it has a second screen that is very close to the HarmonyOS system. However, in this second screen, the "My" column is filled with entertainment content, and the "Discover" column seems to integrate many services, but clicking on them leads to the app store to download WeChat.

Whether it's Huawei's HMS or the second screen, as well as the appearance and hardware parameters mentioned earlier, counterfeit phones are just putting on a facade, but in reality, they do not live up to their names, which is why they are called counterfeit.

On e-commerce platforms, these phones are not low in sales. There are 2000 comments under the P70 Pro Max product, and they have purchased counterfeit iPhones and Huawei phones. Common comments include smooth phone operation, good photography, clear screen, fast charging speed, and bought for the elderly at home.

After a simple experience with these two phones, apart from smooth operation, the photography, screen, and charging are hard to describe.

In the low-end entry-level mobile phone market, there are better models to choose from, such as the Redmi 13C that Guozi previously talked about, equipped with a better Dimensity 6100 chip, a 5000mAh battery, and 18W charging, and even the screen is 90Hz, and it's a brand like Xiaomi, with a price of 699 yuan for 6+128G.

It's two to three hundred yuan more expensive than counterfeit machines.

For many target groups of counterfeit machines, two to three hundred yuan may be a large part of their living costs. In the price range of three to four hundred yuan, Hua Wei, OV, and others have not touched it, only ZTE's YUAN Hang series.

The ZTE YUAN Hang 30 Free Travel Edition, priced at 466 yuan, also uses the Unisoc chipset, but supports 5G, has a 90Hz eye-protective screen, and the desktop has been optimized for the convenience of the elderly, and there are also main and macro lenses.

Don't get me wrong, we haven't received money from Xiaomi and ZTE. What Guozi wants to express is that counterfeit machines can be non-counterfeit at this price, focus on making their own products well, optimize the system, and better serve consumers.A smartphone priced at 300 yuan might feature a T606 UniSoC chip from UNISOC, while a 400 yuan model could offer a 5G-capable UNISOC chip. Consumers who spend three to four hundred yuan on a phone are not concerned with whether it has a flagship processor or the ability to play Genshin Impact; what they require is a genuine and reliable mobile phone brand with a guaranteed quality.