April 15, 2015 at 12:47Caution, fake! How to make out on time fake Kingston USB drives
Hello Giktayms! Today I want to talk about fakes Kingston products. It is no secret that enterprising businessmen from different countries try to cash in on the fame of world manufacturers and produce products that are very similar in appearance, but very different in essence. This problem also affects Kingston, under the cut a few pictures of fakes and information on how to avoid cheating.
I’ll immediately apologize for the quality of some photos, but understand that photographing fakes correctly in a studio environment is somewhat ... strange, and why do it. The Chinese, but not those who diligently work in these Kingston factories, use original photos to lure the user.
Yes, it seems from afar, but nothing more. You can’t deceive an attentive user in a store, but online is easy! The logo is read, upon seeing the rest two times lower than the usual price, gullible buyers no longer pay attention, but in vain.
Kingston company carefully monitors the packaging style of its products, the blister always has the model name and its volume. At the top photo added color elements, there is no model name and there is no storage capacity. At the bottom is the original Kingston.
Feel the difference. Marking is uneven, some characters are not readable, on the original Kingston - the engraving is clear, easy to read, aligned with the edges of the flash drive. Yes, in general, and not engraving on a fake - ordinary paint ... It’s easy to “fuse” such a flash drive when selling “from hand to hand” when there is no packaging. By the way, in addition to the appearance, such flash drives can have problems with speed and volume. It is defined as 8 gigabytes, by labeling - 8 gigabytes, and in fact - 128 megabytes = (And the “disappointment of poor quality” will last much longer than the “joy of the low price”.
The barcode sticker contains only a few digits and a simple barcode, the original Kingston shows two barcodes, the batch number of the product, information about the place of production of the flash drive, a 12-digit barcode, part number of the model (approx. DTR30 / 64GB) ...
And here in this photo is a product that does not even look like Kingston. The company has never produced such models; they are a figment of the imagination of unscrupulous entrepreneurs. Unscrupulous businessmen from all over the world, and not only China is involved here, although most of the fakes come from there, they don’t even try to imitate the appearance of the original models, but simply pack their crafts in blisters with the Kingston logo.
I’ll draw attention to the fact that all current drive models can be found on the manufacturer’s website .
The Kingston website has a special “ Product Verification ” section that describes the basic methods for protecting flash drives and memory modules from counterfeiting.
In addition, there are two video files on which protection technologies are described.
But even if after all the manipulations with checking for authenticity, there still remained doubts - the most reliable way remains - to contact Kingston technical support directly by sending a product photo to ru_support@kingston.com The
best way to buy the original Kingston is to buy it from recommended authorized sellers , which are collected in a single section on the Kingston website.
Thanks for reading us!
I’ll immediately apologize for the quality of some photos, but understand that photographing fakes correctly in a studio environment is somewhat ... strange, and why do it. The Chinese, but not those who diligently work in these Kingston factories, use original photos to lure the user.
Front side of the package
Yes, it seems from afar, but nothing more. You can’t deceive an attentive user in a store, but online is easy! The logo is read, upon seeing the rest two times lower than the usual price, gullible buyers no longer pay attention, but in vain.
Kingston company carefully monitors the packaging style of its products, the blister always has the model name and its volume. At the top photo added color elements, there is no model name and there is no storage capacity. At the bottom is the original Kingston.
Side face engraving
Feel the difference. Marking is uneven, some characters are not readable, on the original Kingston - the engraving is clear, easy to read, aligned with the edges of the flash drive. Yes, in general, and not engraving on a fake - ordinary paint ... It’s easy to “fuse” such a flash drive when selling “from hand to hand” when there is no packaging. By the way, in addition to the appearance, such flash drives can have problems with speed and volume. It is defined as 8 gigabytes, by labeling - 8 gigabytes, and in fact - 128 megabytes = (And the “disappointment of poor quality” will last much longer than the “joy of the low price”.
Reverse side of packaging
The barcode sticker contains only a few digits and a simple barcode, the original Kingston shows two barcodes, the batch number of the product, information about the place of production of the flash drive, a 12-digit barcode, part number of the model (approx. DTR30 / 64GB) ...
Just flash drives
And here in this photo is a product that does not even look like Kingston. The company has never produced such models; they are a figment of the imagination of unscrupulous entrepreneurs. Unscrupulous businessmen from all over the world, and not only China is involved here, although most of the fakes come from there, they don’t even try to imitate the appearance of the original models, but simply pack their crafts in blisters with the Kingston logo.
I’ll draw attention to the fact that all current drive models can be found on the manufacturer’s website .
The Kingston website has a special “ Product Verification ” section that describes the basic methods for protecting flash drives and memory modules from counterfeiting.
In addition, there are two video files on which protection technologies are described.
ColorShift Verification
PhantomShift Verification
But even if after all the manipulations with checking for authenticity, there still remained doubts - the most reliable way remains - to contact Kingston technical support directly by sending a product photo to ru_support@kingston.com The
best way to buy the original Kingston is to buy it from recommended authorized sellers , which are collected in a single section on the Kingston website.
Thanks for reading us!