Vote Your Favourite ‘Counterfeit Phone Experience’ Story

By Olusegun Oni

A few weeks ago, I shared with you my story on counterfeit phone experiences and asked you to share yours too. A lot of stories were sent in and I must confess, most of them cracked me up for days.

Now, I have here three stories that are quite interesting, educating and funny. So read through the three different stories from Charles, Princewill, Olerimi and vote for your most interesting story…

Remember the winning entry gets to own a superb Nokia smartphone!

Charles

2009 I travelled to Imo state for a burial; somehow I misplace my original Nokia phone. So I was looking for a long lasting battery phone like Nokia and I was having #20,000 naira with me, a guy brought a very beautiful phone with 2 Sims but without battery for 15k but I price it for 12k and the guy sold it to me hoping to get the battery soon..I searched for the battery throughout the whole east but couldn’t get it so I said when I get to Lagos (computer village) I’ll get it…u won’t believe it that up till date I can’t find that shining but useless china nokia’s battery…i later went to nokia office to buy the original battery for my shining and beautiful nonsense nokia but on getting there they said my nokia phone is not nokia…I was shocked…

Princewill ‘COOLPRINCEE’ Ejirika

Life hasn’t been d same ever since I lost my ‘Sweet Arabian Lover’ :’(, that what I called her, my beautiful, slim, sleek & sophisticated Nokia e55 my aunt got me when she went 2 Dubai, that why I called her my Arabian princess. Now I’m cursed with this China phone that can allegedly has every single feature a phone can have but not implement any correctly. Browser that never opens, ringtone that freaks me d hell out, network that’s always disappearing, radio that never clear, colours on d screen that too bright, battery that never lasts.

I’m tired of nearly bursting everyone’s eardrums drums around me anytime my phone rings, tired of that sharp pain I feel in my ear after receiving a phone call, tired of not being able 2 access internet with my phone. I know just how to get rid of this phone…the next time someone pisses me off…i know just the right object I should throw at them ….yours sincerely angry china phone user

Olerimi Alex

The way I lost my first phone was dramatic. Thieves came to our lodge and they asked for my phone, I have them my 4yr old nokia3310. I was stoned with the phone 4 so long. They broke the phone and gave me the pieces and they left. I finally decided that it is time 2 get a new phone. Camera phone was on my mind. At the market they showed me the grade of new camera phones I could afford. I took one beautiful one they called E100, in fact it was written on top. I was happy with the gadgets and most of all the warranty of 6months. I got home, charged the battery for 6hrs. I took the phone and switched it on. I tried to call my friend but he couldn’t hear me. I changed my position in the room, but that did not help until finally I hit the phone with my hand in frustration. That was when it worked. Before I know it, I heard that strange noise of battery low. Then it went off. I charged the battery 4 another 3 hrs. Switching on the phone, I saw GOODBYE instead of WELCOME. It was there for like 2 minutes before it went off. And it never came up again. Since I still have the warranty, I decided to return it but I was told not refundable was written on my receipt. I went to a repairer to check the fault. Surprisingly glued sand, papers, and chewing gums were seen inside. The repairer said I should bring 4000 for the repairs. I bought the phone at the rate of 7500 for God’s sake. I took the phone from him and gave it to a little boy close to our house, as a gift. The next day the boy came to my house crying with his father with him. If pointed at me. Then I knew that phone had brought problem to me. He said the phone caused blackout to the entire building and might as well cause damages to some appliances. He said I will be responsible for the expenses. E100 taught me a lesson I would not forget. Now I’m using 5130 xpress music which I bought in a Nokia store. If u want to sell counterfeit to me, better think twice.