Every fifth smartphone in the world – a fake.
The international Organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD) published the results of a study of the world market of gadgets, according to which every fifth mobile phone and every fourth gaming console have signs of tampering.
The study is published on the website of the organization.
Experts have found that manufacturers of counterfeit goods in the first place fake batteries, smartphone chargers, memory cards, magnetic strip cards, hard drives and music players.
The share of counterfeit flash drives, readers and adapters is 15 %. Among battery 5 %, laptops and tablets — 6%, cables and charging — 4%.
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