{"id":318698,"date":"2025-12-16T08:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/318698\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:29:08","slug":"canada-man-buys-a-fake-iphone-17-pro-max-and-is-left-stunned-at-what-turns-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/318698\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada man buys a fake iPhone 17 Pro Max and is left stunned at what turns up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays, you need to cough up some serious cash for the latest advancement in <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/tech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"tech\" style=\"color: #0074ff;\">tech<\/a> \u2013 but if you don\u2019t have $1000+ to drop on a new device, how about a fake iPhone 17 Pro Max?<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s latest wave of iPhones is being slated as the biggest step up the brand has made in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p>With the iPhone 17 Pro Max spearheading the fleet at $1,200, though, it might be a few years before most of us get our hands on it.<\/p>\n<p>The fake market is capitalizing on this, producing cheaper mock-ups, and this Canadian YouTuber has now managed to get his hands on the latest knock-off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbxcars.com\/?utm_source=supercarblondie.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=article-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" style=\"color: #0074ff;\">VISIT SBX CARS<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 View live supercar auctions powered by Supercar Blondie<\/p>\n<p>Fake iPhone 17 Pro Max arrives with a better battery than the real deal<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/apple-announces-iphone-17-with-major-updates-to-camera-display-and-battery-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max\" style=\"color: #0074ff;\">Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max<\/a> has kicked things up a notch, competitors immediately went on the offensive with <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/apple-iphone-17-pro-max-rival-xiaomi-17-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"cheaper alternatives\" style=\"color: #0074ff;\">cheaper alternatives<\/a> that promised few differences.<\/p>\n<p>This also spurred another wave of fake iPhone products, as people tried to offer big savings. <\/p>\n<p>However, these knock-offs have glaring flaws, and YouTuber Phone Repair Guru has been pointing them out.<\/p>\n<p>In his latest upload, he unboxed the latest fake iPhone 17 Pro Max, and his interest was immediately piqued.<\/p>\n<p>Not by a flaw, though.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the fake iPhone actually had a bigger battery than <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/iphone-17-pro-battery-life-gets-major-19-increase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"the improved iPhone 17 Pro Max\" style=\"color: #0074ff;\">the improved iPhone 17 Pro Max<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fake-iPhone-17-Pro-Max.webp\" style=\"color: #0074ff;\" data-lightbox=\"169271\" data-title=\"Phone Repair Guru\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"169276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fake-iPhone-17-Pro-Max-1024x640.webp.webp\" alt=\"This Canadian tech guru unboxed the latest fake iPhone 17 Pro Max on the market, and is left stunned at a juicier battery but a sub-par product\" class=\"wp-image-169276\"   style=\"border-radius: 10px;\"\/><\/a>Phone Repair Guru<\/p>\n<p>Bigger doesn\u2019t always mean better, though. <\/p>\n<p>The tech guru revealed that this battery won\u2019t last, unlike the Apple product, which <a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/expert-test-iphone-17-battery-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"has been refined for heavy usage\" style=\"color: #0074ff;\">has been refined for heavy usage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the rest of the flaws followed.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s why you shouldn\u2019t buy it<\/p>\n<p>The fake iPhone 17 Pro Max was quite well-built, but its differences were obvious when it was up and running. <\/p>\n<p>The decreased performance of the LCD screen was nothing on Apple OLED technology, while the camera was a massive let-down, and the App Store needed a complicated workaround to download external software.<\/p>\n<p>When testing out the performance on Genshin Impact, the YouTuber was left aghast at the slow and glitchy video quality and was left severely unimpressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do not want it,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/supercarblondie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fake-iPhone-17-Pro.webp\" style=\"color: #0074ff;\" data-lightbox=\"169271\" data-title=\"Phone Repair Guru\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"169275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fake-iPhone-17-Pro-1024x640.webp.webp\" alt=\"This Canadian tech guru unboxed the latest fake iPhone 17 Pro Max on the market, and is left stunned at a juicier battery but a sub-par product\" class=\"wp-image-169275\"   style=\"border-radius: 10px;\"\/><\/a>Phone Repair Guru<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis thing is slow and absolutely not worth the price people sell them for. 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