A cloned phone resembling the iPhone 14 Pro Max is circulating in Chinese e-commerce. This phone comes just a few weeks after Apple announced the iPhone 14 series.
The phone whose brand is unknown at first glance is indeed very similar to the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Even the name is very similar, namely i14 Pro Max, so potential buyers who are not careful can be disappointed.
It is not known what phone vendor produces the i14 Pro Max. The phone was sold on e-commerce site 1688 whose name turned out to be a play on Alibaba in Chinese.
From the outside, users who are not observant will definitely think this phone is the real iPhone 14 Pro Max. But when it was examined, it was seen that on the back of the phone there was no Apple logo and the Dynamic Island display was also different.
The i14 Pro Max has far different specifications and prices than the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The specifications written on the 1688 site reveal that this phone uses the MediaTek MT6753 chipset, 3GB RAM, 32GB internal memory, and a 2,800 mAh battery.
The screen size is 6.51 inches with HD + resolution, much smaller than the 6.7-inch screen carried by the iPhone 14 Pro Max. This phone also runs Android 8.1 with an interface that is made similar to iOS.
The price of the i14 Pro Max is also like earth and sky when compared to the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The phone is priced at 520 Yuan, less than 10% of the price of the iPhone 14 Pro Max which starts at USD 1,099.
A cloned phone like this can trick users who are not careful and are already tempted by a sloping price. So its presence is worth knowing just in case.
Although the specifications and prices of the i14 Pro Max are very different from the iPhone 14 Pro Max, it looks like this phone is also present in a flagship variant that carries the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chipset.
This flagship variant is also equipped with 16GB of RAM, 1TB of internal memory, 6.8-inch screen, 120Hz refresh rate, and 7,800 mAh battery, as quoted from Gizmochina.