Smart phone is the most popular ICT device in the world today. And it must be admitted that it is very difficult to imagine a day without smartphones. Whatever you do with your smart phone.
You, now back to the main topic. Suppose you want to buy a smartphone. What's the first thing you do now? Of course go to Google and search by typing the name of your preferred brand and model of smartphone. Try to know about that smartphone. Now on many websites you show two types of prices for that model or that brand of smartphone! One is official and the other is unofficial
There are many people who think that they should not take official or unofficial? What is the difference between official and unofficial phones? And which one should you take? I will discuss it. And how to understand which is official and unofficial mobile?
Hey don't worry I am Labib UR Rahman, I will try to answer all your questions today. What is the way to know Official and Unofficial mobile? What is the difference between them? Which is better for you! I rambled a bit, now back to the main topic.
What is Official and Unofficial Mobile?
Official Mobile: We mean official mobiles that are all mobiles that enter Bangladesh legally and pay VAT and tax to the government and the IMEI number of the mobiles is stored in the list of BTRC. These mobiles are called Official mobiles.
Unofficial Mobile: Those mobile phones which are sold to customers without official registration, VAT and tax, are called Unofficial mobiles.
Difference between Official and Unofficial mobile
Official Mobile: There are no disadvantages of these mobiles. But the advantage is that you can enjoy all the benefits of customer care on these mobiles. And you will get the legal ownership of all these phones, if you lose the phone, you will get easy trucking, you can directly contact the showroom or customer care for warranty or servicing, you will get the original phone..
Unofficial Mobile:
The disadvantage of these mobile phones is that you can buy unofficial phones at much lower prices, but you will not get any benefits of these phones. Again did not get full service warranty. Along with that, you will not get the legal ownership of the phone, easy access if the phone is lost, the original phone and the ownership of the phone in writing.
And the biggest problem is that the government has stepped up to ban unofficial mobiles. So everyone can turn off the network system anytime in unofficial mobile. And the benefits of these mobiles can be said to be that you can buy these unofficial mobiles for 2-3 thousand or less than the price of an official mobile. And I forgot to mention one more thing, that you will not get any update on these phones.
Official and Unofficial mobile in terms of price
Official Mobile: All these mobile prices are bought at the price you see online or on the website. Don't try to reduce or beat the price of official mobiles. All these mobiles have fixed prices.
Unofficial Mobile: I said earlier that these mobiles enter the country without paying any kind of VAT or tax. So you can buy all these mobiles at a price of Rs 1500-3000 or less. But it depends on the complete mobile model and price.
Ways to know Official and Unofficial mobile
In fact, there are many easy ways to identify official and unofficial phones. But I will try to explain you some ways here through screenshots.
How to Find IMEI Number
First dial *#06# on your phone. Now look and see a number or two. These numbers are your phone's IMEI code With which we will now recognize official and unofficial phones. You will also get the IMEI number on the box of your mobile phone.
To find IMEI number by dialing, please see below screenshot.
Method No. 1:
Now go to the imei.info website and enter the IMEI number of the mobile and all the information of the mobile will come. From where you can check whether the brand, model, version, date of your mobile is coming or not.
Check out the screenshot below to understand.
Method No. 2:
In this method, you copy any 15-digit IMEI number on your mobile and go to New Massage on your mobile or any mobile around you; After KYD, write the 15 digit IMEI number of your mobile and send it to 16002.
Example: KYD 123456789012345
√ And Send 16002
Check out the screenshot below to understand.
After that you will receive an SMS reply from a BTRC on your mobile.
If your phone is official then they will say that,
The IMEI of the device is available in the BTRC database.
And if it is unofficial then they will say that,
Device IMEI not found in BTRC database, please try again by entering full IMEI (only 15 digits excluding other special characters including /,#.-). Enter KYD <Space> 15 Digit IMEI Number and send it to 16002.
If the government shuts down Unofficial Mobile, what will those who use it do?
Now those who are using or want to buy unofficial mobile may have a question in their mind. What if the government shuts down unofficial mobile networks? This mobile can no longer be used?
According to my information, the govt will have to reactivate the mobile network system with VAT and tax to reactivate the mobile network system for those who bought Unofficial earlier. And it may cost you 500-1500 taka. (just an idea)
Which one should you buy?
From the above discussion, it must have been understood that unofficial phones have more disadvantages than advantages. Unofficial phones have less security. If the official phone is lost, the phone can be returned by making a GD at the police station. Free servicing warranty available. Although some prices are high, in my opinion it is better to buy your official phone.
And if you buy an unofficial phone, the RAM, ROM, display, built quality etc. will be checked by unboxing the phone just like you check and buy an old phone. I gave my opinion. Now the rest is up to you.
But now I feel that from today, What is the way to know Official and Unofficial mobile? What is the difference between them? Which one is better for you! You can understand and figure these out yourself.
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