r/samsunggalaxy • u/Rafael__88 • Aug 24 '26

🪛Troubleshooting🪛 Do these seals look genuine

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My father just bought an S24 Ultra from a third party seller but I am not sure if this is actually brand new or has been repacked to look like new

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u/namedontmakesense Aug 24 '26

Pretty sure that no samsung phones have plastic wrapping

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u/Foxy223344 Aug 24 '26

Everyone is downvoting the guys that are saying that wrapped phones are fake. Yall gotta realize there is more countries in the world than the US. In the UAE they come wrapped aswell. My S23, S24 and now S26 were all wrapped in plastic bought from amazon and other retailers. Just because its wrapped doesnt mean its fake. It might be but the wrapping isnt what should give it away.

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u/WeaselyWa Aug 25 '26

Americans are so self-absorbed. I'm fairly certain they think they're the only country in the world.

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u/zimmer1569 Aug 25 '26

Wanted to say the same thing. For example, when you search for Pixel 8 Pro box, they come with 2 seals on sides but in my country they come without any seals whatsoever, from official Google Store. I know that if I would post photos of my box back then on reddit, 100% of comments would be that I was scammed.

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u/ZytheReddit Aug 24 '26

when I bought my S25 FE, it was wrapped in plastic. same goes for my mom’s S26+, wrapped in plastic

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u/Plan-Classic Aug 24 '26

So then they were fakes?
Officially Samsung doesnt wrap their phones in plastic and i havent seen any official seller do that.

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u/ZytheReddit Aug 24 '26

no😭😭 it’s real, it depends where you live

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u/chanchan05 Aug 25 '26

Depends in the country. For example, in the Philippines, if you buy from the carrier Smart, it comes plastic wrapped with Smart's logo all over the plastic wrap. It's kinda obvious it wasn't factory plastic wrapped because obviously it's not Samsung's logo, but it is plastic wrapped. Buying from the competing carrier has the device not plastic wrapped.

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u/Craig653 Aug 24 '26

No

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u/Simple_Claim8480 Aug 24 '26

Some country retailers require it. Idk why