Seems the shit is un-believable...
brand new - Genuine(!) DS Lite , sold buy an UK, Birmingham based seller (feedback = 1200+ 100%).
Just be aware that there is a hell of fake DSLites on the net, each one has its differences and some of them are even look like the original.
Rule number one : if a 2007 machine is advertised as "New" is fake , end of.
The quality is, well, better than the fake DS Lites that were produced some years ago (seems the fakers are improving what are they doing), but if you have -like me- a real DS Lite then you realise quickly that this thing is (probably) a re-manufactured console -ie. real Nintendo PCBs into third party shell , of course without having any permission from Nintendo.
There are a f lot of differences, like:
All of the screws of the fake, Philips style not Tri-wing like what Nintendo use.
In fact the DS Lite has just 2x Philips on the case under the rubber feet plus one for the batt port and another one under the batt port (to support the PCB), all of the case's and even the GBA (slot-2) screws are Tri-wing , the fake has all of them Philips.
Also: I scanned the barcode of the serial nr of the fake one and I found that the serial number is different than the barcode, another indicator that is definitely not original.
Your smartphone maybe has a barcode (code39) scanner app, but is not easy to scan this barcode correctly, so take a good pic and upload to :
online-barcode-readerJust to show here some pics so buyers be aware about this kind of shit:
LED covers
Genuine on the top , spot the smooth LED covers that are in par with the hinge cover, so smooth, that you have the feeling that the LED covers are one part with the whole hinge cover.
The fake shit at the bottom: the difference is quite visible.
Power port
The fake shit's power port is mis-aligned and the plastics around it are quite different that the original:
("shit" on top)
Volume controlYou really need a very good eye or a loupe for this task. Real DS Lite's lettering is nice and sweet, the letter "O" is more round than the fake's "O" and the dot after L is like a nice round dot. On the fake one the dot is like square, check the lettering too, bit shitty on the fake.
Also the volume slider is smoother on the genuine one, but again, this is not easy to see without using a good magnifier/loupe.
FAKE on TOP...
Headphones port
The headphones icon is bolder on the original (bottom) :
Touchscreen
I did not power the device, for the reasons I wrote above. But if you compare side by side the fake and the genuine, you can see that the genuine's touchscreen is a bit darker (like its upper screen).
On the fake one the touchscreen is lighter and also the screen bezel is not too smooth as the original one!!
Buttons, etc...
Hm, its clearly visible that the start/select buttons of the fake are ... different! (LMAO now)
Also, pls, notice the difference of the lettering original vs fake shit.
The plastic around the case is smoother on the genuine, there are some gaps on around plastic on the fake. The lettering colour on the original is way better than the fake.
have fun...
