In one of the weirdest delivery scams we've seen to date, a man who claims he ordered an iPhone 15 Pro directly from Apple's website received a concerning surprise at his doorstep instead — an Android-based copy of Apple's latest flagship.
The baffling tale appeared on Reedit this week, courtesy of Ed from Surrey, England, who goes by the Reddit handle theEdmard. He claims that after ordering the iPhone from Apple's website, he received all the usual delivery confirmation emails from Apple and tracking details from delivery partner Dynamic Parcel Distribution (DPD).
However, once the package arrived, opening it revealed a few red flags that something wasn't quite right. For starters, the phone was covered in a screen protector, which Apple doesn't include with its iPhones out of the box.
“The next thing I notice when I turn it on, the screen isn’t right, it lights up the black area in a way that is clearly not OLED, and the bottom has a chin, which suggests this is not correct for the phone,” Ed wrote. The design of Apple's iPhone 15 series features uniform bezels around all four edges.
That's when Ed concluded that the device was actually an Android phone running a software skin made to look like Apple's iOS user interface.
"I immediately clocked that it was an Android device in a skin. It may have convinced my grandad, but I could tell very quickly," he wrote.
Ed, who is the COO for cloud software provider AtWrk according to Mashable, said he's reached out to Apple and has an open ticket with Apple support. Speaking to the outlet, which reviewed the emailed order confirmation he received from Apple, he said Apple has been "very accommodating" about the whole mess, but for now, the issue remains unresolved. Tom's Guide has contacted Apple as well to see what's up.
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