How can you tell a Fake iPhone or iPod Touch before buying?

Hello Gurus-
This Christmas I decided to get an iPod Touch 2G 32 gb. In shopping around and doing some comparisons, I decided I also wanted to get an iPhone. Now, like anyone, I want to get the best deal. So I have been looking around at Touches and iPhones. There are a lot of brand new touches on Ebay coming from people in India, Sri Lanka, etc. and I was keeping an eye out. I have also been looking at iPhones on ebay, because although I don't mind paying 300+ for a touch, I can't justify paying an additional 500+ for an iPhone. So, I was hoping to find a used one that someone didn't want anymore. Well, yesterday, as I was surfing the net, I came across a web site that sells all these "iPod Touch" and "iPhone"s, obviously to resellers as they are in bulk. The ads they offer are exactly the same as the ads on ebay, but in a garbled note at the bottom they say "x.ffyes, not no real.Fake" So, what I was hoping someone can tell me is how you can know an iPod Touch or iPhone is real before you buy? I am sure there are plenty of ligit people out there that just want to sell their used phone for any number of reasons. How can I weed them out from the clones and fakes? Thanks so much for your help.

Read this thread Cheda.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8574158&#8574158
I assume you are not in USA and there are a lot of iPhones outside USA that have been unlocked unofficially and they turn into a brick if you upgrade to 2.2. If it works with 2.2 then it probably is a real unlocked iPhone.
Just pay the 500euro and buy an officially unlocked one from Apple official retailers in the countries that have that. (France, Belgium, HongKong, Australia to name a few) It's worth it.

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