Is my iphone 5 legit?

please help...
i recently bought an iphone 5 which a friend offered me when she was in korea..when i got the phone i noticed the back panel of my phone says: kcc-cmm-apa-a1429..should i worry? is my iphone 5 legit? it works on itunes etc and i was able to confirm the apple warranty through serial number of the phone. kinldy help. im from the philippines.

I tried that site earlier today and it accepted the serial number and even gave me a full run down on the phone. But it said it was black, not white. Every other similar non-apple site I have tried says the same thing. I cannot see the spec again because after I entered the serial number of my previous iphone, it said I could only look up 2 phones in a 24 hour period. But I tried again now and it just says service and warranty expired which makes sense because it was built back in October 2012. I checked the IMEI number on other sites and it also checks out but again says black, not white. Still confused!

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