is iphones on aliexpress.com originals or fake

Hi eigilkousgaard,

If you are looking to buy an iPhone, you may find the following pages listing the Apple Authorized Resellers available worldwide helpful:

Apple - iPhone - Where to Buy

Apple - Where to Buy

(Note: The selected country can be changed in the bottom right hand corner of the page)

Cheers

Fake maybe but more's the point, possibly stolen. Best bet is to buy directly from Apple.

A refurbished phone not bought from Apple (who test refurbished phones very thoroughly and put them in a new case) has probably been just checked briefly and given a polish. Such a phone may be perfectly OK - and if this is a respectable firm they should exchange it if it isn't - but it's vital that you should check that the phone has not been 'Activation Locked' because that won't show up until you upgrade or reset it which might be a long time after you've bought it - and if it's locked that will then brick it.

Apple have provided a method of checking before purchase that an iOS device isn't Activation Locked:

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/10/01/activation-lock-status-check/

Basically you just go to https://www.icloud.com/activationlock/ and enter the IMEI or serial number and a captcha. Buying a second-hand phone from anywhere except Apple without carrying out this check is highly inadvisable.