[Video: Man Shares How Samsung Phones Are Being Repackaged And Sent to Nigeria/Africa - GlimpseTV] A video making rounds online shows a Nigerian man reacting in disbelief as workers carefully clean phones, apply fresh stickers, wrap accessories and seal them into brand-new boxes. According to the man, the phones are shipped not only to Nigeria but across Africa to be sold as brand-new devices.
What buyers receive looks perfect - sealed packaging, clean accessories and that exciting 'new phone' feel - yet the phones appear to have already been used or refurbished before being repackaged to look new. Interestingly, he explained that even the phone he had gone there to buy would be repackaged in exactly the same manner. Laughing, he remarked in Pidgin: 'Since na wetin we want for Nigeria be that, make we just dey deceive ourselves dey go.'
The video has sparked conversations about how common such practices may be and how packaging can create a false sense of security - raising the question: when a phone looks brand-new, how can you be certain it actually is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5uIElWoM5o
