All Tech Info - Authorities in Shanghai have arrested five people suspected of making and selling counterfeit versions of Apple's iPhone. According to police, they are part of an organized group who buy the components for mobile phones from Guangdong, southern China.
Having obtained the components, then assembles them in a rented apartment in Shanghai. When the raid, found 200 fake iPhone ready for the market.
For information, the cost to make a fake iPhone that uses some native components that reach 2 thousand yuan, or about Rp2, 76 million. Once finished, the product is then sold on the black market and on the Internet at a price of four thousand yuan, or about Rp 5, 5 million. Not far adrift with a real price of the iPhone.
"Fake iPhone has the same function as the original, but the active period of the batteries is shorter," said police spokesman, as quoted by Reuters on Thursday, September 29, 2011. "Users will be difficult to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit," he said.
As is known, China is constantly criticized for the extent of violation of intellectual property rights. However, counterfeit products from leading brands such as watches, bags, and pirated software can be easily found at various stores.
A number of pirated versions of the iPhone could also easily be found. Branded mobile phone Hiphone 5, which is based on leaked photos of the iPhone will be launched five new, already sold in shopping centers in China and also on the Internet.
Apple itself, which will bring the iPhone 5 in the near managed to sell 20.34 million iPhone units worldwide in the last quarter. In fact, the newest model of a new cell phone about a year old
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