'iPhone 5' launched in China

[K Factor]

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'iPhone 5' launched in China[/h]AFP | Oct 5, 2011, 04.37PM IST

BEIJING: Several Chinese online stores are offering die-hard Apple fans the opportunity to buy the much-anticipated next-generation iPhone 5. There's just one catch -- the US tech giant hasn't released it yet.

The fake smartphones are available for as little as 200 yuan ($31) on hugely popular websites such as China's largest online marketplace Taobao.com, which has 370 million registered users.
Customers who left comments online appear to have brushed aside the fact that Apple failed to unveil the iPhone 5 on Tuesday, despite expectations it would. It instead launched an updated, improved version of the iPhone 4.
"It's really great, I've already used it for a few days and it's good value for money," one customer who purchased a fake iPhone 5 said on Taobao.
Some of the smartphones offered are billed as "HiPhone 5" in a bid to avoid accusations of counterfeiting, but photos of the devices show the Apple logo on the back of the phones and "iPhone 5G" printed in the battery compartment.
Even before Tuesday's launch of the iPhone 4S at Apple headquarters in California, Chinese authorities had seized fake versions of the US firm's supposed latest offering.
Commerce department inspectors in the southeastern city of Fuzhou found 61 iPhone 5s on sale that featured new capabilities such as dual SIM cards, the official Xinhua news agency reported earlier this week.
Vendors said the phones had been manufactured in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen, the report said. The Fuzhou trade and commerce bureau was unavailable for comment.
The craze for all things Apple in China -- which has the world's largest online population with over 500 million users -- has triggered widespread cloning of iPhones and iPads.
In July, an American blogger even uncovered fake Apple stores in the southwestern city of Kunming. Even staff working there did not appear to know the shops were fakes.
Some Chinese fans queue for days to get their hands on the latest Apple products.
Apple has five official stores in mainland China -- two in Beijing and three in Shanghai -- although more shops are authorised to sell its products, while others offer those smuggled in from overseas markets.


'iPhone 5' launched in China - The Times of India

Chinese manufacturers beat Apple to it.
Now they will sue Apple when it launches iPhone 5.

 

[Daredevil]

It was released in last December itself

Here is a pic of Chinese iPhone5

It seems chinese will beat Apple by one generation when it comes to iPhone

 

[The Messiah]

iphone is crap anyways so this is a crappier version of a crap phone.

 

[agentperry]

some one was very proud of chinese industry's competency in India china 100 billion dollar trade talk. i wish to see him here. he asked me for link my fellow dfi member dedicate him a thread.

 

[nrj]

China launches iPhone5

India launches "world's cheapest" tablet computer

2 news, same day

http://defenceforumindia.com/member...iews-india-unveils-$35-tablet.html#post325653

 

[Blackwater]

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Chinese manufacturers beat Apple to it.
Now they will sue Apple when it launches iPhone 5.

i have purchased cheap fake chinese made i phone. I have thrown it in 3 days

 

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Fake iPhone 5 seized in China

Fake iPhone 5 seized in China


By Liau Yun Qing , ZDNet Asia on October 6, 2011 (1 hour ago)

Fake Apple smartphones, touted as "latest iPhone 5", attracted the attention of Chinese officials in Fuzhou, who went on to seize 61 such devices after it was determined they violated Cupertino's trademark.

Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Monday that the law enforcement officers were conducting surprise inspection of shops when they discovered a batch of fake iPhone 5 mobile phones. These devices, labeled "the latest iPhone 5", were fitted with features such as "dual SIM and dual standby" and GPS navigation and priced at 300 RMB (US$47). The officers subsequently seized 61 of these devices, which were deemed to have contravened Apple's trademark.

According to Xinhua, the phone dealer selling the devices told the officers that the handset is the "latest and most excellent" of iPhones. It also noted that the casing material, texture and operating system were closely modeled after Apple's smartphone designs--with the American company's logo printed on the back of the device--and had "90 percent similarity".

The dealer said the mobile phone originated from Shenzhen. However, upon detailed inspection of the handset, the officers discovered that there was no indication of the manufacturer or the original mobile phone's network access license label on the phone and the packing box.

This report comes on the heels of two fake Apple stores in Kunming that were ordered to shut down in July. The shops were found to have lacked proper business licenses, according to an earlier ZDNet Asia report.

Fake iPhone 5 seized in China - ZDNet Asia News