Several Chinese online stores are offering die-hard Apple fans the opportunity to buy the much-anticipated next-generation iPhone 5. There is just one catch — the US tech giant has not released it yet.
The fake smartphones are available for as little as 200 yuan (NT$1,000) on hugely popular Web sites such as China’s largest online marketplace Taobao.com.
Customers who left comments online appear to have brushed aside the fact that Apple failed to unveil the iPhone 5 last Tuesday, despite expectations it would. It instead launched an updated, improved version of the iPhone 4.
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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.
Vendors said the phones had been manufactured in the southern boomtown of Shenzhen.
The craze for all things Apple in China has triggered widespread cloning of iPhones and iPads.
(AFP)
許多中國線上商店正提供死忠蘋果粉絲,一個購買引頸期盼愛瘋下一代「愛瘋5」的機會。不過注意了─美國科技巨人蘋果根本尚未發表這款手機。
該山寨智慧型手機只要兩百元人民幣(新台幣一千元),即可從中國最大購物網站淘寶商城,以及其他廣受歡迎的網站上,垂手可得。
在網路上留下評論的顧客,似乎罔顧蘋果上週二辜負眾望,未能推出「愛瘋5」的事實。蘋果反而只推出愛瘋4的更新與升級版。
為了躲避被控仿冒的罪名,部分智慧型手機是以「嗨瘋5」的名稱販售,即便如此,山寨手機的背殼還是顯示蘋果商標,蓄電盒處亦印有「愛瘋5G」的字樣。
販售者表示,這些手機是在南部新興城市深圳製造的。
中國對於什麼都要蘋果的瘋狂,已引發山寨愛瘋與愛比的氾濫猖獗。
(法新社/翻譯:林亞蒂)
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