http://www.slashgear.com/complete-apple-retail-store-faked-quite-convincingly-in-china-20166264/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Wed, 09 May 2012 02:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.slashgear.com/complete-apple-retail-store-faked-quite-convincingly-in-china-20166264/#comment-124585 Alansaxon Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:24:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=166264#comment-124585 Lets hope China understands the term ‘innovation’, because without that they’re just like any other factory. 

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/complete-apple-retail-store-faked-quite-convincingly-in-china-20166264/#comment-124586 Alansaxon Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:24:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=166264#comment-124586 Lets hope China understands the term ‘innovation’, because without that they’re just like any other factory. 

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/complete-apple-retail-store-faked-quite-convincingly-in-china-20166264/#comment-124566 Carter Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:34:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=166264#comment-124566 There are probably dozens of “Apple” stores like this in China, mostly in mid-tier cities that for the moment are somewhat off the radar as far as the West is concerned. Wouldn’t happen in Shanghai. I saw a couple of fairly convincing fakes in Xi’an, though not as good as the one pictured. The main giveaway at one was the window display: a row of very stylish, white, iPod-esque … ashtray stands. Just slightly off-brand for Apple.

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/complete-apple-retail-store-faked-quite-convincingly-in-china-20166264/#comment-124567 Carter Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:34:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=166264#comment-124567 There are probably dozens of “Apple” stores like this in China, mostly in mid-tier cities that for the moment are somewhat off the radar as far as the West is concerned. Wouldn’t happen in Shanghai. I saw a couple of fairly convincing fakes in Xi’an, though not as good as the one pictured. The main giveaway at one was the window display: a row of very stylish, white, iPod-esque … ashtray stands. Just slightly off-brand for Apple.

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