"Gang" was producing fake iPhone arrest

(AP) - A "gang" is specialized in producing fake iPhone has 4 police in Shanghai, China's "crackdown". The surprising thing is the fake iPhones are manufactured from genuine parts, it is difficult to distinguish.

cheaper iPhone ... 50 USD compared to the genuine

iPhone 4 authors assembled it from scratch so it is very difficult to distinguish.

According to Shanghai Daily, more than 15 suspects involved in producing fake iPhone 4 have been arrested.   About 200 fake iPhones, 5,000 components have been withdrawn. Chinese media reports, the cost of producing a fake iPhone, with some parts actually, about 2,000 yuan (313 USD). After final assembly, fake phone like this it is sold to the market has not been authorized by Apple and sold on the Internet for 4,000 yuan (626 USD) - only 50 USD cheaper than the real iPhone .

fake iPhone features identical to the genuine but shorter battery life. In particular, the iPhone bubble still identifiable on Apple's iTunes application store.

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"Gang" has conducted organizational scale assembly iPhone in the rented apartment in Shanghai. They cargo tonnes of goods in these apartments and frequently visits the market to find out. Residents in the area who are curious about this and reported to local authorities to find out these activities   in the apartment.

30 regional police raided the apartment in question and the summary is 15 people assembled iPhone 4. Others are cleaning the screen and twist fasteners on your phone.

iPhone 4 identical counterfeit genuine advertised on the cover of a best-selling magazine Hong Kong.

The members of "gangs" are being investigated. Some confessed to buying a large volume of electronic waste from Korea , Singapore U.S. to sort out the motherboard of the iPhone can still be used. We also purchased a range of iPhone accessories, including monitors, back cover, battery, and antenna, from the Guangdong Province, Shenzhen.

It seems that the partners in manufacturing components for Apple deliberately produce more parts to sell to the company 3. Or also capable components like the real thing by other companies manufacture clone of the Apple factory. A question was posed Chinese media that why the iPhone could this author be identified on iTunes, whether the phone is installed Apple's IOS operating system?

A surprising number provided by Shanghai Daily, although fake iPhone only about 50 USD cheaper than the real thing but a lot of consumers buy our country. Average daily black market sold about 30 machines.

Apple representatives have not commented on the report.

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