Apple’s iPhone 6s is very popular and hence successful in
China, which is now making replicas of
the device at a fraction of the cost. What’s surprising is that the fake
devices, which are 20 times cheaper than the real one, are
pretty similar in appearance, and they no longer have antennas and TV tuners,
says a report from RT.
Not much in common in fake and real iPhone 6s
The fake iPhone has a 5-inch screen and is available in
three colors – silver, gold and rose gold. There is nothing much in common
between the fake and the original except the screen size and the color. The
cloned device has a screen resolution of 960×540, while the original has
1334×750.
The replica iPhone 6s runs on Android instead of iOS. These
devices run on a quite weak speadtrum SC773 processor and have 4GB of internal
storage and 512MB of RAM, the report says. The minimum storage capacity of the
real iPhone 6s is 16GB, which can be expanded up to 128GB, and has 2GB of RAM.
Apart from the price, the Chinese replica scores over
Apple’s iPhone 6S on another count. It comes with a feature that is very much
in demand among the Chinese, which is two SIM slots. The $37 model has the 3G
module as well.
Fake Apple Stores in China too
It’s not only iPhones that are being faked in China but
Apple Stores
are also being mimicked. As of Sept. 24, there were more than 30 fake
Apple Stores on the busy streets in China’s southern boom town of Shenzhen.
They all carried Apple’s iconic white logos and were accepting preorders for
the new iPhones, says a report from Reuters.
The fake stores look very similar to the signature Apple
outlets. Even the sales staff in the stores wore blue T-shirts with a white
logo of the company. The stores displayed the sample iPads and the Apple Watch
on sleek wooden tables.
Apple released the new iPhones on Sept. 25, and within three
days of launch, the company sold more than 13 million units of its two new
models –the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus – setting a new record.
“Sales … have been phenomenal, blowing past any previous first weekend sales
results in Apple’s history,” said CEO Tim Cook.
Source: ValueWalk
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