Shockingly Well Executed Counterfeit iPod Shuffles

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San Francisco’s Chinatown provides a wealth of cheap goods. While shopping for ridiculous San Francisco mementos for a friend who’s moving away, I spotted this display of clearly fake MANNDigital Mp3 players that mimic exactly the look, size and even packaging of Apple’s clippable iPod shuffles.

I could easily see the casual shopper getting confused here, but a few distinctions stand out to me: 1) The volume and skip track buttons have switched places. 2) This device comes in a few colors Apple shuffles don’t, including black. 3) These have a dedicated mini-USB port, instead of Apple’s remarkable headphone/power/USB port.

All told, an excellent knock-off, and one worthy of a cease & desist letter. So get ’em while they’re hot.

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4 responses to “Shockingly Well Executed Counterfeit iPod Shuffles”

  1. Derek says:

    Note how the blue one on the left is upside-down.

  2. Bryan King says:

    how much do they sell there? we have those in the Philippines and one would cost at around Php 1,500.