Pretty convincing, aren’t they? When I first saw the images, I was certain this was a genuine store.
Now that they’ve gone public around the world, however, I don’t think they’ll be open for business for much longer — which is a bit of a shame really.
[via IFOAppleStore]
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19 responses to “China Fakes Apple Retail Stores Better Than It Fakes iPhones [Gallery]”
Are all the products in those shops fake aswell?
I would like to know that too. The devices look like they are genuine.
yeah that’s what I want to know
A bit of a shame? That they’re such good rip-off artists, thieves? Since when has ripping a company off, no matter how successful, become admirable?
The devices aren’t fake, their real. I live in China, and all of the Apple product are all sold out because they buy it all and then re-sell them in shops like these for a higher price…
It would probably expose me as the true Apple Fanman I am (can’t be a boy if you’re over 50), but I’d like to outfit my garage or basement in the Apple Store manner.
Wife – “I’ve asked you 8 f***ing times this week to fix the f***ing cabinet! Where’s the drill?”
Me – “It’s over by the iPad display, between the 16GB White 3G and Keynote Box. Do you want AppleCare with the drill? Do you like my Apple Shirt?”
Gotta admit this is a pretty good knock of an Apple Stoer (sic). Looks like they just messed one little detail up.
Haha all the pictures have Apple Store except the one outside where it says Apple Stoer (3rd pic)
I wonder what the employees at the “Genius Bar” do if you bring in something for repair? Probably steal all your data and resell your equipment.
The usual idea is that you would use NFC to set up the link between the two devices and then do an automatic hand over to a different protocol for doing the actual transfer of data – eg Bluetooth,iphone 5