Chinese cops took more than 69,000 phony AirPods
Jan 30, 20248:02 PM EST
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Chinese authorities just recently closed down a fake AirPods factory in China.
Police ruined 9 fake dens, 3 assembly line, and 6 sales dens in Suining, Sichuan Province of China. The operation’s worth is approximated to be 167 million yuan (about $31.5 million CAD).
According to Gadget Chinacops took 69,000 phony Apple AirPods, 45,000 semi-finished headsets, 4 sets of counterfeiting tools and 50,000 sets of packaging products. It’s presently uncertain whether any phony AirPods produced by the fake operation were dispersed beyond China.
Phony AirPods have actually ended up being a significant concern for Apple. The gadgets are susceptible to counterfeiting due to their little size and high worth.
In 2021, according to a report by The Informationit’s approximated that fake AirPods might’ve expense Apple around $3.2 billion USD (about $4.2 billion CAD) in sales. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency stated its seizures of fake AirPods increased from $3.3 million USD in 2019 (about $4.2 million CAD) to $62.2 million USD (about $83.3 million CAD) in between October 2021 and July 2022.
Here in Canada, Daily Hive reported in 2015 that a Shopper’s Drug Mart in Canada unintentionally offered phony AirPods due to a deceitful return.
Source: Device China Via: 9to5Mac