A month before the smart watch Apple Inc. hit the market in the booming Chinese market imitations and cloned products are sold, some clearly labeled as copies.
“Apple Smart Watch Bluetooth Bracelet “announced a seller on the popular e-commerce site Taobao, owned by Alibaba Group.
Pictures on page Seller seemed to be the actual Apple Watch. He says that the characteristics of the Chinese version include text messaging service and music player and marketed by 288 yuan ($ 45), an eighth of the $ 349 you will pay more shuffles the original version.
Alibaba, which since last year traded in New York after a boot record, faced criticism in the past for having counterfeit products on sale. The firm says it has been taking measures to reduce the problem.
The huge number of copies of the smart watch reflects the mix of qualified electronics manufacturers and customers growing market for cheap products that end in China.
Most personal computers and cellular world are assembled in China. . But domestic companies are still starting to develop their capacities to design and create innovative products
This has led to the rise of an industry known as “shanzhai” or “strength” – hundreds of small manufacturers anonymous quickly copied the design or characteristics of cell foreigners and other products that sell for a fraction of their original price.
At least eight Taobao sellers watches advertised as “Apple Watch” or “imitation of Apple Watch” . Most claimed to be compatible with the iOS operating system or with rival Apple, Android, owned by Google.
The eight bidders avoided answering questions asked by The Associated Press through their profiles on Taobao .
Asked whether he had taken action against any of these vendors, Alibaba said in a statement. “Alibaba Group is dedicated to fight counterfeiting work closely with our partners in government, companies and associations industry to tackle this problem at its root. We also employ technology as data tracking and managing large amounts of data to record our platforms in search of counterfeits “
Alibaba was marred by controversy in January when an agency of the Chinese government accused the company of negligent supervision and to allow vendors sell copies of products on Taobao. The two sides sealed the dispute within days. The agency said its report had no legal weight and Alibaba promised to tighten its control over bidders.
Apple, based in Cupertino, California, said buyers in China and Hong Kong can book your watch From April 10, the same day that begin receiving orders in the United States, Japan, Britain, France and Germany.
Most previous Apple products marketed in the Asian giant weeks or months later than in other markets. This fueled the smuggling of iPhones among technology enthusiasts willing to pay a little more.
Apple imitations are sold in markets in the southern city of Shenzhen, “the best place to buy continent. .. copies of high technology, “according to The South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.
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