Foxconn-owned Cybermart to sell Apple gear in China

By on Jan 28, 2011 at 9:30 PM
Retail January 28, 2011

The only thing we really know about Chinese electronics retailer Cybermart in the Western hemisphere is that tourists often enjoy stopping by one of its locations and snapping pictures of fake iPhones β€” which of course is ironic, considering the chain is owned by infamous iPhone builder Foxconn. All that may soon change, however, as DigiTimes reports that the Chinese gear vendor has scored distribution rights for authentic Apple products. The retailer supposedly has plans to open 500 Apple-licensed retail locations throughout China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the first of which will open its doors on April 1st. Cybermart also currently has 34 electronics outlets spread around China, and it plans to open seven or eight more this year.

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  • http://twitter.com/D4mi4n1988 Damian Wozniak

    Wow I guess apple doesn’t want them to sell the fakes anymore. Still rather weird that they agreed to this.

    • Anonymous

      From my experience dealing with chinese retailers, they will sell fake and real stuff at the same time: the real things for those who can afford and want nothing but authentic, and fake ones will be touted as the cheaper versions for the price conscious crowd.

  • Anonymous

    Do they work ‘em to death at Cybermart too?

  • Anonymous

    2015 – Revenues of $500 Billion for the year.

    How did that Google guy say it.

    “We face a Draconian future where one company, with one man’s vision…………”

    Even Google is aware of the war they will not win.

    These will be stores heavily monitored by Apple, basically Apple stores I would guess. If Apple haters hated Apple before you should really be pissed now. The Chinese consumer works very hard to save money to buy things that they deem quality premium products. That is why you see people buying every iPhone they can in China Apple stores (and every other Apple store on the planet) just to turn around and sell them for a profit outside the store.

  • Norm 4G LTE

    DROID will prevail. It always DOES. We have widgets and custom ROMS.

    • Anonymous

      Not even close. 160,000,000 apple iOS devices sold. Not happening anytime soon. AT&T alone sold 4.1 million iPhones in 1 quarter. That’s one carrier out of hundreds. It takes 100 different Droid_Fail phones to hang with 4 Apple devices. It’s a joke.

      • Anonymous

        iOS means anything from an MP3 player to a tablet to a phone. If you want to play THAT game, android wins by far with the sheer number of adaptations of the OS to different hardware types like phones, tablets, tvs, mp3 players, and a ton of other devices.

        But iQueers love number inflation. So go cry fragmentation and jerk off to a podcast.

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