A company in China says its kits can transform any iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S to look like an iPhone 5, but according to its website, a representative from Apple sent them a cease and desist order to stop selling them.
Fake iPhone 5s
The mod kits are based upon the various leaked photos that have inundated the Internet, which claim to show what the iPhone 5 may look like, and for $29.90 anyone can pick one of these mod kits up. But they only have 48 hours to do it because Apple demands that these items must be pulled from the website within that time.
Great for all wannabes
It’s a bit odd that there are be people who are even interested in the kit in order to be a poser, but apparently there is a market for them. At the moment the website has a countdown timer alerting potential customers how much time they have to order before they shut down sales of the item.
It’s a case of a case
The video on the website shows the fake iPhone 5 kit but only from the rear. From the video, it is apparent that all the kit does is to swap out the old case for an iPhone 5 lookalike shell.
What Apple said
According to the mod website, iPhone5mod.com, Apple’s supposed legal representative stated to the company that:
“The website, http://iphone5mod.com, is offering for sale counterfeit Apple merchandise. The offer for sale and the sale of counterfeit merchandise is prohibited by law, including, but not limited to, 15 U.S.C. § 1114 et seq. and 18 U.S.C. § 2320.
The information in this notice is accurate. Please act expeditiously to have the infringing items removed from the website.”
Fake or real?
The countdown timer alerting customers how much time is left before the company has to pull down its products, on face value, looks legitimate, however, there is a possibility that it is nothing more than a small scam to induce would be customers into buying its products.
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Source : examiner[dot]com
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