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Re:Review: A Counterfeit, $100 iPhone X by reaperducer on Sunday November 08, 2020 @12:18PM (#25027166)
It could also be for people who want the status symbol of owning an iPhone without shelling out for one. That’s very common in China.

In the early part of this century, I used to travel in Asia quite a bit, and I started collecting knock-off Apple products as souvenirs. I had quite a collection of various look-alikes at one point. It was a cheap hobby because they were all very inexpensive, and if you were in the right country or situation, you could haggle the price down a little further.

They were all in the one box that got lost (stolen?) when I moved out of Seattle.

(Not Apple-related, but I still have a watch that plays videos [loaded with On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The Incredibles] that I picked up in Singapore for US$30 around 2005.)

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Re:Review: A Counterfeit, $100 iPhone X by Darkphibre on Sunday November 08, 2020 @05:12PM (#25029596)
>They were all in the one box that got lost (stolen?) when I moved out of Seattle

I'd like to imagine the karma involved in the thief thinking they'd made it... only to discover what they'd nicked. My condolences for losing the physical objects, but I'm glad you have those memories. Thanks for sharing!

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