Fake Apple Watches have gone on sale in China. Devices that look much like Apple's new luxury product, but cost a lot less, are all over the Chinese online marketplace Taobao, the Financial Times reports.
Most do not have a brand marking, and cost Rmb250-Rmb500 ($40-$80) — about a tenth to one-fifth of the price of the cheapest Apple watch exhibited this week by Tim Cook, chief executive of the Cupertino-based group, Revealed on Tuesday and scheduled to go on sale on April 24, Apple's gold-cased luxury model costs up to $17,000 and appears to be aimed at wealthy Chinese buyers. In his multimedia presentation at the launch, Mr Cook highlighted that WeChat, China's most popular chat app, could be used on the Apple device.
The early proliferation of fakes will not help Apple's hopes of replicating the success of its iPhones in China, which is the world's second-largest market for the smartphones behind the US.
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