From The Verge's "Feds proudly announce seizure of ‘counterfeit Apple AirPods’ that are actually OnePlus Buds" posted Sunday:
THAT'S NOT AN 🍎 —
CBP officers at JFK Airport recently seized 2,000 counterfeit Apple AirPods from Hong Kong, valued at $398K had they been genuine.
THAT'S NOT AN 🍎 —
CBP officers at JFK Airport recently seized 2,000 counterfeit Apple AirPods from Hong Kong, valued at $398K had they been genuine.
Details via @CBPNewYorkCity: https://t.co/XMgjkfT56i pic.twitter.com/Ofn9REJ9ZB
— CBP (@CBP) September 14, 2020
Hey, give those back! 🙃
— OnePlus USA (@OnePlus_USA) September 14, 2020
The units originated from Hong Kong and were seized at JFK on August 31st; they were headed to Nevada, according to the press release. If they were all OnePlus Buds, CBP’s math is way off: at $79 each, 2,000 of them would be worth $158,000.
My take: That's one way to try to protect Apple's IP.
Not well versed in the world of Androids and Android peripherals, I tried to get up to speed on the OnePlus story. No so easy. OnePlus Technology, a Chinese manufacturer of modestly priced smartphones, was co-founded by a former vice president of Oppo Electronics, another Chinese manufacturer of modestly priced smartphones and OnePlus' only institutional investor. When Oppo's investment in OnePlus was discovered, OnePlus denied that it was a wholly owned subsidiary, explaining it was looking for other investors. Sounds like business as usual in Shenzhen.
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