Smugglers who have long taken advantage of delays in Apple product releases in China will have a harder go of it when the company launches its newest iPhone models. The devices, the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, will be launched almost simultaneously in the U.S. and China. This will complicate the practice of smuggling products into mainland China from Hong Kong, which people have long done to create a gray market that nets billions of dollars annually. Typically, Apple devices go on sale in Hong Kong before they go on sale in China.
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Early China Launch Heads Off iPhone Smugglers at the Pass
Posted by: David Vranicar September 11, 2013 09:49 AMSmugglers who have long taken advantage of delays in Apple product releases in China will have a harder go of it when the company launches its newest iPhone models. The devices, the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c, will be launched almost simultaneously in the U.S. and China. This will complicate the practice of smuggling products into mainland China from Hong Kong, which people have long done to create a gray market that nets billions of dollars annually. Typically, Apple devices go on sale in Hong Kong before they go on sale in China.