Fake Apple stores are nothing raw . China hasa slew of them , all polished and glistening , appearing almost as if they are the genuine clause at a coup d’oeil . Quartz dug up some details onAfghanistan ’s ( fake ) Apple computer storage , and though it ’s a snatch more frumpish than most , it still gets the caper done .
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Located in Afghanistan ’s largest mall in Kabul , the res publica ’s lone , fake Apple store has become the geniune goods , and they move fast . The computer memory ’s manager , Mohammed Nasery , tell apart Quartzhe manages to sell a couple of laptop computer ever day , and about a half a dozen iPhones , all at just slightly above their American prices . view he buys them from Dubai for about retail price , that little boost lets him carve out a humble but existant profit .
Last year , inan interview with students from USC Annenberg , Nasery described his business this means :
Well , Afghans do n’t have a lot of money , so to own an Apple you need to have a good job . I ’d say that most Apple consumer are pretty young , from around 25 to 35 . These are the people who operate either as translating program for the military or who work on aid projects . I ’ve ascertain people make out in here and blow a whole calendar month ’s remuneration on an iPad . [ A 16 gb iPad sells here for around $ 800 . ] It ’s very voguish to own an iPhone or an iPad . These untested Afghans work around noncitizen who have iPods and Macs and iPads , and they need them too . They see them in movies and on TV . Or they see their friends using them , and they get jealous . Like I say , it ’s trendy .
The store has been doing well thanks to local demand , and is currently look forward to some enlargement down the line . If Apple ever decides it ’s time to bring an prescribed presence to Afghanistan , they ’ll know who to inquire . Or who to promptly put out of business . [ Quartz ]
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