$6 Fake iPhone Pocket Already Available

[MacRumors]

Days after Apple's iPhone Pocket sold out around the world, fake versions of the accessory have started to become available online.

Earlier this month, Apple introduced the iPhone Pocket in collaboration with Japanese fashion brand ISSEY MIYAKE. The 3D-knitted limited edition accessory is designed to carry an iPhone.

The accessory is like a stretchy pocket, not unlike an iPod Sock, but elongated to form a strap made of a ribbed, elastic textile that fully encloses an iPhone yet allows you to glimpse the display through its open structure. It comes in a short strap variant for $149.95 and a long strap variant for $229.95.

The iPhone Pocket became available to order on Apple's online store starting Friday, November 14, in the United States, France, China, Italy, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and the United Kingdom. It quickly sold out around the world.

Now, lookalike versions of the accessories have started to become available on Chinese sites like AliExpress, where you can buy an iPhone Pocket clone for as little as $6. Some listings describe it as a 1:1 replica, but there is no ISSEY MIYAKE print on the label. They describe the accessory as being made with the same production processes. Both the short and long variants are available in all of the original color options.

Apple products and accessories are often replicated by manufacturers in China, but the turnaround for these particular copies has been especially fast. As with most reproductions, quality can vary, yet for customers who missed out on the limited-edition release, found it too expensive, or simply like the aesthetic, the dramatically lower price of these lookalikes may make them a tempting alternative.

Article Link: $6 Fake iPhone Pocket Already Available

 

[TimCrapple]

Still overpriced. Imagine buying a banana hammock for your phone, couldn't be me

 

[DocMultimedia]

Had to do this quickly for the holiday shopping season.

 

[sw1tcher]

The accessory is like a stretchy pocket, not unlike an iPod Sock, but elongated to form a strap made of a ribbed, elastic textile that fully encloses an iPhone yet allows you to glimpse the display through its open structure. It comes in a short strap variant for $149.95 and a long strap variant for $229.95.

Now, lookalike versions of the accessories have started to become available on Chinese sites like AliExpress, where you can buy an iPhone Pocket clone for as little as $6. Some listings describe it as a 1:1 replica, but there is no ISSEY MIYAKE print on the label.

In other words, an ISSEY MIYAKE label costs $143.95

 

[Tiger_Stud]

And even at that price I'm sure they have a 600% margin.

 

[Nyx1]

Nah thats the real price only label make that expensive

 

[Ursadorable]

Now, lookalike versions of the accessories have started to become available on Chinese sites like AliExpress, where you can buy an iPhone Pocket clone for as little as $6.

There's a reason why the meme exists that China is the worlds largest copy machine.

 

[macrumors3000]

Now down to $1.22 free shipping

 

[machpost]

These things were designed to turn your iPhone into a weapon. It's the same as loading up a sock with a bunch of rocks and spinning it around.

 

[stephe22]

I must be getting old. I don't understand why this product exists.

 

[segfaultdotorg]

The iSock is dead... Long live the iSock!

 

[McNoise]

I must be getting old. I don't understand why this product exists.

... because the thick and heavy iPhones no longer fit in your pocket.

 

[Berti10]

My head reads ISSEY MIYAKE as „Its aey mistake“ in Mario’s voice

 

[iZac]

Even less on Taobao!

I dread to think what the actual product would look like though, maybe an actual sock sewn up at the top.

 

[CarAnalogy]

There's a reason why the meme exists that China is the worlds largest copy machine.

A large part of that reason is that American companies manufacture in China and then sell in America at huge markups. Meanwhile the Chinese take the literally exact same product from the same production line and sell it directly. They wouldn't have it to copy if companies didn't give it to them in the first place. No reason this sock couldn't have been made in the US if they were going to sell it for over $200.

 

[Rafagon]

ISSEY MI-who?

That sounds like a cheap Chinese knockoff in and of itself.

 

[kirk.vino]

... because the thick and heavy iPhones no longer fit in your pocket.

I find this comment baffling. I have yet to see a single piece of clothing that would not fit my iPhone 17 Pro Max. Especially, now that relaxed and oversized clothes are on the rise.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

I find this comment baffling. I have yet to see a single piece of clothing that would not fit my iPhone 17 Pro Max. Especially, now that relaxed and oversized clothes are on the rise.

I don't think I can own a single pair of pants that would comfortably hold a Pro Max, other my work/outdoor clothes that I wear around my land and woods.

Maybe it's because I wear well-fitting clothes, and don't shop in the Big Boy Husky-sized section of the store.

 

[CATiNTHESTORE]

Even less on Taobao!

I dread to think what the actual product would look like though, maybe an actual sock sewn up at the top.

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[sw1tcher]

I must be getting old. I don't understand why this product exists.

I take it you're not Gen Alpha, Z, or a millennial then. That puts you somewhere around the time pet rocks were a thing, right? Maybe you can tell us why pet rocks existed.

 

[Futurix]

The iSock is dead... Long live the iSock!

I wouldn't mind some knock off iPod Socks - I still have some left from the 2000s! (I use them to store AirPods)

ISSEY MI-who?

That sounds like a cheap Chinese knockoff in and of itself.

It's a very well known name / brand in the fashionable circles.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

I take it you're not Gen Alpha, Z, or a millennial then. That puts you somewhere around the time pet rocks were a thing, right? Maybe you can tell us why pet rocks existed.

Millennials are 30-45 years old now. You think they fit in the category?

 

[^^BIGMac]

LOL@Apple. Fake socks. Beautiful.

 

[kirk.vino]

I don't think I can own a single pair of pants that would comfortably hold a Pro Max, other my work/outdoor clothes that I wear around my land and woods.

Maybe it's because I wear well-fitting clothes, and don't shop in the Big Boy Husky-sized section of the store.

What a narrow-minded view lol
Classic-fit pants are pretty widespread now. I’m an older millennial and even I don’t wear skinny-fit pants, nor should any man.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

What a narrow-minded view lol
Classic-fit pants are pretty widespread now. I’m an older millennial and even I don’t wear skinny-fit pants, nor any man should.

It mostly in jest...but in actuality, my pants don't have big enough pockets. I'm an older Millennial as well, and my pants are 30" waist.

I could fit one in my work-issued scrubs.