Apple needs China more than China needs Apple. This is a FACT! There is no where else Apple can go where you have 500,000 employees, let me say that again, 500,000 employees, crammed up against one another sleeping, eating, working, sleeping, eating, working....all in one sardine can. Yes Apple, you will bow down to your own greed. China gives you the ability to maximize profits, this one is gonna cost you in the short run. But don't worry, you'll find a way to get that money back. And I know for sure you will not leave China. Guaranteed. You need China a whole lot more than they need you. Corporations are lined up to no end to get into China more than your customers are lined up to get your iproducts. Anyone who honestly thinks Apple can push for their own way in China are sadly mistaken. The Chinese Govt runs China and it's corporations. They are the type of govt that will kick you in the face and then tell you to your bleeding face that they didn't just kick you and demand you to believe it. Good luck Apple.
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Apple Faces Potential $38 Million Fine in China as $1.6 Billion Lawsuit Over 'iPad' Trademark Proceeds
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Fair enough, apple sending letters to a guy in New Zealand for selling a case called the driPhone.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/6364818/Apple-acts-against-Kiwi-brand-name
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/6364818/Apple-acts-against-Kiwi-brand-name
Yeah sure. Go ahead Apple. I dare you. I ****ing triple dare you to pull the plug on selling any apple related products to China.Of all the nerve. I say pull the plug on selling anything to the chinese. The name iPad was Apple's first and always will be.
Unless those apple investors and board of directors want to go mental, go ahead. Eh? Go ahead.
I hate to say it but Apple needs Foxconn more than Foxconn needs Apple.
Foxconn supply a lot of the crap that we all (and I include non Apple users) buy
Call it the app pad or something. Maybe even a symbol of an eye and pad beside it.
I really hope this company does not end up getting 1.6 billion out of Apple, simply because they have a dodgy judicial system.
Its a huge shame Apple could not send all their manufacturing to Taiwan.
I really hope this company does not end up getting 1.6 billion out of Apple, simply because they have a dodgy judicial system.
Its a huge shame Apple could not send all their manufacturing to Taiwan.
I see whole bunch of apple defense force needs to learn what exactly is happening in the business world.
Apple needs Foxconn like rats need scraps of food to survive. There is a reason why apple was so hyped to set up shops all over china. It's because they are cheap. CHEAP. No countries around the world will work for how much those poor chinese are getting paid.
Apple needs Foxconn like rats need scraps of food to survive. There is a reason why apple was so hyped to set up shops all over china. It's because they are cheap. CHEAP. No countries around the world will work for how much those poor chinese are getting paid.
Maybe the Apple legal team should have paid more attention to this instead of filing all the trivial lawsuits. Or maybe Steve should have paid more attention to this than worrying about destroying Android. Apple is a shell of it's current self without lots of Chinese cooperation.
Cheap labors wasn't the primary reason for the move of production to China.
Lack of skilled workers and engineers in sufficient quantities need for the high volume demand for Apples products.
Also easy access to the supply chain as most parts are already located in Asia/China.
It was one of the deciding factor. Don't deny it.
Exactly, they were already using cheap products made in china as a reliable parts for iphone/ipod/ipad.
Sorry, its my opinion. Don't really care if you agree with me or not.
I said easy access. Shipping everything from China to America is more involved. It far easier to ship the final product. Any modifications or special orders have to be returned or reshipped back. Everything can be delivered interim between factories often within hours instead of days or weeks.
I just love how there is not a single blind loyalist that can even remotely believe that China needs Apple more than Apple needs China. You would have to be seriously OD'ing on the Kool Aid to honestly believe the opposite. Hey Apple, tread softly, because China owns you. This is true. So, Anyone here truly believe Apple can just pull out of China? NOPE! Not an effing chance. What goes around, comes around. Luv it!
No a company that is based in China wants an apology.
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Of all the nerve. I say pull the plug on selling anything to the chinese. The name iPad was Apple's first and always will be.
Actually it wasn't. Thats why apple bought it in the first place for 55,000.
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Why are you people so stupid. One government is NOT the chinese government or the chinese people. Please for the love of god stop making americans look stupid!
Enough of these bizarre xenophobic conspiracy theories. This company is a reflection of China just like McDonalds is a representation of America.
Changing the name wouldn't necessarily let them off the hook for fines associated with trademark violation. But it could allow Apple to continue selling the product in China.
They did something similar here in Japan. "Airport" is a registered trademark for wireless routers built by another company. (I had one of their routers several years ago.) So, in Japan, Apple calls its wireless technology "Air Mac."
Your opinion is fine however is has no basis what so ever in reality, It's also the opinion of some people that the moon is made of Swiss cheese.
Hmmm....how many things do you buy that have Made In India on the back? That's right ZERO. And there's a very good reason for that. If India was a good place for manufacturing, corporations would already be there. For as long as Apple stays as greedy as it is, China owns Apple, and nothing Apple can do about it. This is a fact.
If you want your iPad 3 or iPhone 5 on time, you have no reason to complain about corporate greed.
You make your posts on this forum from Apple gear, be it a Mac or iDevice, you support Apple and their "greed."
it's payback...
I guarantee you this is payback for Apple getting ready to shift production to Brazil. It will go away if they decide not to fire up the line in Brazil.
I guarantee you this is payback for Apple getting ready to shift production to Brazil. It will go away if they decide not to fire up the line in Brazil.
I think only disadvantage here is that the courts are notoriously corrupt in China. Proview can pay off the judge and share the profits. They've been known to put guilty sentences without trial. They aren't held accountable. Apple on the other hand can't twitch without the global press writing about it.
If Apple pulls the iPad out of China, the chinese will still get their hands on it just as they did years before the official launch. They was a case where a whole group of housewives were arrested for smuggling suitcases full of iPads into China. Downside would be that Apple isn't able to provide the purchasing experience they've been known for to the Chinese customers.
I understand if they got the name, then yeah settle, but 1.6billion? you couldn't pull a number that big out of your own ass if you tried. This is just stupidity and asking for a fight.
Yes I am chinese
That's like saying Apple doesn't need us customers. our money > Apple > Foxconn. Yes Foxconn makes other stuff for other brands, how come they don't have $100 billion sitting in the bank? BTW I should add Foxconn is Taiwanese not Chinese.
"multibillion dollar supplier needed, raise hand if keen" Yeah I'm sure you'll hear crickets with a offer like that.
If Apple pulls the iPad out of China, the chinese will still get their hands on it just as they did years before the official launch. They was a case where a whole group of housewives were arrested for smuggling suitcases full of iPads into China. Downside would be that Apple isn't able to provide the purchasing experience they've been known for to the Chinese customers.
I understand if they got the name, then yeah settle, but 1.6billion? you couldn't pull a number that big out of your own ass if you tried. This is just stupidity and asking for a fight.
Yes I am chinese
That's like saying Apple doesn't need us customers. our money > Apple > Foxconn. Yes Foxconn makes other stuff for other brands, how come they don't have $100 billion sitting in the bank? BTW I should add Foxconn is Taiwanese not Chinese.
"multibillion dollar supplier needed, raise hand if keen" Yeah I'm sure you'll hear crickets with a offer like that.
There are to many lawsuits just let Apple continue to build amazing product instead of being sued for ****en stupid thisng.