iPhone-branded stoves seized in China

By George Wong on 02/24/2012, filed in Home > Apple

iPhone branded stoves seized in China We all know that China has a reputation when it comes to imitation products or using the name and logo of a more popular product when it comes to naming its own products. Well it looks like the theft of the iPhone brand has been taking to new heights (or lows). The authorities in China recently raided a warehouse and seized 681 iPhone-branded cooking stoves. Yes that’s right: cooking stoves. In addition to stealing the name iPhone, the stoves also featured Apple’s iconic logo.

Now it’s uncertain what the stoves’ designers were thinking when they attempted such a stunt, but I wonder if it really helped to push sales of the kitchen appliance. I guess we’ll never find out now since they’ve been taken away by the police. Any chance that Apple decides to venture into domestic machinery in the future? More images here.

iPhone: iPhone: The iPhone is Apple's line of smartphones. That was also the original name of the first iPhone, which was announced on January 9th 2007 by Steve Jobs during the Macworld Keynote. The iPhone was released to the public in June of the same year. The development of the iPhone started in 2004, was internally called "project purple" and was the fruit of a collaboration between Apple and AT&T. Since then, Apple has released new iPhone models every year, with the iPhone 3G in July 2008, the iPhone 3GS in June 2009, the iPhone 4 in June 2010, the iPhone 4S in October 2011 and the iPhone 5 in September 2012. The iPhone represented more than half of Apple's revenues in 2012.

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