A Chinese man said violence which broke out in a store Apple in Beijing Saturday is the result of a scalper cutting in a line of customers waiting to buy the iPad 2.
Thirty years Wang Ming, said that confrontation bloody to the commercial district of Sanlitun in Beijing store was an employee of Apple "abroad" and a Chinese client. Wang, who said he was when a bottle hit his head, heard that the customer of jumping the queue was a scalper.
The New York Daily News reported that the "alien" employee from the probing Beijing store would have several people accused of cutting in line, who sparked a melee.
Although many details remain fuzzy, photos of the scene show clearly that all this happened caused a broken glass door and several customers being injured.
Long lines and pushy Wick are not something new for iPad fans 2 in China. The demand for the new device is extremely high.
Friday, the iPad 2 became available for sale in the country.
Massive lines appeared outside Apple Store in Beijing and Shanghai. A store was out of stock in four hours. CNET reports of shipment of the estimates for the iPad 2 stir-fry "one to two weeks" "without providing" on Friday Chinese Apple online store.
The launch has also attracted dozens of Wick who camps with their families to accumulate devices according to the news site Chinese Xinhua. The site explains Wick offered to sell their iPad 2 s to people waiting in line on the day of the launch of 300 yuan (about $50) more than the retail price.
Wick is probably basing their business model on the success of the initial iPad in China. When it launched, hundreds of consumers waited in line up to 60 hours to secure a tablet. This popularity translates into market share.
Apple owns 78 percent of the market tablet in China despite having a limited scope (four retail stores) in the country and by releasing the first version of the iPad in China as early as September. For comparison, Apple has 82 percent of the market compressed to the United States after he was released in April 2010 hundreds of stateside stores Apple.
The iPad 2 is so popular in China, some stores are difficulty keeping those same false in stock.
Shelf paper replicas more recent Apple are flying some Chinese stores shelves, according to Reuters.
The young generation of Chinese is the purchase of paper iPads for donations. According to a blog LA Times, the forged documents is purchased for the Qingming festival, an annual tradition where families burn replicas of paper of things for their loved ones dead to use in the afterlife.
Would not take advantage of a few games post-mortem of angry birds?
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