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Buy an iPad in Beijing?Posted by Eric Mu on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 9:33 AM
 Is iPad in demand in Beijing? Are Chinese consumers interested in the gadget du jour of West's chattering classes, the Apple iPad? With this question in mind, yesterday I went to Beijing's popular electronics and computing warehouse Buy Now (百脑汇). The Buy Now mall on the southern side of Chaoyangwai Dajie is a noisy place where salespeople almost yell in your face to tout their goodies. But yesterday at a Apple stall, I felt neglected. The three guys behind the glass counter, were engrossed in playing a game on a iPad, and they were not very enthusiastic about my arrival. During the half hour I was there, asking questions, no other customers showed up. They are not cheap: see the price comparison below (although note that you can usually bargain the price down a little at Buy Now) iPad 16GB iPad 16GB, 3G enabled Finally, although there have been several reports on the Internet about shanzhai iPads, i.e. reverse engineered or copycat devices that look similar to the real thing, no one at Buy Now had any such gadget for sale. |
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Comments on Buy an iPad in Beijing?
Seems like an ingenious product.
Dear Eric Wu,
are there any cheaper Pads for sale in Beijing? For example the Dutch nPad?
Kind regards,
André