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by tintin 5612 days ago
"Why do you think so many fake consumer electronics items are so accurate?" What about: buy an iPad, open the case, copy: accurate model?
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Reverse engineering the manufacturing process is a lot harder than "buy CAM data, delete logos, resubmit to different factory." A lot of these products have a lot more than superficial similarity. Ipads are perhaps not the best example. High-end headphones are better.

EDIT: http://fakeheadphones.com/