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转自迪拜海湾网：原文Fake phone business thrives despite deadline
在迪拜700迪拉姆买到的苹果山寨手机太多了，但是很多功能得不到迪拜电信支持。
这是在迪拜龙城商店拍到的苹果山寨手机
A family buys an iPhone look-alike handset at a shop in Dragon Mart, Dubai. Some traders tell their customers there are too many fake phones in use for telecoms providers to switch them off.
因原文太多就没一一翻译，高手给简短翻译一下吧，加分鼓励。
Dubai: "Dh700 for two [fake] iPhones is too much. What is the best price you can offer?" a European customer was overheard saying yesterday at one of the stores in Dragon Mart.
The fake phone business in the city is still thriving, despite officials having declared war on them.
A month ago, UAE telcommunications service providers etisalat and du announced that they will suspend all services to mobile phone subscribers who are using counterfeit handsets on January 1.
But many shops selling fake phones say it will have no impact on their business.
"In Dubai, 80 per cent people have fake phones. So you don't have to worry about the service being disconnected," a Pakistani salesman at one of the shops reassured his customer, who raised doubts whether the phones will function after the deadline.
The salesman was however wary of allowing photographs to be taken at his shop, as he said this could land him in trouble and result in a hefty fine if authorities found out.
Crackdown
"Our customers are different, they already know that they are buying a fake phone that just looks like the original one, but does not have all the features. Sometimes it's a gift or even for children to play with," said another shopkeeper, who also believed his business will not be affected.
He added that many of his customers are expatriates who want to send the phone sets back home.
According to official statistics, as many as 70,000 fake phones will become out of service following the crackdown by the service providers.
Users of fake devices will be contacted by their service providers and all phones that are not type approved will be disconnected from all telecom services, including calls, texts and the internet, said the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) in a statement.
While most shops deny that they sell fake phones if questioned, anyone posing as a customer can find them in Dragon Mart. A Chinese salesgirl said that she can guarantee the phone will work fine if it is for use outside UAE, but she was not sure about the situation here after January 1.
‘Slow internet access'
An Indian customer who purchased a fake Blackberry phone for Dh230 from a store said that in his experience fake phones are all right if one just wants to make phone calls and send text messages.
"I have found the internet access extremely slow though," he added.
Officials say fake phones could be hazardous as they may not meet safety standards.
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发表于 2011-12-23 12:54:45
