Apple vs Teenager Who Sold White iPhone 4 Conversion Kits
…New York City teenager Fei Lam, who had managed to sell $130,000 worth of white iPhone 4 parts in just a few months to customers eager to get their hands on a white iPhone 4 has Apple continued to delay the release of the official model. Lam claimed that he had developed a secondhand relationship with someone at Apple’s manufacturing partner Foxconn who had been supplying him with parts…
That’s pretty impressive for a kid. Worked in/around a supply chain of Apple’s, built a site and a small business very quickly – all based on pent up demand for a product that Apple delayed.
Apple requested a permanent injunction barring the Lams from any further sales, forfeiture of all profits from the sale of white iPhone 4 parts, reimbursement for expenses occurred in pursuing the case, and additional financial penalties. With the request for dismissal, however, it is unclear what Apple may have obtained from the Lams in a potential settlement.
Fei Lam if you’re out there, drop us a note!
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