Apple Shuts iPhones in Sim Lim Mall
12.07.07 - 11:31am
Vendors in Singapore are no longer selling the iPhone, at least not so openly, after Apple threatened retailers in Sim Lim Square, a Singapore mall with numerous technology vendors, with legal action.
The iPhone is not yet available in Singapore although it has been sold there unlocked and illegally since it first was released in the states. Apple told the vendors in an e-mail that unlocking the iPhone was a violation of the software license agreement. Apple said they would go after $1000 of damages for every unlocked iPhone sold.
Retailers have since stopped selling the iPhone, at least openly as before. “We used to sell it, but not anymore,” said a sales manager at Royal Plus Pacific, an electronics shop in Sim Lim Square. The manager said that they did not stop selling the iPhone due to Apple’s threats, however, but rather because they had run out of stock.
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