{"id":53149,"date":"2017-11-24T06:32:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T06:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=53149"},"modified":"2017-11-24T06:32:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T06:32:31","slug":"apple-offices-raided-ahead-of-iphone-x-launch-in-s-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/apple-offices-raided-ahead-of-iphone-x-launch-in-s-korea.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple offices raided ahead of iPhone X launch in S.Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Apple offices raided ahead of iPhone X launch in S.Korea<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Ahead of the &#8220;super-premium&#8221; iPhone X launch in South Korea, regulators have reportedly raided Apple&#8217;s offices in Seoul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">According to a report in London-based Metro late on Thursday, the raid was likely to raise questions about whether South Korean authorities were trying to hamper the success of the iPhone X.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The iPhone X went on sale in the country on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;Investigators visited Apple&#8217;s HQ earlier this week to ask questions about its business practices ahead of th ..<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In 2016, the investigators began a probe in a bid to discover whether Apple struck &#8220;unfair&#8221; contracts with local phone networks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">&#8220;It&#8217;s understood the latest raid is part of this ongoing probe, which was launched just months after the American firm took action to address officials&#8217; concern about other aunfair&#8217; contracts with South Korean firms commissioned to repair iPhones and other gadgets,&#8221; the report said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Apple had 33 per cent market share when it launched iPhone 6 in South ..<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/international\/business\/apple-offices-raided-ahead-of-iphone-x-launch-in-s-korea\/articleshow\/61777122.cms<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/apple-offices-raided-ahead-of-iphone-x-launch-in-s-korea.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple offices raided ahead of iPhone X launch in S.Korea Ahead of the &#8220;super-premium&#8221; iPhone X launch in South Korea, regulators have reportedly raided Apple&#8217;s offices in Seoul. 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