iPhone 15 Pro reaches Chinese stores, but there is a big fine for early activation (photo)

In China, users are already publishing photos of iPhone 15 smartphones in factory packaging, which have already appeared in local stores, but a large fine has been imposed for their early activation.

There is a note on the box of the smartphone that if the phone is activated before 08:01 on September 13, 2023, the seller faces a fine of $27,500 for each activation.

In this particular photo, it is an iPhone 15 Pro phone with factory packaging.

Last week, trusted analyst and insider Ming-Chi Kuo reported that Apple is starting mass shipments of the iPhone 15 Pro Max despite reports of supply chain issues.

Mark Gurman, a well-known Bloomberg insider and journalist, reported that Apple will not release smartphone with the iPhone 15 Pro Max or Ultra index in 2023. According to him, instead of the usual iPhone 15 Pro Max or the new iPhone 15 Ultra, about which there were a lot of rumors, Apple will present some larger version of the iPhone 15 Pro.

“To be clear, there will be no Pro Max and Ultra versions. There will be only four models: [iPhone] 15, 15 Plus, 15 Pro and the larger 15 Pro,” Gurman wrote.

It should be noted that Apple has officially confirmed that the autumn presentation will take place on September 12 at the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple Park campus in Cupertino (California, USA). It will be held under the slogan Wonderlust, which translates from English as "thirst for miracles".

The new devices will go on sale on September 22, and it will be possible to pre-order on September 15.

Earlier it became known that after the presentation of iPhone 15, iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will be withdrawn from production, the prices of other phones will be reduced.