Fruit Computers (HD Universe)

"Purveyor of white shiny Internet-surfing devices. The world's largest religion."

- Description at Bawsaq.com.

Fruit Computers is a corporation that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers in the HD Universe of the Grand Theft Auto series. The player can buy stocks from them in the Bawsaq.com website in GTA V.

Description
It was founded in 1975; one year before the company which it parodies,, actually became an independent company. Its best-known hardware products are the iFruit phone and the Fruit line of computers. Its software includes the FruitOS and an unnamed graphical user interface. In 2008, the key people are Mr. E. Mann and Doug Hatchet.

Events of Grand Theft Auto IV
The CEO, Doug Hatchet, has outsourced all of Fruit Computers employees overseas, except himself. Doug now is the sole occupant of the Fruit Computers Headquarters. All the company has left in it is a broken copier and an empty stapler. There is a Fruit Computers warehouse in Port Tudor, Alderney, however, the building seems to be abandoned. Fruit Computers can also be seen advertised in various computer shops throughout the game. On WTF billboards and advertisements it can be observed that Fruit Computers is one of the musical's sponsors.

Events of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
The player gets a Fruit laptop in every safehouse (pink in the DS version, black in the PSP version). The player is not able to access the internet, but it features e-mail and Rockstar Games Social Club compatibility. Also, many characters, including Wu Lee have fruitcomputers.com email accounts.

Events of Grand Theft Auto V
The company maintains its popularity during the events of Grand Theft Auto V, with the launch of the second generation iFruit. Fruit all-in-one desktops, which resemble, are shown in gameplay. Fruit laptops which are copies of the can also be seen. Later in the game, after the mission, Vinewood Souvenirs - Tyler, a Liberty tree internet article says that the company has just announced iFruit Shoes, wearable technology that navigates people to discount stores and tells which places they should avoid. This is probably based on 's talking shoe concept. The article also mentions iFruit underwear, a wearable device that vibrates when the user is near a bathroom or is interested in fast and anonymous sex.

During the mission The Vice Assassination, Franklin is hired by Lester to assassinate Facade's CEO, Jackson Skinner, while he is picking up a prostitute. His murder makes iFruit stocks on the BAWSAQ skyrocket. The player is advised to invest money in Fruit Computers before completing the mission, and then wait several in-game hours until the stocks reach their maximum percentage of return, which in this case is about 50%.

Events of Grand Theft Auto Online
In December 12th, 2019, iFruit Radio began broadcasting in Los Santos. The station is owned by Fruit Computers and is hosted by Danny Brown.

Logo
The logo bears a resemblance to male genitals, due to Rockstar's adult humor. The logo's former color scheme also copies the logo's color scheme (with the exception of red being changed to orange). After 2009, the color scheme was replaced with silver. Alternate logos also include "Fruit" written to the right of the original logos.

Advertising & Slogans
Fruit Computers slogans are:
 * "THINK Simple."
 * "THINK Minimalism."
 * "THINK Overpriced."
 * "THINK Fruit. THINK."

Advertisements can also be seen in Star Junction.

Fruit's slogan, "Think", is a callback to a famous Apple advertising campaign titled "Think Different". The condescending tone found in Fruit's slogan references the superiority complex of stereotypical Apple fans. Interestingly, "Think" was also IBM's slogan in real life for many years.

Trivia

 * The Fruit Cocoon shares the shape of College Humor's "i", a parody of Apple products, and resembles the bottom of an iMac G4.
 * The host of the radio station The Journey in Grand Theft Auto IV is a Fruit Computer.
 * The Fruit computers were voted "Best Ornament that goes Beep" at the Code Wanker Meet 2008 as seen in an email in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars sent by the possible chairman.
 * Even though the company's logo is a basket filled with random fruits, its shape holds a certain resemblance to an apple.
 * Sometimes when switching to Franklin, he is seen at his home on a Fruit laptop. This is only for the safehouse in Vinewood Hills.
 * It is one of the sponsors on the livery of the Massacro Racecar.
 * In Grand Theft Auto V, Trevor can purchase a Baseball Cap with the 80's Fruit logo in Binco. Furthermore, in the original version, a white Fruit T-shirt could be purchased with a brown Gilet vest by Michael at Suburban stores (in the enhanced version the T-shirt is a Whiz T-shirt instead).