Not really, it perfectly matches the low wages of all the Chinese industries involved.
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Got $135 to Spare? Beguile Onlookers With This Convincing iPhone 14 Pro Ripoff
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Not really, it perfectly matches the low wages of all the Chinese industries involved.
At least SOMEONE is delivering on Macrumors’ forum demands for TouchID, absence of PWM, and a less expensive premium device.
I think LeIco, I mean LeEco, really nailed it. 😎👍
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I think LeIco, I mean LeEco, really nailed it. 😎👍
😜
I'll trade my iPhone for one of these if they get the weather app right unlike apple *RIP Dark Skies
In 2023 smartphones are so ubiquitous and vanilla, no one is remotely interested in what you use, let alone beguiled.
I don’t know… When I have a $135 to spare, I use it on the charging bricks that should’ve come with my Apple products to begin with.
Where can I beguile onlookers with my phone? A Brazilian jungle? I’m skeptical anyone gives a toss.
Except you can drop a more powerful and likely more reliable engine and tranny in those. Not so much with this.
Agreed. It's not like when the iPhone first came out and you could only get it on AT&T and you'd have someone ask you if that's the iPhone but now you can go to Walmart and buy one. It's not a status symbol like it once was
Android manufacturers have had smaller hole punches than Apple for YEARS. Why would this brand want to go and make one bigger, intentionally?
In all fairness, the fact you can get a working smartphone for that price is amazing.
In all fairness, the fact you can get a working smartphone for that price is amazing.
Since they’re making a profit selling these for $135, it only goes to show how much of an obscene ripoff the iPhones are and how apl’s claimed 40% markup comes from fantasy-world
This is actually standard practice for asian manufacturers. Not really any surprise. There are thousands of knockoffs of premium products in many industries.... As soon as you get it in your hand however it would be obvious it's nowhere near an iPhone. It would function, feel and perform like any other $135 smartphone..... Poorly in comparison...
This is in China. It is a Chinese Company. The Chinese Government actively promotes the theft of intellectual property to be used by Chinese companies. It is the "cost" of doing business in China. If Apple did fight this, they'd risk being tossed out of China. Although very unlikely, I hope Apple can find a way to move all of its operations and sales out of China so it no longer has to rely on China for any of its manufacturing or revenues. The Chinese people are vastly wonderful. The Chinese Government is evil.
Plenty of room since most of the tech like cameras Face ID Taptic Engines etc on real Iphones is not there and probably the cheapest crap ram you can buy. Good luck with that.
Apple’s profit margins on hardware hovers between 25 and 35% so their cost would be 65 to 75% with labor packaging and shipping if it goes to a warehouse outside of china or a store.
Let's be honest...they have a point.I can already see the posts here how much Apple is ripping their customers off by overpricing their phones, when a "similar" device can be sold for so much less.
Outside of America, iPhones are now outrageously overpriced, 100% positioned as a status symbol. You might not agree, but that doesn't make that opinion wrong.
No it’s not a Chinese company. LeEco…it’s quite clearly French.
Except those don't steal all of your personal information and sends it back to the CCP. Unless of course your knock-off Cobra or 356 has the new LeEco KarPlay head unit. 😉
$135 for a phone with 128GB of storage. Doesn't Apple charge more than that just for 128GB of storage?
The general sentiment that iPhones are overpriced my be a valid point.
Trying to validate this opinion by comparing an Apple iPhone with a functionally deficient ripoff violating Apple's IP is very much invalid however.
