Tablets Have you seen this shameless iPad ripoff from none other than Acer?

[Seandroid]

I compared this to my mini w/Retina and it's absolutely shameless... Like... Completely ridiculous, down to the ring around the camera, the chamfered edge, the aspect ratio, the placement of everything...

They even bothered to imitate the antenna and the SD card slot is where the SIM card tray is on the iPad mini...

How is this even remotely okay?

 

[rtomyj]

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I compared this to my mini w/Retina and it's absolutely shameless... Like... Completely ridiculous, down to the ring around the camera, the chamfered edge, the aspect ratio, the placement of everything...

They even bothered to imitate the antenna and the SD card slot is where the SIM card tray is on the iPad mini...

How is this even remotely okay?

Does look very similar. But hey, if it worked for Samsung…

 

[Adonys]

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em !!! hahaha

 

[mclld]

Damn what is it called? If this price is good I would buy, details man!

 

[MRU]

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I compared this to my mini w/Retina and it's absolutely shameless... Like... Completely ridiculous, down to the ring around the camera, the chamfered edge, the aspect ratio, the placement of everything...

They even bothered to imitate the antenna and the SD card slot is where the SIM card tray is on the iPad mini...

How is this even remotely okay?

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, besides it clearly works ... You picked one up

 

[Seandroid]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, besides it clearly works ... You picked one up

No haha I checked out a display model. The iPad is mine.

 

[Jessica Lares]

Damn what is it called? If this price is good I would buy, details man!

Me too! I'm still hunting for a good Android tablet to throw my Humble Bundle stuff on and this is the perfect size.

But darn, it looks like it's a Windows 8 tablet.

 

[Stooby Mcdoobie]

Damn what is it called? If this price is good I would buy, details man!

Acer Iconia A1

 

[mclld]

Their website showed 4 models in that form from 149-179 but the specs they showed were all the same

 

[Jessica Lares]

Their website showed 4 models in that form from 149-179 but the specs they showed were all the same

The one from Amazon is $179.99. The others are the older models I think?

 

[Lloydbm41]

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I compared this to my mini w/Retina and it's absolutely shameless... Like... Completely ridiculous, down to the ring around the camera, the chamfered edge, the aspect ratio, the placement of everything...

They even bothered to imitate the antenna and the SD card slot is where the SIM card tray is on the iPad mini...

How is this even remotely okay?

Posted this back in January.

Link: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1692442/

 

[mojolicious]

Link: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1692442/

Surely it's the 'iConia'?

I didn't realise Intel Atoms still existed.

 

[khha4113]

It's the new Bay Trail Atom (ARM) not the old Atom x86 in netbooks or cheap laptops.

 

[spinedoc77]

It's the new Bay Trail Atom (ARM) not the old Atom x86 in netbooks or cheap laptops.

Baytrail is x86 not ARM.

 

[khha4113]

Baytrail is x86 not ARM.

Oops! You're right.

 

[Vetvito]

Hmmm. I'm interested.

 

[initwithnibname]

I prefer the iPad; it's ace'er.

 

[Michael Goff]

Surely it's the 'iConia'?

I didn't realise Intel Atoms still existed.

Of course atom exists. And it isn't bad anymore. I'm told it is actually good.

 

[initwithnibname]

Ooops, no iOS...

 

[rui no onna]

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I compared this to my mini w/Retina and it's absolutely shameless... Like... Completely ridiculous, down to the ring around the camera, the chamfered edge, the aspect ratio, the placement of everything...

They even bothered to imitate the antenna and the SD card slot is where the SIM card tray is on the iPad mini...

How is this even remotely okay?

Last I checked, Apple doesn't have exclusive rights to a 4:3 aspect ratio. That said, a lot of the design elements on that tablet is obviously copying the iPad's.

 

[mojolicious]

Of course atom exists. And it isn't bad anymore. I'm told it is actually good.

I wasn't dissing the Mighty Atom. Until last weekend I'd had several years of excellent service from a 1.66GHz Samsung N310 (aka 'Go') running 10.6.6. He was a sturdy little fellow, but my daughters finally managed to kill the charging socket.

 

[Michael Goff]

I wasn't dissing the Mighty Atom. Until last weekend I'd had several years of excellent service from a 1.66GHz Samsung N310 (aka 'Go') running 10.6.6. He was a sturdy little fellow, but my daughters finally managed to kill the charging socket.

You should ask Spinedoc about the new atoms, he's had a lot more experience from what I'm told.

 

[Seandroid]

Last I checked, Apple doesn't have exclusive rights to a 4:3 aspect ratio. That said, a lot of the design elements on that tablet is obviously copying the iPad's.

Of course not, it's just painfully obvious why they did that. They pretty clearly only did it to rip off the iPad's design.

 

[mpayne2k]

Commercial fail...watch the video on the acer website. The "geeky" know-it-all touts the tablet's high-res crisp display. Look at the tech specs, it has the same resolution as the iPad Mini 1st gen!

Plus I like how they're all outside looking at the tablet, yeah..I'm sure they could see perfectly!

Funny. But...the thing is intriguing for $179. I wish they had a better screen and a better battery (according to Acer it is rated for 7 hours, or based on the commercial, long enough to last "the whole party").

*sigh*

 

[ChazUK]

I've seen cheaper models emulating the iPad (Archos, Prestigio) but I would have thought Acer a little more intelligent with theirs with Apple's design patents on their hardware.

The world is rife with iPad-alikes.