HTC Says 'It's Apple That Copies Us' After One A9 Called iPhone Lookalike

[bbplayer5]

Apple Fanboi aside, HTC is correct. They did the silver back antenna band thing first.

 

[knemonic]

It's simple numbers. Htc did this so they could get free press. They're trying anything since they simply can't sell the amount of phones Apple can. More people are talking about their phones than in years since they angered Apple users, which accounts for a substantial portion of the industry. Also, the iPhone 5 had a metal case with glass at the top and bottom for the antenna, pre-dating their model.

 

[Andres Cantu]

HTC lost their relevance because they refused to create the perfect phone. The cameras have always sucked and they kept leaning towards too little and too many megapixels.

 

[BryanDWilkes]

Apple I believe was the first to make a unibody laptop from aluminum. If you ask me, the previous HTC one looked and awful lot like a MacBook Pro where the speakers are underneath tiny holes in the aluminum.

 

[Chase R]

That diamond-cut faceted edge on HTC's original HTC One is a clear copy of edge on Apple's iPhone 5. No other manufactured added this element to their phones until Apple did it with the iPhone 5.

 

[Flow39]

Trying anything to patch the gaping hole in this sinking ship #htc

 

[bhayes444]

While true that HTC did have a metal phone with antenna lines that ran across the back in roughly the same places, before Apple had a mostly metal phone. However, this A9 resembles the iPhone 6 line more than their own designs for the M7-M9. When something like that occurs, of course it is a little obvious where the design inspiration came from. The only thing I see that resembles their older devices is the camera/mic placement, and the off center USB port; everything else looks like an iPhone.

 

[DCJ001]

HTC Says 'It's Apple That Copies Us' After One A9 Called iPhone Lookalike

Apple produces iPhones with an A9 processor, followed by HTC selling a phone that looks like an iPhone, with the name One A9. And who is copying whom?

 

[KidAKidB]

Didn't the iPhone 6 came out last year and that the iPhone 6S is based off the iPhone 6 HTC?

HTC's phone was released before the iPhone 6 though (They're referring to the M9/M8/M7)

 

[blackcrayon]

Who cares about what htc says? They will be out of business within a year anyway

But i want the HTC Vive! Maybe they can spin that business off...

 

[Kiro]

First: htc stole the design from sony : http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/02/20/the-back-of-the-htc-one-looks-awfully-familiar-to-us/

Second:the iphone 6 design is clearly an evolution from the iphone 5 design
: http://cdn.bgr.com/2014/05/iphone-6-vs-iphone-5s-vs-htc-one-m8-1.jpg

So, where is your point @HTC!?

 

[Pyrhonen]

I like the camera placement better on the One A9, but the flash needed fo be placed below it.

 

[KidAKidB]

Didn't the iPhone 5 have a "uni-body metal-clad" design, with plastic bands at the top and bottom for antennas? And that came out in 2012.

The iPhone 5 doesn't look anything like the HTC M7/M8/M9 which is what HTC is referring to.

 

[Rogifan]

Oh please, as if the unibody metal construction was the only thing it had in common with the iPhone...

The metal finish, corner radiuses, flat back, curved front glass that blends with the sides, camera ring, two-tone flash, speaker grill, etc. are all more similar to the iPhone than any past HTC One phone.

The iPhone 6's design is basically a 5th-gen iPod touch with a curved front glass and antenna breaks. Really the only new thing HTC brought first was the antenna breaks. They can brag about innovating on antenna breaks all they want, it's not representative of a phone's entire design and doesn't negate the fact they took inspiration from other aspects of the iPhone's design.

I'm curious why the felt the need to change the design from the M7. That seems to be everyone's favorite design.

Why is HTC even responding to this? You'd think they'd have more important things to worry about.

 

[bushido]

Um, when did anyone at Apple say HTC's new phone was an iPhone ripoff? Why is HTC even responding to this? You'd think they'd have more important things to worry about.

everyone tbh there r even memes

 

[zone23]

I loved HTC when they had the weather animations on the lockscreen, then they got rid of it and that was the end of them.

 

[Kiro]

The iPhone 5 doesn't look anything like the HTC M7/M8/M9 which is what HTC is referring to.

Well some might say otherwise: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...977715115.33586.156000827782530&type=1&ref=nf

 

[Reason077]

Looking at those pics, it is indeed quite obvious that the iPhone 6 is a blatant copy of the HTC One A9.

Shame on you, Apple.

 

[hobspain]

That music intro is astonishingly similar to the Steel video of Apple Watch. And the materials and foundry images as well albeit not so well executed

 

[Norbs12]

Sadly I used to respect HTC.

 

[KPOM]

Looking at the '13 HTC One, he does have a point. I'm not saying Apple copied them, but they did have the antenna lines on the back way before the iPhone 6. They even had Beats before Apple too, haha.

However, the HTC One M7 and iPhone 6 look distinct from each other, and both are well designed. The HTC One A9 looks like a cheap knock-off of the iPhone 6 with its overall lack of symmetry (the off-center USB port and antenna bands, etc.).

 

[macaximx]

That's like saying Apple copied the name of a fruit

Actually they did copy the Beatles Apple Label and the logo is similar.

 

[shanson27]

iPhone 5 was released on September 21, 2012, with aluminum back

 

[3N16MA]

It's clear that the iPhone 6/6+ is an evolution of the 5th generation iPod Touch.

Released in fall 2012, before the M7.

 

[dwsolberg]

I'm rubber, and you're glue. Whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you.