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

Hmmm. Antenna bands around the back, first on the HTC M7. If you're comparing processor names, the HTC One M7 came out Feb 2013. iPhone 5s released September 2013 with a conveniently named M7 motion co-processor. Skip to 2014, HTC One M8 released August 2014, iPhone 6 a month later with an M8 motion co-processor. Who's copying who?
 
Max(IT) said:
to say that the iPhone is somewhat similar to the HTC One M7, a very beautiful phone for sure, is just the most ridiculous comment ever seen
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As an M8 owner, I would say it looks dated now and overly ornamental compared to the iPhone 6 which explains why HTC aped the 6's look wholesale.

The M8's design is also a bit sloppy... The hole in the upper antenna band looks like a manufacturing defect, the headphone jack wraps to the edge of the phone instead of sitting center and there's that black chin on the front; not perfectly symmetrical like on the iPhone.

The sloppiness extends to the internal build quality...

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AppleInTheMud said:
That design is HTC's - The HTC One started it and Apple followed 2 years later. So YES, since the HTC design exsisted 2 years before the iPhone 6, Apple copied this one. Sorry. Also this one./QUOTE]

Have you seen the iPod Touch 5th Generation. THIS is the design that APPLE built on to make the iPhone 6.
The iPod Touch 5th Generation was out 6 months before the HTC One M7 and a full year and half before the M8 which is the real ripoff of the design stealing from both the iPhone 5 and iPod Touch 5th Generation. This stuff is all right there on gsmarena.com. People should at least know the chronology.
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And how were Apple going to put antenna's into the iPod with a metal back, look to HTC maybe? The only similarity between the iPod and the iPhone 6 is the aluminum back!

And the M8 is a clear incremental update of the M7 design.
 
Gosh, thin-skinned much?

What a silly outburst to have in public. Just makes HTC look like it's being run by a bunch of angry kids.
 
The M7 was my favorite Android phone until my Nexus 5 replaced it. The camera was terrible but it was a great device, especially the GPE version.
 
MacFather said:
HTC Legend with aluminum unibody and plastic bands at the top and bottom for antennas came out in early 2010, just sayin'.
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The reviewer in that video said that the unibody design reminded him of a Mac Book Pro.

And its design, with the antenna behind a black plastic panel is what Apple did in the 1st generation iPhone.

Those stripes on an iPhone 6 are insulation to keep separate the various parts of the rear case that actually are the antenna. They're not just decorative accents.

Just sayin'.
Breaking Good said:
If Apple ran focus groups to determine which colors would have the widest appeal, and HTC ran focus groups to determine which colors would have the widest appeal, don't you think they would probably come pretty close to being the same?
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Look at automobiles. Take your standard subcompact model. Is it really a big surprise that they all look so similar?
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As far as I know, Apple doesn't use focus groups.

But even if they did, no I don't think different groups hired by different corporations in different parts of the world would produce the same results. I don't think that is in any way likely.

As for cars, there's another factor at play - government regulation. They are required to get certain minimum levels of gas mileage. That means they must use lightweight parts (aluminum and plastic, mostly) and they must be aerodynamic. That means the general shape is going to be about the same, because there really is only one ideal aerodynamic shape - an airfoil. All stylistic differences are within the envelope of an overall airfoil shape because anything less would hurt mileage and leave them open to fines from government regulators.

As far as I know, there are no regulations that impact the shape of a cell phone.
 
Like it or not the iPhone 6 released in 2014 looks a lot like the HTC M7 released in 2013. If you look at the design M7 through to A9 there is an iterative progression. So I wouldn't really say HTC copied the iPhone 6s.

That said do people really still buy phones based on design? I really thought the mobile war is fought on apps and features?
 
Karma*Police said:
As an M8 owner, I would say it looks dated now and overly ornamental compared to the iPhone 6 which explains why HTC aped the 6's look wholesale.

The M8's design is also a bit sloppy... The hole in the upper antenna band looks like a manufacturing defect, the headphone jack wraps to the edge of the phone instead of sitting center and there's that black chin on the front; not perfectly symmetrical like on the iPhone.

The sloppiness extends to the internal build quality...

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Wow, those images speak volumes of both companies' different philosophies. Apple really goes after every single detail even if they won't be seen my a majority of their products' users.
 
Say what you will about Apple, when I look at that internal shots of the two devices, Apple is still earning my respect for clarity of thought, and adherence to discipline in design.
 
What Apple did to HTC in borrowing any design cues is SIGNIFICANTLY less of a blatant rip-off than what HTC did to Apple. Case closed.
 
MacRumors said:



HTC has denied claims that its new flagship One A9 smartphone copies the iPhone. At a press briefing in Taiwan, company executive Jack Tong said that "it's Apple that copies us" in terms of antenna design--the Taiwanese handset maker was first to release a metal unibody smartphone nearly three years ago.

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The HTC One A9 compared to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus (via The Verge)​

The response was reported by Want China Times (via BGR):The original HTC One M7 launched in March 2013 with an aluminum unibody frame and plastic antenna lines along the top and bottom of the smartphone, both design cues that Apple adopted for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, released 18 months later, and has since carried over to the iPhone 6s lineup.

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The original HTC One with an all-metal unibody design launched in March 2013​

The One A9 is considered an iPhone lookalike because it has a similar rounded chassis, plastic antenna lines and a protruding rear-facing camera, and because it is available in almost identical colors as the current iPhone lineup. The smartphone also has one speaker located next to the charging port on the bottom.

HTC's rebuttal comes after The Verge described the One A9 as "the most blatant and highest-profile iPhone ripoff since Samsung's original Galaxy S," a bold argument that has been contested by some HTC supporters. The copycat allegations have received significant media coverage this week.

Ultimately, while there is no denying that HTC's One A9 is an iPhone-driven evolution of the HTC One series, it is clear that both smartphone makers have borrowed similar design qualities from each other over the years. Apple has not commented on the matter, but has taken legal action against Samsung for copying in the past.


The One A9 is HTC's latest flagship Android smartphone, featuring a 5-inch screen with a curved-edge display, 13-megapixel rear-facing camera, 1.5 GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor, 3GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB storage, Quick Charge 2.0 and Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The smartphone is available in a range of colors, including Carbon Gray, Opal Silver, Deep Garnet and Topaz Gold, for $399 unlocked.

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Its not the antena design .. It the whole form factor that is a copy of iphone 6
 
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Apart from fanboys, who cares? EVERYONE copies EVERYONE. HTC copies Apple, Samsung copies Apple, Apple copies Microsoft, Microsoft copies Apple...etc. EVERYONE copies. We are at a point where it's insanely hard to differentiate your products.
 
the thin iPhone 6 was released in 2014, if u believe Wikipedia, so maybe HTC has something..

while everyone copies everything, in the web development world.... why do people go after u for copying their logo ? because it patented deisgn

By your logic everyone should just not worry about it.... Whats the difference here ?

BUT... phone are getting thinner...

maybe more people are running out of "how else can we design a phone." which could also relate to why there are so many of this stuff now-days..

a rub-ix cube has only so many possibilities.
 
The ridiculous thing is that if you look at any HTC phones prior to the iPhone, they look like every other Blackberry-wannabe that was on the market at the time. They were not heading toward what the iPhone was in any sense.

If your entire design aesthetic is rooted completely around a product Apple released in 2007, you don't get to claim Apple copied you. End of discussion. You're playing in the sandbox Apple created. Quit whining, HTC.
 
dannyyankou said:
They're right

Edit: And I'm as big a fanboy as anyone. MacBook, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, etc.
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Actually, they're not. Look at the 5th gen iPod Touch (2012). It came out before the M7 (2013) and it looks more like a iPhone 6 than the M7. It has the full rounded aluminum back and camera rings and everything.
 
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