HTC can't be serious with this one, hopefully Apple will get product bans in many countries, however I'm not assuming many people will buy these anyway.
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HTC Unveils the One A9, an iPhone Lookalike That Runs the Latest Version of Android
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Yesterday it was Samsung's Rose Gold Galaxy and today this, but iOS adds battery saving mode and everyone be like "OMG APPLE STEALS ANDROID IDEAS" lol.
I hope Apple has some lawyers experienced in dealing with design infringements…
Wow, that's a very low megapixel count there...0.000004 MP. I know HTC is on the verge of going bankrupt, but that still seems like a pretty extreme cost-cutting measure.
Apple's iPhone 6 industrial design to some extent, appears to have borrowed inspiration from HTC One who did the antenna lines because they had an all metal body.
It's just that HTC is now taking inspiration from Apple that we have come full circle. The problem is that HTC does it blatantly, to the extent that it causes confusion to the consumer.
The iPhone 6 is an ugly phone (FYI I do own one). It's almost like Apple decided to put out the most hideous design they could to see if anyone would copy them. Tada!
Live Photos, 3D Touch & Universal Apps: Apple hijacks Microsoft's lingo -
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Something sized right between the 6S and 6S Plus, in an extremely similar Silver color, and using the A9 name (like the chip). The only way to beat this kind of trolling would be if HTC's CPUs were also split built between TSMC and Samsung!
Meanwhile,
Apple to HTC: Come on, Come to Daddy! Dad's waiting for you!
Apple to HTC: Come on, Come to Daddy! Dad's waiting for you!
Why would anyone want a phone that looks like an iPhone if they hate all things Apple. Kind of defeats the purpose.
Yeah, but they are ultra pixels! (;
Hahaha, friggin' awesome. Who's the copycat now, huh? xD
Just found out the phone weighs even exactly the same as the iPhone 6s (143 grams). How amazing is that? :')
Just found out the phone weighs even exactly the same as the iPhone 6s (143 grams). How amazing is that? :')
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That front facing camera with 4 whole pixels is amazing! Can't wait to see the selfie shots on that.
Amusing that they would pick two design cues (protruding lens and antenna bands) to copy that most people don't like b
Stealing OS ideas, and a company copying hardware aren't the same thing. The Android press has berated this phone since it first leaked because it was obvious what they're going for. Only a fool would think battery saving mode was an Android first feature, because it wasn't. Android just put that feature natively in last year, as manufacturers have had to add it to their custom skins; same thing with fingerprint reader support until 6.0 was released. Google really just takes the ideas from the manufacturer skins anyway and builds it natively into Android, if Apple does the same then so what? When Google and Apple finally have novel ideas worth stealing from each other, THEN the complaints can begin.
Never thought I'd ever say this, but looks like Samsung got out-Samsunged by HTC. This is about as lazy as designing gets, sheesh.
Okay, then take 4K recording, everyone is crying because Android had it first and now Apple is copying Android's camera. Ridiculous whining IMO.
haha, you'd think the HTC marketing team would know the difference between "very" and "vary".
Pretty blatant copy. Using other companies' design ideas is pretty much a must. There are only so many things you can do in the phone form-factor but this reaches WAY past a concept or idea and is nearly a knock-off.
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Pretty blatant copy. Using other companies' design ideas is pretty much a must. There are only so many things you can do in the phone form-factor but this reaches WAY past a concept or idea and is nearly a knock-off.
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I thought maybe I was the only one who read that
Not only do they copy the design but they call it the A9. Apple iPhone has an A9 chip. HTC is desperate.
They didn't copy everything about the iPhone. I think Apple's got this beat:
"There's also a 4-pixel front-facing camera"
"There's also a 4-pixel front-facing camera"