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HTC Unveils the One A9, an iPhone Lookalike That Runs the Latest Version of Android

wirelessness said:
Sorry sir but you are mistaken. The copying actually began by HTC in full force in Mach 2013 When they released the HTC One (M7)
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A full 6 months after the iPhone 5 was released in Sept. 2012
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And yet, ironically, they look nothing alike. Funny eh?
 
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wirelessness said:
Sorry sir but you are mistaken. The copying actually began by HTC in full force in Mach 2013 When they released the HTC One (M7)
A full 6 months after the iPhone 5 was released in Sept. 2012
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Ah, then you must agree with me that this article is in error, and that HTC has been producing this design for many, many years now. :) I can't say exactly if HTC based their HTC One design on Apple concepts, but I can say that the HTC One A9 looks very much like all the other HTC One designs over the last few years. (And to my eyes, the HTC One M7 looks quite a bit different than the iPhone 5: the curved back, the front-facing speakers, the button-free face, etc.)
 
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Rogifan said:
imo iPhone 6 is a riff on this:

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Your post points to the ridiculousness of this entire thread. (thread ridiculous, not your post) Yes, the iP6 has similarities to the iPod. But it's undeniable that it also has similarities to the M7. It's equally undeniable the A9 has similarities to iP6. Point is, contrary to some hyperbole in this thread, companies are inspired by other companies all the time. Hard as it is for some in this forum to believe, not every idea at Apple originates in Cupertino.
 
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Benjamin Frost said:
So HTC are the new Samsung.

What is the point of patent laws? This blatant copying of the antenna bands and protruding camera shows that the laws are impotent. Whilst I don't care for the design of the iPhone 6, what it means is that design is devalued. Designers will be deterred from creating brilliance, knowing that if they do, their designs will get ripped off with no penalty.

We can therefore look forward to bland design in the future, all because of the inability of the American courts to carry out justice.
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That iP6 design is ugly enough to be worth nothing. How can you then devalue it?
 
Synchromesh said:
HTC is entirely the reason I switched to Apple. My first smartphone back in 2009 was an HTC Eris. It was the biggest piece of junk one could imagine. Tiny screen, awful bluetooth, lack of internal RAM, super slow processor, you name it. I rooted and overclocked it and it was still extremely slow. After 2 years of suffering I said "no more Android crap" and bought iPhone 4S. Been on iPhones ever since and you can't make me go back.
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To be fair, Android phones have come a long way since then.
 
SirCheese said:
And yet, ironically, they look nothing alike. Funny eh?
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Well, the HTC One M7 copying of the iPhone 5 really can't be denied. A full 6 months after the iPhone 5 came out. Especially when you compare the One M7 to the POS design of the HTC One S that they came out with earlier in the year before the iPhone 5:
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This is the crap they were making BEFORE they saw the iPhone 5. Case closed.
 
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wirelessness said:
Well, the HTC One M7 copying of the iPhone 5 really can't be denied. A full 6 months after the iPhone 5 came out. Especially when you compare the One M7 to the POS design of the HTC One S that they came out with earlier in the year before the iPhone 5:
htc-one-s-1.jpg

This is the crap they were making BEFORE they saw the iPhone 5. Case closed.
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Again, the 5 and the M7 look NOTHING alike, if you honestly believe they do, get your eyes checked.
 
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bgraham said:
To be fair, Android phones have come a long way since then.
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That's great. Except since we don't all have a huge bank account I'll stick with what works for me. I don't have the money nor the time to be test user for them. My last android was HTC desired z. Lost all photos because the memory was corrupted. Have not had a single issues since iPhone 2G.
 
Doesn't Apple have a trademark on their A9 processor name? Wouldn't that make it hard for HTC to use 'A9' in a cell phone product name?
 
wirelessness said:
Well, the HTC One M7 copying of the iPhone 5 really can't be denied. A full 6 months after the iPhone 5 came out. Especially when you compare the One M7 to the POS design of the HTC One S that they came out with earlier in the year before the iPhone 5:
htc-one-s-1.jpg

This is the crap they were making BEFORE they saw the iPhone 5. Case closed.
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Can't be denied?o_O Which design elements do you think are similar? Maybe I need glasses, but the M7 and 5/5S look nothing alike.
 
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iVoid said:
Doesn't Apple have a trademark on their A9 processor name? Wouldn't that make it hard for HTC to use 'A9' in a cell phone product name?
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Nope. Samsung used A8 as the name budget phone. It would be hard for HTC to use A9 as a processor name. Same with Apple using Force Touch in a phone. It would be pretty hard since Huawei uses Force Touch in their Mate S phone.
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Ridiculous pricing yet again ....

32gb $399 USA

£459 UK / €625 Euro = ($710)

Seriously WTF! Getting so fed up of being ripped off .... It's becoming a joke.
 
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