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iPhone X Clone 'Leagoo S9' Will Cost $150 and Include 'Face Access' Biometric Security Feature
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sracer
macrumors G4
I don't find it amazing. Apple knows that they'll get ridiculed for any change they make. They also know that they can weather the storm. Once the storm dies down, people are more accepting.
Apple was ridiculed for the notch as they should be. But they spin it into something that is PREFERRED over bezels. They can get away with it because they have a reputation for being "innovative" and "courageous". It doesn't matter how impractical the change, the thinking goes, "well if Apple did it, then it must be good."
When Samsung tries something to be different, Apple fans brush it off as a gimmick. They were one of the first to dive into the phablet waters. Many here ridiculed that decision. Once Apple produced a phablet, suddenly many of those detractors became fans.
All that to say, fandom and tribalism is alive and well in the tech world. There's nothing amazing about that.
filmantopia
macrumors 6502a
Sweetcheetah
macrumors member
But it's an Android which I do not use, don't like using, nor Windows, etc. I have all Apple products and very much deep into the eco system of it all and used to it, I'm very productive with it, everything just works, no worries. So, doesn't matter what the clone looks like or costs, if it runs on an android system, it's a COMPLETELY a deal breaker. I love the experience, and I just love the hardware software integration that I've lived with since the last 20 years of using Apple and I'm sticking to it till the end, either my life or Apple's.
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timborama
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Not really. I wouldn’t even buy an real X for $150. No Touch ID, no buy.
SoN1NjA
macrumors 68020
Because it shouldn't be there. It's not natural to have a weird bar on the side of a video that cuts it off, and websites shouldn't have to be designed around a specific screen. Apple clearly doesn't like it considering they plan on reducing the notch.
IJ Reilly
macrumors P6
The main difference between this phone and the iPhone X is the "face access" feature involves banging it on your forehead until it breaks.
You can’t make the above statement statement:
And then make this statement listed below stating that “Apple doesn’t like it”. Unless your an Apple engineer, you can’t cite reasons why unless you understand the technological changes. It’s just you personally don’t agree with the Notch and its implementation. You’re conflating two different things.
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It’s called you have choices, if you don’t like the nature of Apples design implementation, that’s the nature of how this company is . They make changes not everybody agrees with when it comes to the 30 pin connector being changed, deleted 3.5 mm Jack, the notch, etc.
Apple is not afraid to take the risk other companies won’t do and when they do, Apple is chastised for the decisions they make. Long term, other manufactures tend to follow their own footsteps. I give Apple credit for making the changes they do that no one else will in most cases, but it doesn’t make them any less successful of company because of what not everybody agrees with.
Also, I don’t necessarily believe more consumers are accepting once the hype dies down about something controversial with the deleted 3.5 mm Jack or the notch design , I think people simply move on because you can’t sit and complain forever about what one company did. Technology moves so fast, you either accept or move on to something that meets the consumers expectations.
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It’s not a design flaw. You think Apples engineers who Who are paid millions of dollars to design something failed at the concept of what it executes to do? I don’t Understand what’s difficult for others to accept that the notch exists because the technology is not a advanced far enough yet to reduce or eliminate it all together.
Not to mention, I’m not sure how you can specifically say it contradicts Apples own basic human interface design, when They don’t follow a specific pattern because they changed a physical feature based on a technological advancements for security purposes.
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Lets‘s just say, from an engeneering point of view it is bad design. As worse as it can get bad. An from marketing perspective it is the best design.
I think the point is: the screen didn't need to wrap around it like that. Of course you can disagree.
But you can’t say the notch can’t exist because it houses all the sensors, the microphone and camera. Unless you have a more feasible solution that would have Incorproated Face ID differently without making the necessary sacrifices, I’m sure Apple would be willing to listen to you.
Kabeyun
macrumors 68040
Of course, Apple had to, y’know, actually come up with the ideas, R&D the thing, make it out of high quality materials, support it with award-winning customer service, warrant it, and certify the apps that run on it. Besides just those tidbits and the price difference you astutely pointed out they’re exactly the same.
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Will.O.Bie
macrumors 6502
It's all about the money. They look at Apple's earnings with the X and decide they want a piece of that pie. So, imitating a phone that almost everyone despises with the notch, yet Ligoogoo Note S9 is their counter to that, notch and all. If generates some revenue for them, why not? Try and try as they may only to fail as usual.
shareef777
Suspended
No need to look any further then these forums. But yeah, a phone for $150. I wouldn't expect much out of it. Seems to be a device geared toward those that only care to appear as if they owned the latest and greatest.
SoN1NjA
macrumors 68020
It's not a choice made because they had the option to, it's a choice made because they had no other option
Exactly. Which is called technological advancements to further refine the hardware and ultimately implement a different solution until the Notch can be changed or altered. Thats the nature and evolution of technology as a whole, not just the notch.
NT1440
macrumors P6
If your playing a video in full screen (the only time the notch would cut in) YOURE ALREADY CUTTING OFF PARTS OF THE VIDEO BY BEING THAT ZOOMED IN.
caoimhin
macrumors member
Doesn’t bother me one bit. I don’t notice it. And for the few times I watch video in landscape mode, I quickly forget about it.
So, it may irk your tastes, but it doesn’t inhibit the utility of the device in any meaningful way.
Not to mention the rounded corners that cut off part of the image as well. I still can't justify the features and cost when they come comes with a loss of practicality and good design. In the past, if it couldn't be done right, Apple would wait until it could.
caoimhin
macrumors member
From an engineering point of view, it’s a very pragmatic solution. You may not like the looks of it, but it’s a functional design characteristic of the device that was deemed (by people, I reckon, smarter than you or me) to be the optimal way of fitting those sensors on a display with a small bezel. As far as engineering goes, it’s exactly what I expect. Maybe an industrial designer would have something different to say, but it’s functional. It hasn’t disrupted my enjoyment of the device one bit.