'LeBest X14 Pro Max' Imitates iPhone Design Features

[MacRumors]

The X14 Pro Max was today unveiled by Chinese low-cost smartphone brand LeBest, a phone that overtly imitates multiple iPhone design features.

Android brands and other smartphone makers often come under fire for allegedly copying Apple. Priced at just $150, the LeBest X14 Pro Max is the latest device that looks to capitalize on the success of the iPhone by emulating many of its design features. The "X14 Pro Max" name, an obvious nod to the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro Max, is just the start of several design decisions that directly imitate Apple's flagship iPhones.

For example, the device features a rear camera array arranged exactly like that of the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro, with three lenses arranged in a triangle, and a flash above the right lens and a cutout intended to look like a LiDAR scanner below it. Just like the iPhone 11 Pro, 12 Pro, and 13 Pro, the device has a polished stainless steel frame and frosted glass back.

The device's color options mirror the iPhone 13 Pro with the exception of Gold, being available in a "Graphite" gray, silver, and a "Sapphire Blue" that clearly mimics Apple's Sierra Blue. In the most striking duplication, LeBest's marketing materials for the X14 Pro Max use Apple's exact wallpaper for the iPhone 13 Pro.

Apple's iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max​

Beyond these parallels, the LeBest X14 Pro Max differs from the iPhone with a rear display next to the camera array, a hole-punch cutout for the front-facing camera, support for 40W fast charging, a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, and a 16-megapixel rear camera.

As a budget device, it is also significantly inferior to the iPhone in terms of hardware and specifications, sporting a 6.5-inch LCD display with a resolution of 2340 x 1080 pixels, a 60Hz refresh rate, and an 8-megapixel front camera. The device is designed to use Huawei Mobile Services as an alternative to Google.

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[d5aqoëp]

Does the phone have bezel chin which most Androids do?

 

[dumastudetto]

So tired of this.

Why is Apple the only company innovating these days?

 

[heystu]

I don't think Apple need worry unnecessarily about the obvious copy of their design, it's the name that should worry them - I mean, who wouldn't want 'LeBest' smart phone?

 

[icanhazmac]

I mean, who wouldn't want 'LeBest' smart phone?

A little too flashy for me, I'll take a 'LeSecondBest' please.

 

[BootsWalking]

So tired of this.

Why is Apple the only company innovating these days?

You might want to rethink that assertion. This is a cheap Chinese knockoff, so of course it'll be a crude replica of an iPhone. But there are plenty of companies innovating in the smartphone space. Ideas get "borrowed" between Apple and Android phone designs and features all the time, in both directions and for both hardware and software.

 

[alexjholland]

I work in the technology sector.

Imagine how depressing it would be to dedicate a single minute of your life to building or marketing a copycat device.

What a pathetic, tragic waste of materials, energy, and human labour.

 

[Unggoy Murderer]

That "decline call" icon facing upwards is irritating me far more than it has any right to. What the hell.

 

[TSE]

It looks like they copied and pasted some camera lenses for that rendering of the backside and botched the cropping of the top left corner of the front rendering.

 

[JippaLippa]

Is this a joke?

 

[DinkThifferent]

Why doesn't Apple sue this company? They went after Samsung (for years) but this LeBest crap is just a one-on-one copy.

 

[mozumder]

Apple needs to make the whole rear of their phones as displays, and get rid of the low-quality front camera and notch.

 

[ChrisMoBro]

So tired of this.

Why is Apple the only company innovating these days?

I really don’t think Apple are innovating - their iPhone design has barely changed for years now. Apart from the flat edges, it’s essentially the same device.

This company aren’t copying Apple because of their innovation. They’re copying them because of the value of the brand/product and it saves them developing their own branding/designs .

 

[6787872]

i really wish they would come up with less cringey names for their products

 

[Coochie Boogs]

Sheeesh. Everyone wants to be Apple, but no one wants to be Apple.

 

[Powerbooky]

LeBest... reminds me of...

Le Pew (c)WB

 

[ian87w]

When iphone 13 pro and Xiaomi Mi 11 ultra have a baby.

 

[curnalpanic]

Not as good as the original.

Also, can't wait for the XPad Pro with N2 Mega chip.

 

[lazyrighteye]

At $150, I can’t imagine their build quality being anything that would withstand even gentle everyday use.

 

[curnalpanic]

At $150, I can’t imagine their build quality being anything that would withstand even gentle everyday use.

Not worries, they are guaranteed to not fall apart until after you take them out of the box. 😁

 

[ian87w]

At $150, I can’t imagine their build quality being anything that would withstand even gentle everyday use.

Don't know about LeBest, but most $150 Android phones today are pretty good. And since they use plastic body, they are actually more durable than most glass shattering flagships. The Chinese build quality is no longer a joke. The issue in this price range usually comes from the lower end SoC and lower quality screen being used. But build quality is no longer an issue.

For example, around that price, I can get a Redmi Note 10, a 5G phone. Not too shabby.

 

[that be me]

Why doesn't Apple sue this company? They went after Samsung (for years) but this LeBest crap is just a one-on-one copy.

Copywrite laws are more of a suggestion in China.

 

[the 12th Doctor]

A new Chinese spy device.

 

[ian87w]

Copywrite laws are more of a suggestion in China.

Copyright laws are taken seriously in China.... for local companies. The government ensures copyright protection for local companies. Foreign companies, that's not their priority.

 

[anthogag]

LeCrap pile steaming