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LG Denies Copying iPhone X's Notched Design With New G7 Smartphone

macfacts said:
The hate most people have for Apple regarding the issue of competitors copying one another is just part of the story, it's not just about who is first. No other competitor has sued others for copying except Apple, and it was for copying a design, not any real tech. Apple felt pressure so they sued instead of making a better product.

Competition is great but Apple wants to get rid of the competition by tying them up in the court room instead of battling them in the marketplace.
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Not really sure what that has to do with my post that simply commented on LG Prada.
 
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djcerla said:
"We planned the notch design before Apple," said Hwang Jeong-hwan

And sure enough, Android folks will buy this, in their processing of mourning that started with “ROTFL” and will end up with ”it’s the obvious design, Apple invented nothing”.
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You are correct. Apple created nothing to do with the “notch.”
 
69Mustang said:
This is rabbit hole not worth pursuing imo. The notch is not necessary for Face ID. You can uselessly argue otherwise.
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Well, it seems like it was either something like the notch or something like the usual bezel in order to have the camera and other components that are needed there. Which one of those is "better" is certainly debatable, but mostly on a subjective level basically.
 
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C DM said:
Well, it seems like it was either something like the notch or something like the usual bezel in order to have the camera and other components that are needed there. Which one of those is "better" is certainly debatable, but mostly on a subjective level basically.
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I'm not debating whether or not one solution is better. I'm really not sure what you're not getting. It's simple. Keysofanxiety claimed the notch was necessary for FaceID. I stated that's false. A notch is definitely not necessary for FaceID. You even state the exact same thing in your statement. FaceID would work in a notch or a standard bezel. So what are you arguing? Did you not understand my original and subsequent posts?
 
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69Mustang said:
I'm not debating whether or not one solution is better. I'm really not sure what you're not getting. It's simple. Keysofanxiety claimed the notch was necessary for FaceID. I stated that's false. A notch is definitely not necessary for FaceID. You even state the exact same thing in your statement. FaceID would work in a notch or a standard bezel. So what are you arguing? Did you not understand my original and subsequent posts?
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If having bezels was basically the only other approach, and the design of iPhone X was to be essentially without the traditional type of bezels, then the notch seems to be the remaining approach.
 
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Starship67 said:
How can they deny it. Its right there on the friggen screen. Albeit a bit smaller.
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The notch is such a stupid design. But for companies to actually copy it is beyond stupid. At least Samsung has the decency to not copy this idiotic trend.
 
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As if they know when exactly Apple planned on the notch design for the iPhone X. Unless they think that Apple planned it on the same day they introduced it.
 
Even though it definitely looks copied, once again Apple’s implementation simply looks much better. The proportions, everything.... is just off about this LG. For example, the screen curves do not match the body. Attention to detail is why the iPhone X has been such a massive success.
 
Yeah yeah, same story since 2007. They blatantly rip off the design then say Apple can't patent rectangles.
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1rottenapple said:
The notch is such a stupid design. But for companies to actually copy it is beyond stupid. At least Samsung has the decency to not copy this idiotic trend.
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Yes, also +1 to Samsung for not getting rid of the headphone jack. I'm not buying a new phone that doesn't have one. I miss it when phones simply got better over time instead of going through trends.
 
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NamE_O said:
As if they know when exactly Apple planned on the notch design for the iPhone X. Unless they think that Apple planned it on the same day they introduced it.
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Unami said:
how would they know when apple planned their notch design?
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LG knows when they themselves planned the notch and they are saying it was before Apple publicly announced iPhone X.

And the same question can be asked to all those that think LG copied Apple, "how would you know when LG exactly planned the notch design."
 
1NYer said:
Another hideous notch to be on the market. What a shame, we’re going backwards.
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In the sense of what Face ID technology is due to the notch, your post is false. In the sense, Apple is the _first_ to implement 3-D facial mapping for biometric security in a smart phone, are you aware of any other smart phone competitors that offer that type of technology considering all the hardware embedded under the Notch? I doubt that.
 
This is nonsense. The notch wasn’t a deliberate design feature. It was a compromise. Ask yourselves, is a phone better with it, or without it? I’d be embarrassed to say I intentionally invented it.
 
MacBebe said:
In fairness, it’s possible that LG thought about the “notch” first. It was just waiting for a company to make one and market it and see how well it sells.
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The iPhone X’s design was leaked by the middle of last year. I highly doubt that had also thought about it. Of all the things they could copy they copy the worst and it ends up making the LG look very low-rent. They even promote it with a similar wallpaper. Did they also design that a year ago?

Apple really only has one competitor and that’s Samsung. Regardless of some unoriginal ideas in the past, the S8 was their design and they got their almost bezelless phone to the market first.

OTOH, you could also say Apple has no competitors since nobody else can provide iOS and iOS is the main reason people buy Apple. Just how the overall presentation of a Mac has that wow factor, they managed to do the same thing with their mobile devices. Every little detail from the rounded edges on icons, to the layout is just brilliant design. Even more brilliant is the fact that they got it right back in ‘07 just how Apple got it right with the first release of OS X perfecting it by Tiger and Leopard.
 
Defthand said:
This is nonsense. The notch wasn’t a deliberate design feature. It was a compromise. Ask yourselves, is a phone better with it, or without it? I’d be embarrassed to say I intentionally invented it.
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The question is then are bezels better than a notch.
 
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Android phones are planned 1 year in advance. Apple phones are planned 2 years in advance.
The rumours and leaks for the X came out Q1 of 2017.
Android phone manufacturers just copied the Apple rumours. The Essential phone was a copy of the Apple rumour. Hell, even the full screen S8 was copied from the Apple rumours.
 
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Designing a smartphone takes time and it's highly unlikely the G7 went from inception to release between the iPhone X being announced last September and now. Even without the design aspect, the logistics of that are infeasible.
 
When Google launched its phone, Brin said they will shamelessly copy Apple. Android will shamelessly copy Apple.

LG's new phone looks like an iPhone copy-cat.
 
Who even cares anymore.

All cell phones suck.

We won’t be using cell phones in the next 2 decades.
 
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