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Wico and Goophone Beat Apple to Market with Android-Based iPhone 6 Clones
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Are you kidding me? It's not the US. It's China. A good portion of things made in China are stolen intellectual property. The gov't looks the other way and keeps a few people employed. Perhaps a form a welfare? This is the luxury of world's manufacturing superpower.
Yup! Like that one time in 2007. Even then the iPhone rumors swirled for two years. But it was a shocker when announced and revealed to the world. At this point I don't understand the shroud in secrecy by Apple. Every announcement is a huge disappointment because we are all expecting the features that won't appear until next years model: i.e. 32GB starting size, etc...
Even grandmothers at the supermarket are talking to one another: Don't get the 5S, the 6 is coming on September 19th in two sizes: 4.7 and 5.5. And there are rumors of a shapphire display and haptic feedback on the 5.5. Until apple makes the phones in a bunker underneath Cupertino, those announcements will NEVER have any surprises.
Android iPhone? Now there's a novel idea! How about doing a Windows iPhone? ; > \
Somebody get this Piggie home and way clear of Apple branding and corporate strategy sessions...OR...rent the lil oinkster to KMart, Walmart, JCP or why not just go all the way and waddle around in the mud with any remaining Sears and other 'lets be all things to everybody, lotta money to be had' crowd." Oink.
I think this would be cool since, honestly, I buy Apple for their hardware and because they look fantastic.
When it comes to the iPhone, I do virtually everything on iOS 7 that I did on Android so I never really felt like one was superior to the other.
In the same way that you can run Windows on a Mac right? Im sure there are plenty of people that want do do exactly as Piggie has said although Im sure Apple wont do it.
And the one quarter resolution (960x540 pixels) that the actual iPhone 6 will have (I hope it's 1080p!)
In any case, the resolution of this phone is less than even the iPhone 4, it must look horrible on such a large 4.7 inch screen! The pixel density would be 234 ppi, that's closer to the original iPhone pixel density than any Retina iPhone since. Even less than the full size Retina iPad.
Are all the leaks we've seen just parts for these knock-off phones? How do people know what the 6 will look like before it's released anyway?
I wouldn't count on that. There is a huge market for knock offs.
People want to have the prestige of looking like they own an iconic brand without having to pay the real price.
Notice the attention to detail of this clone. To the untrained eye it would look like the real thing. I bet if you put the real product next to the copy that most people would have trouble figuring out which was which.
They didn't show making a purchase from theApp Store though.
The market may never die, but the individual companies could. I'd rather buy something that's less of a knockoff, like a Samsung phone. In general, everything I've bought from a company based in China has lost support quickly due to the company dying off, merging, changing names, etc, especially stuff that's grey-area like that HDCP removal box I needed for my Apple TV to work with my TV.
Jony Ive can be heard saying, "I can drive a bloody lorry through those gaps in the fit and finish"
You can't sue a Chinese company that clones your device if they only sell it in China. China has no international patent laws. If this company attempts to export this product then Apple can block the export, but Apple can't do anything about this if the product is only sold to the Chinese.
It will sell way over 100,000. I travel several times a year on business through the Philippines. I was shocked at how huge the chinese iPhone clone market is in the Philippines. They even sell iPhone clones that run a clone of iOS!
You didn't remotely understand why iOS works so good, why you can update iOS on older hardware, and especially you dind't understand Apple philosophy. Sure maybe if Apple will be near bankrupt in a quite impossible future scenario, and if Amelio runs Apple again.... Then it could happen this nightmare.
Not to defend these rippoffs... but i imagine there are a crapload of poor people in China for who buying real Apple products at Apple prices is an impossibility... so its less to do with not knowing or caring and more to do with going with their only option.
Unfortunately, the buying public doesn't care about innovation. The majority seem to only care about bigger screens and "flashy" features that don't really present new ideas.... Manufacturers cater to the things that will get people to buy, not trying something bold and new.