May be because Apple needs China, not the other way around.
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Xiaomi Takes Aim at Apple With New MacBook Pro and iPhone X Rivals
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I find it sad that this company can pack in so many ports in the same design and Apple can't.
The phone looks good but too bad the laptop is saddled with a horrible operating system. I'm going to see how things turn out with the iPhone launch although it is highly unlikely I'd leave the Apple ecosystem given how much I have invested in the ecosystem and dependent upon the integrated features that I gain by being 100% Apple.
There is nothing wrong with LCD on mobile devices... in many ways it is superior to OLED.
No I think Apple wants to push USB-C and rather than removing the band aid slowly they ripped it off fast. I wouldn’t be surprised if in the next year or two iOS device charging cables are lightning to USB-C.
Erm, I am not talking about those backdoors, do some research and you'll find plenty of backdoors built into for instance mostly Windows.
Ridiculous. Out of context and it isn't what Steve Jobs meant. But feel free to look dumb and gloss over the fact that this Mi crap is a ripoff for both the design AND the fact it contains inferior hardware (start with the display). That 24 clowns up-voted your post reveals the Apple trolls on this site.
All this fuss about Xiaomi's copycat approach is for nothing. If Xiaomi has infringed on Apple's patents, Apple can sue to block their import into countries where Apple's patents are protected (Like Apple did when Samsung copied the iPhone's aesthetics and UI). Of course, high-stakes litigation is time-consuming, and the appeals process outlasts the crisis. More importantly, Apple has to consider politics in this case. It wants to play in China's market. If Apple threatens a homegrown business, it risks expulsion from a market as big as the rest of the world combined.
Chinese copycats may be a price that Apple is willing to pay to have a slice of China's business. Hey, it could be worse. At least Xiaomi isn't making these as counterfeits to be sold on eBay.
you tell me. I've never used the front-facing camera on my phone for much else, if at all.
it's going to be one of those "your results may vary" moments. if you're like me who never uses the front facing camera, it's position is perfectly usable.
if you're someone who is always using it for one reason or the other, than it's likely not a good location.
If anyone actually thinks those phones with rear fingerprint sensors look like an iPhone, then I have a nice Hyundai... errr.. I mean Mercedes... to sell you cheap 
As for the laptop, the Xiaomi has different screen bezel sizes, for one thing.
I doubt seriously that anyone mistakes these devices for an Apple device, nor would they buy an expensive Apple device in place of it. They just want an affordable device that looks like an Apple device... not to actually get an Apple device.
So even an exact copy doesn't matter to Apple sales. Only to sales of other Windows/Android devices. Yet it also acts as advertising for Apple design.
As for the laptop, the Xiaomi has different screen bezel sizes, for one thing.
I doubt seriously that anyone mistakes these devices for an Apple device, nor would they buy an expensive Apple device in place of it. They just want an affordable device that looks like an Apple device... not to actually get an Apple device.
So even an exact copy doesn't matter to Apple sales. Only to sales of other Windows/Android devices. Yet it also acts as advertising for Apple design.
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of course Xiaomi is copying Apple, I'm not even sure why there is still discussion on this.
The founder is a great admirer of Steve Jobs, and built Xiaomi to mimic Apple...
He wanted to (and did) build a company like Apple and even dressed like Jobs.
He fully admits that his company and products were Apple inspired. This not the same a Samsung who claimed something different.
It was often complimented as the 'Apple of China' for it's great imitation. In China it's not shameful to be a good imitator.
It's only recently where Xiaomi is expanding to other countries, where it's claiming (and attempting to) be more than just imitators.
The founder is a great admirer of Steve Jobs, and built Xiaomi to mimic Apple...
He wanted to (and did) build a company like Apple and even dressed like Jobs.
He fully admits that his company and products were Apple inspired. This not the same a Samsung who claimed something different.
It was often complimented as the 'Apple of China' for it's great imitation. In China it's not shameful to be a good imitator.
It's only recently where Xiaomi is expanding to other countries, where it's claiming (and attempting to) be more than just imitators.
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In reality eventually Apple will have to drop their prices to be able to compete with the lower priced products. The world is changing .
and that is why the 2017 iMac comes with SD card reader, 4x USB-A and 2xUSB-C. Very Strange for a company pushing USB-C aggressively ?
Iphone is never getting USB-C and apple loosing on MFI $$$.
Not only it's a bad copy, but also they chose the wrong product to copy, as the MBP is in the middle of a change of concept. The right product to copy would be the rMB, but sized with a bigger display (14 inch for example). That will be my next Mac, if Apple cares to release it. LG tried it, but it's Windows... if at least it would come with Linux preinstalled...
EDIT: As a side note, I admit that the GPU in that Xiaomi laptop is a choice far better than Apple's in the current MBP product line.
EDIT: As a side note, I admit that the GPU in that Xiaomi laptop is a choice far better than Apple's in the current MBP product line.
Yes it is. Besides the exact some curved sides as the iPhone 6 and 7, besides the exact same colors as the iPhone 6 and 7, look even at the speaker grill -- a series of drilled holes, just like the iPhone 6 and 7.
Just be honest -- whenever Apple introduces new industrial design elements, these knockoffs copy them. Why does it hurt you to admit that?
Why stop at copying the design? May as well call their products "MacBook Pro" and "iPhone". If you're gonna blatantly copy a company's design, just go all the way right?
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
If I was in the market for Android or Windows, then yes this would definitely be on my radar. Problem is I'm not, because I like my stuff to work and play nice together. Android is the most frustrating mobile OS ever devised because of the fragmentation, and Windows... eesh! The one thing that keeps me sticking with Apple, is those odd times I have to use a windows computer and I am reminded why I hate it, because I have to pick up my phone to do things I can do on my Mac.
Arguably, Apple copied the original Mi Mix, a very expensive device that has an edge to edge screen and a similar design to the new iPhone X.