It’s not pathetic to copy something popular or superior. It’s pathetic only if it mimics the appearance but not the performance. As a consumer, you should be glad that you can buy the same features for less money.
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Xiaomi Unveils Mi 8 Smartphone With iPhone X-Like Notch Design, Vertical Dual-Lens Camera System, and Animated Emoji Features
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It’s not pathetic to copy something popular or superior. It’s pathetic only if it mimics the appearance but not the performance. As a consumer, you should be glad that you can buy the same features for less money.
The writer just regurgitated marketing fluff and you think that makes this a good buy? Really? Really?
Don't worry - the U.S. will get there one step at a time...no pollution controls and eroded to nothing human rights. The process is underway to create a lasting (multi-generational) serf class in the U.S.
I am 100% convinced the Mi 8 SE could absolutely dominate WW smartphone sales later this year !
I think your wrong, people will be like why spend 1000 on an iphone when this phone with top of the line specs is for half price. iOS and Android not much different these days, its like Coke vs Pepsi. I just get whatever is on sell at the supermarket.
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There isn't much going on lately on the Apple side, so they trying to make some money with the Android articles. I don't blame them, gotta pay the bills and food ain't cheap these days either!
Gosh, you're right. Xiaomi copying the external iPhone look is nothing compared to the technology that Apple used from previous smartphones
Without all the handhelds and smartphones that had preceded it since the early 90s, the iPhone could never have existed. Among other things, it took advantage of:
Then there's all the prior touchscreen ideas worked out by many researchers over decades, from flick scrolling to multi-touch. Most of the iPhone was a copy of prior art, including the implementation of an all-touch UI.
- A massive worldwide voice / data network and chips to access that network.
- A massive worldwide primed market of cell and smartphone users.
- A common list of basic smartphone apps that people had come to expect by then.
- Mass smartphone assemblers like Foxconn.
- Even the well known candy bar phone shape.
Heck, even the fallback ability of the first GPS-less iPhone to get its location from towers and WiFi networks came from data compiled by the millions of GPS equipped smartphones that preceded it.
So yeah, he's right... Apple benefited hugely from the billions of dollars and years of R&D that others had done before.
You guys convince yourselves of anything. Yup, Apple barely had any input in the creation of the iPhone. Just threw together some parts laying around for years. And this phone looks nothing like an iPhone X, pure innovation. Enjoy it.
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I am not sure we can compare this phone with an iPhone X. I have a feeling the experience is not the same. If you want an Android Chinese knockoff on the cheap that steals all your info though, sure I guess. Go wild.
I’m pretty sure, Apple put the notch design in there as a joke, to see all the android companies copy them, then abandon it the next year to see who the real followers are! How is this allowed? I have trouble justifying to my legal team a product name that is far from what my product is or does because it sounds too much “like” ... let alone copy an exact mold! At least Xiaomi can use iPhone cases and can save some money!
All these tech companies have CIA/NSA backdoors to access all your info. Microsoft, Apple, Google, Facebook and so on all gather your info and give it to government. If you think Apple is somehow any different, than your just naive.
"Copy & Development" is a real business strategy in china. People there thinks if you can rip-off someone then you are smarter. This is how they think. Similar to KFC and Zhen Kung Fu (chinese fast food chain with Bruce Lee logo).. this is how they think... why spend money to do a location research when you can just open a new shop next to KFC where they already have done all the research of that specific location.
I find it funny that Apple screams "privacy, privacy, SECURITY!!!". Cause if you really think about it, all of these tech companies need to have privacy and security on lock. Otherwise, do you think Microsoft, Google, etc would still be in business? Can someone point me to a data breach, or proof of selling one's data? Apple uses security and privacy like it's some holy Grail feature, yet all corporations value these same things, and DON'T have to try and make it out to be a feature, cause it's not. If anything Apple is the one who constantly has deal breaking bugs that allow root access without a password, or exploits that can freeze up your phone. Literally every other week it seems there is a new bug added to the list. I guess there's a reason they don't preach about "stability" as a feature....
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That makes two things we agree on @DNichter! You're on a roll!
Just checked out their website and the laptops are very similar looking to Apple's, I am not mad about it and also the layout of the advertising is VERY similar. They seem to be the Asian Apple!!!
Well yes and no....They both built on others work. The idea that these companies can sell cheap because they spend nothing on R&D is just plain silly. That was my point. If R&D was the delta (which clearly it isn’t), then that would explain about $25 of it, not $500
It looks almost ridiculously similar. As if Apple lost one of its iPhone X prototypes (ie close to the final but needing a bit more refinement). How do these companies find passion in (poorly) copying the work of others?
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Both of those are inferior options to Apple’s implementation though. So sure they made it different by making it worse.
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Absolutely. And the right price is the price customers will pay. I don’t think Apple has ever been far off with their pricing. Build quality is also an intangible factor in many respects. Also, an Apple product comes with incomparable customer support and is the only phone with Apple OS (and like it or hate it, many people prefer iOS), not to mention greater resale value. All of these factors should be considered in evaluating the price.
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Ah. BUT immitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Anyone with any sense looks at this phone and sees that it is a rip-off of the iPhone. In some ways, it is free marketing for Apple.
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Exactly! Excellent point. If i had a company which produces phones with a tech value of 600 dollars, and i could sell it for 1000 dollars, why not, it would be stupid to sell it for less. They could barely keep up with production to start with even with a price tag of 1000 dollars (1700 dollars in europe) so why sell it for less. it would be mad.
I switched to Android (6" in the body of a iphone plus, really nice hardware) after 8 years with iPhone because i didnt like the notch. Now in fall i will switch back as I cant get used to the Android OS. Not saying its bad, but after trying both i really dig iOS, and have to say that for me its more lean than android.
If you don't have evidence to back up your claim, then you're just paranoid.
NOTE: I'm not claiming they don't, but if you don't give me anything concrete to convince me then it's just an idea.
That's not the reason though - all the notch phones have a bottom chin. One of the manufacturers explained why it's so hard to do what Apple does (and expensive) but I can't remember which one.
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To be fair i'm not sure I put much weight in conspiracy theories from someone who doesn't know the difference between your and you're.
