Motorola Under Fire For Copying iPhone X

[Drak3]

9 hours ago, RorzNZ said:

Can you tell the difference apart from the Logo?

I can barely tell the difference with the logo.

 

Kappa.

[vanished]

wow did they ever that's about as close as you can get without stealing the logo as well

[Arika]

how did no-one at motorola look at this and go "you know what? it's a bit too close the the Iphone, let's change it" it had to go through several stages of approvals before it got to this point, are they all idiots?

 

wish companies would stop copying Apple's design. come up with something new and interesting to grab peoples attention, be unique, not a clone.

[pas008]

Maybe the eu should step in and say phones should be created similar because of phone cases need to be made similar for all phones lol

 

But anyways who cares its a fucking phone they should all end up with similar designs at a point anyways

Wait i should a patented square steering wheel

[D13H4RD]

29 minutes ago, NMS said:

Why is no one mentioning the fact that Apple ripped off Essential when it comes to the notch? Shouldn't they be sued then as well?

To be fair though, Essential's take is wildly different. 

[Master Disaster]

10 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

There is a plagiarism line that any self respecting designer should not cross when designing a product. Motorola said, screw that line, what are lines? Well whatever these alleged "lines" are, we crossed them!

 

 

I hope they get their a*ses sued out from under em'! 

You can't copyright a box, PC Case manufacturers learned this a while ago.

[Qwertious]

Doesn’t take a fan boy to mistake the p30 as an iPhone X. I can see people getting confused on the streets

[NMS]

19 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

To be fair though, Essential's take is wildly different. 

That's true. But the concept is the same.

And I'm not trying to defend Motorola, as they're clearly in the wrong here, but I'm just trying to point out that Apple does this as well to a certain extent.

[mr moose]

5 hours ago, TheGlenlivet said:

I disagree.  Before the iphone people were very skeptical about ditching the keyboard in some physical form.  After the iphone (and proof people would ditch keyboards if it was done right) the top selling phones are all black rectangles.

It might have been evolutionary in the long term development of phones, but you only have to look at Blackberry to see the immediate fall out from this shift.

Why do I have to look at blackberry, why can't I look at the whole market?  I had a pocket pc long before the iphone came out.  mates of mine had ipaq's.  The only thing iphone did was make smart phones popular to the general public. 

[D13H4RD]

Just now, mr moose said:

The only thing iphone did was make smart phones popular to the general public. 

I think the iPhone also popularized the current smartphone form factor 

[mr moose]

6 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

I think the iPhone also popularized the current smartphone form factor 

They did, but not in the way most people think.  Don't get me wrong, I am glad they turned the smart phone into a fashion statement, when all the soccer mums started buying smart phones the market suddenly had an influx of demand and the prices and competition meant that I no longer had to pay $400 for what I can get now for $99.

[D13H4RD]

Just now, mr moose said:

They did, but not in the way most people think.  Don't get me wrong, I am glad they turned the smart phone into a fashion statement, when all the soccer mums started buying smart phones the market suddenly had an influx of demand and the prices and competition meant that I no longer had to pay $400 for what I can get now for $99.

Yep. I once tried to live with a cheap phone and I managed to handle it quite well 

[GoldenLag]

Considering that the screen is probably a lower binned iphone X screen and that the screen is what dominates the design its not to much of a copy of the iphone X as it is a copy of the P20 pro.

 

Though i still think the design is cutting it a bit close

[Doobeedoo]

Notch ughh. 

[ZacoAttaco]

I understand the backlash, but I don't know why it's taken this long. Android manufacturers have ripped off Apple designs for years now, this being one of the more blatant rip offs.

[Tech Enthusiast]

14 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

There is a plagiarism line that any self respecting designer should not cross when designing a product. Motorola said, screw that line, what are lines? Well whatever these alleged "lines" are, we crossed them!

 

 

I hope they get their a*ses sued out from under em'! 

While I am not usually a fan of suing because of rounded corners,...

 

... sue them. Sue them for all their money and then some.

They don't just copy one of the ugliest phones yet (only second to the rumored pixel 3 XL), they copied it down to the wallpaper.

 

No matter how little I like apple, but this is a straight out copy/pasta job and they should be sued.

[D13H4RD]

I have a feeling this is based off the Lenovo Z5, at least partially 

 

[JoeCoke]

10 hours ago, Swatson said:

Apple didnt start the notch Essential did, but even so people dont understand how phones are made.

Companies buy parts from suppliers and the suppliers have various offerings. The latest offerings from Samsung Display/AU Optronics (Joint makers of AMOLED) and LG (P-OLED) have a notch to accommodate the camera while maximizing screen real estate. That's why most of the flagships have notches. Of course it can be done on LCDs too but I'm just pointing out that like 3 companies make all the phone screens

Ofc Apple doesn't make the display, that's obvious. But we all know no one would be using these notched displays if Apple didn't do it. I 100% garuntee you that.

 

Let's not deny that all these phone companies copy Apple. I miss it when Android phones were ugly but offered nice features like removable batteries, sd card slots, headphone jacks, removable backs and stuff like that (my galaxy s5 is a good example), but slowly we see that all disappearing because Apple isn't doing any of it. Don't you find it a weeeeeeee bit coincidental that the headphone jack is disappearing after Apple gets rid of it? I bet if the next iPhone magically had all the features I listed, we'd suddenly see those features make a big return.

 

(From my phone so excuse the bad typing.)

 

[Syntaxvgm]

19 hours ago, RorzNZ said:

Motorola phone 'brazen copy' of iPhone X

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45208546

 

Can you tell the difference apart from the Logo?

 

In my view, it's a pretty clear knock-off. Whats also interesting is the new Huawei Nova 3i, which looks pretty similar to the iPhone X.  as well. 

Just looking at the wallpapers its a pretty clear knock-off. I don't know know why Apple hasn't caused a but kerfuffle over these phones. 

 

 

18 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

There is a plagiarism line that any self respecting designer should not cross when designing a product. Motorola said, screw that line, what are lines? Well whatever these alleged "lines" are, we crossed them!

 

 

I hope they get their a*ses sued out from under em'! 

The photo is fucking stupid for mentioning the notch, but yea this is a clone. IDK if they should be sued, but they would lose thats for sure. This isn't "round corners"

This is pretty blatant compared to the one here apple won. 

[mynameisjuan]

This wouldnt be a problem if people stopped copying Apples shitty design. 

[Bigbootyjudy]

HUUUUUUHHHHH? I bet they just took a little inspiration. Just a little. This might be one of those things where you are inspired but during the process of creation you end up just making the same thing. I don't like apple but I think they should take action and warn other android phone manufacturers not to copy their designs. I'm tired of seeing everything they do translate into the next year's phone trend. I think some companies like Samsung finally realized that the popular kid, apple, was not that cool anymore and they finally took their own path.

[S w a t s o n]

4 hours ago, 2Buck said:

Ofc Apple doesn't make the display, that's obvious. But we all know no one would be using these notched displays if Apple didn't do it. I 100% garuntee you that.

 

Let's not deny that all these phone companies copy Apple. I miss it when Android phones were ugly but offered nice features like removable batteries, sd card slots, headphone jacks, removable backs and stuff like that (my galaxy s5 is a good example), but slowly we see that all disappearing because Apple isn't doing any of it. Don't you find it a weeeeeeee bit coincidental that the headphone jack is disappearing after Apple gets rid of it? I bet if the next iPhone magically had all the features I listed, we'd suddenly see those features make a big return.

 

(From my phone so excuse the bad typing.)

 

You replied to my comment where I literally pointed out that Apple didn't start it. And yes they would have because the display makers were going to offer them anyways Apple just paid a premium to get it out early

[kokakolia]

3 hours ago, mynameisjuan said:

This wouldnt be a problem if people stopped copying Apples shitty design. 

It’s so frustrating how every budget Chinese phone is a ripoff of either Apple or Samsung. It’s a dead giveaway that you bought the cheaper inferior product. This Motorola tells the same story. And I like Motorola. They have some of the best near stock Android experience with smart gesture controls for the camera and light. Personally, I think the Moto G6 is a great looking phone, if only it didn’t come in garbage bag black. It would look killer in red tho.

[Djole123]

This is not even funny.

 

Motorola jumped on the notch and iPhone copycat hype train, and not only that, they took it a step further.

 

They literally ripped off the Huawei P20 Pro "Twilight" color and it doesn't come with stock Android, yet with Lenovo's shitty ZUI software. Hot garbage with nonexistent updates.

 

They did this to gain market share in China, but they just shot themselves in the foot.

 

I'll never buy an Android phone with a notch. Period. If this means sticking to my Honor 7 Lite, sure, I'll do it. Just let the fucking notch go.

[Guest]

Saw this ad today, check out the font for advertisement, especially the capacity. Very similar to how Apple used to put their specs on the back of iPods and iPhones etc.