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Xiaomi's Next OS Looks Strikingly Similar To iOS

Posted by samzenpus on from the imitation-is-the-sincerest-form-of-flattery dept.

stephendavion writes Looks like Chinese device maker, Xiaomi, is taking its "Apple of the East" tag too literally. First, their CEO brazenly copies Steve Jobs' signature look, sitting cross-legged on the floor. And now, Xiaomi's latest version of Android shamelessly rips off iOS 7. MIUI 6, which is Xiaomi's upcoming edition of Android for its latest phones and tablets, looks almost exactly like Apple's operating system for iPhones, iPads and the iPod Touch. It features the same bright color palette and a flat design. Heck, it even does away with Google's "app drawer" and puts all apps on your home screen. It's like the CEO handed iPhones to the design team and barked: "Here, copy this!"

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  1. I don't see it.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As someone who has used both iOS and Android devices I thought all the screenshots looked like an Android device. I wouldn't of been confused at all. Is someone *trying* to manufacture a controversy?

    1. Re:I don't see it.... by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Interesting

      As someone who has used both iOS and Android devices I thought all the screenshots looked like an Android device.

      Exactly. Arguably Microsoft was the first to introduce a really flat look with Windows Phone and Windows 8. Google had been moving that way for years too on the web and with 4.x gave Android a bit of a make-over to look similar. iOS seems to have been last to join the flat look crowd.

      This whole article is just a fanboy whining that a ching-chong-Chinese OS looks a bit like his beloved iPhone. It's borderline racist. If it looks like iOS that's only because iOS looks like Android and Windows Phone now.

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    2. Re:I don't see it.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Because "ching-chong-Chinese" is not racist?

  2. Okay, then... by Shoten · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...who's going to make the obligatory, in-poor-taste cancer joke?

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  3. I do not like by yezhan · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I do not like xiaomi,even if i am from China.

  4. China: Theft is mandatory! by Chas · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Seriously. Stealing there is a way of life.

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  5. Re:Sitting on the floor? by schnell · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Does he also park in the handicap space?

    I have no idea if it's true, but a story used to circulate among Apple employees that one engineer worked up the bravery to leave a note on His Steveness's windshield that suggested he "Park Different." There was reportedly an effort to track down the offending employee by Apple security but it never bore fruit.

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