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Motorola Receives Backlash For Revealing a 'Shameless' Copy of the iPhone X as Its New Model (bbc.co.uk)

Posted by msmash on from the new-low dept.

Smartphone brand Motorola has been criticised for revealing a "shameless" copy of the iPhone X as its new model. BBC: Many phone-makers have copied the look of the iPhone X, which has a smaller bezel around the screen and a "notch" at the top that houses a camera. However, reviewers said the new Motorola P30 was a "brazen" and "egregious" rip-off of Apple's flagship device. Lenovo, which owns the Motorola brand, has not yet responded to the criticism.

[...] Commenting on the similarity between the Motorola P30 and the iPhone X, technology blogger Marques Brownlee called it the "most shameless rip yet." News site Mashable said Motorola "even went so far as to adorn the screen with a wallpaper that's a dead ringer for Apple's default wallpaper." News and reviews site Technobuffalo said the design was an "egregious clone" that was "nearly impossible to distinguish" from the iPhone X. Tech news site The Verge pointed out that Google's image recognition algorithms described photos of the P30 as "iPhone."

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  1. Finally! by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 5, Funny

    An iPhone for those who want a real OS!

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    1. Re:Finally! by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Do you have any idea how bloated that Facebook App is?

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    2. Re:Finally! by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 5, Funny

      The article said it will cost $350.

      Then how can it be a shameless copy? They missed the iPhone's primary feature.

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    3. Re:Finally! by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, of course! Using their bloated website!

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  2. Re:Samsung all over again by Calydor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe SCO will sue them both.

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  3. Re:If Motorola can do it well by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 4, Funny

    The P30 is actually much more advanced and was a much bigger challenge than the iPhone X - because it actually included the technological innovation called a 3.5mm TRRS jack for your wired headphones!

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  4. Re:If Motorola can do it well by jellomizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did you finally stop complaining about how the iMac didn't have a floppy disk?

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