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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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    4. Re:Finally! by MachineShedFred · · Score: 4, Insightful

      How about we just buy a phone that we don't have to go through all that bullshit on straight out of the box? Why is that a hard ask?

      If the first thing you have to do to a brand new device in order to make it work properly is completely wipe it and install some third party software image, then it's broken from the factory, and a defective design.

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    5. Re:Finally! by TheRealQuestor · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Last I checked, Motorola wasn't selling Windows Phones.

      I really like my 30 dollar Windows Phone [lumia 640 LTE]. Still going strong and I may be a minority but I prefer Windows Phone over android or ios. the app gap was/is not an issue for me because I use my phone mainly as a phone which also has a good camera AND enough apps that cover my usage needs. I'll miss it when it does eventually die. Oh I'm sure I'll be modded down in 30 seconds flat, but it's a great phone running a good os and that is good enough for me.

  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 hcs_$reboot · · Score: 4, Informative

    It has a jack!! This is (for me) a big ++.

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  5. Re:If Motorola can do it well by Wycliffe · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

    The floppy disk was replaced by something better, faster, cheaper, more reliable and with more storage.
    Computers stopped having floppy disk drives several years after people stopped using them.
    Same with CD drives. People started rarely using the CD drives so companies started dropping them.
    Bluetooth has been around for years but hasn't had a significant effect on the use of the 3.5 jack.
    A large percentage of people still prefer the 3.5 jack. You drop a technology AFTER people stop
    wanting it not to force people to stop using it.

  6. "egregious clone" by Tailhook · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The entire PC / laptop market had its origins in "clones." We used to celebrate this, even as the lawsuits flew every which way. Now we get media hit pieces and angry apple fanbois demanding explanations.

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  7. Re:If Motorola can do it well by TheFakeTimCook · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The floppy disk was obsolete. Headphones are not obsolete, nor will they be.

    If you are old enough to remember when the original iMac came out in 1998, you should also remember that the technorati bitched loud and hard about the absence of a floppy.

    Headphones are not obsolete; just the wire between your head and the music.