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HTC in one Gif(lh4.googleusercontent.com)
almost 8 years ago from Ciprian Boiciuc, Designer
Elliott Regan, almost 8 years ago
What? A metal phone?
Cecil Lancaster, almost 8 years ago Defining characteristics = Two horizontal lines?
Ok.
I mean, they're both dealing with the same design constraint: fit the antenna into the shell to take up less room in the device. You can trace both this 3-part-back panel back to the iPhone 4, along with the entire concept of putting the antenna into the shell.
I don't care either way. I liked my X8 when I had it, but I won't buy a product form a company that is clearly copying someone else's design. HTC is only hurting themselves by not trying to stand out anymore. And on the other side of the fence, if Apple sees this as a real problem, they'll be forced to make their designs less easy to copy (integrate unique patents or manufacturing processes into their design).
Cecil Lancaster, almost 8 years ago I don't understand why people give this defense when it's so flimsy. An iPhone 6 is dramatically less similar to an M8 than an A9 is to an iPhone 6.
Lucian Marin, almost 8 years ago
Because there’s nothing great about iPhone 6 design.
Cecil Lancaster, almost 8 years ago (edited almost 8 years ago ) iPhone 6 design is great.
But nothing I said is about how great or not great it is so your comment is useless in response. I'm only talking about the similarity, not subjective liking of its design.
Daniel De Laney, almost 8 years ago
“Defining characteristics” is a bit of a stretch. The modern smartphone hasn’t changed much since 2007 when Apple invented it. Android and every phone that runs it owes its existence to Apple.
Per V, almost 8 years ago
The modern smartphone hasn’t changed much since 2007 when Apple invented it.
How would you define a modern smartphone? I would probably give that credit to Nokia that released their first touch screen device in 2004, in 2005 they released their first (and only?) tablet. The success of these devices is another story.
Except HTC was doing many of the iPhone 6's defining characteristics years ago, so it's arguably the other way around.