biggest apple design ripoffs
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then Apple is getting it in spades.
For those that worry about Apple blazing a trail for others to copy less expensively, its not that simple. A product like the iPhone is heavily tooled rather than fabricated. The hole for the headphones is actually drilled. To do this, Apple have hogged the world’s supply of the type of high tech, multi-dimensional machine tool needed.
While companies like Nokia may copy, they may not be able to get the same build quality, even if they want to. Vote on the most blatant copy and post tips in the comments.
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Rumor has it that although this iPhone copy looks like an iPhone and is called an iPhone, it performs about as well as a picture of an iPhone.
OK this is just about as blatant as you can get, but you have to admire just how damn quick people can be to stamp out a copy as close as this. The reviewer on the site linked to here says: “One thing many people will notice upon first glancing at the M8 is the similarity to the iPhone, both in terms of hardware and software aesthetics.”
Perfect understatement, but what about the build quality?.
Not since the Soviets built the Concordski has it been possible to copy something such that it loses all of its original grace and beauty.
The Mark 1 Shuffle is the one iPod that we wish people would copy. Ever since the update, which shaved less off the size than the thing you use to wind your headphone cords around, you have to remember where you left the charger.
The chewing gum packet Shuffle never had this problem, plugging straight into a USB port.
This is an iPod clone that sold well in the German market. Its battery lasts 27 years and it runs on bio-Diesel.
If this concept photo proves to be a genuine likeness of the production version, the Teclast T59 might be an iPhone copy that we actually like, since it proves to be more minimalist than the original.
