“If imitation truly is the sincerest form of flattery, then the designers at Lenovo must adore the iPhone 6,” Mike Beasley reports for 9to5Mac.
“Samsung has caught a lot of flak for — and been taken to court over — some of its iPhone-like smartphone design choices, but nothing the Korean company has ever produced comes close to the shamelessly derivative Lenovo S90,” Beasley reports. “Not only does the S90 seem to take more than a few design cues from Apple’s latest smartphone, but its entire advertising campaign seems to be a carbon copy of Apple’s own.”
“Take, for example, the image [below] (found on Weibo, via PhoneArena). If it looks a little familiar to you, that might be because it’s the exact same thing you’ll find on Apple’s iPhone webpage,” Beasley reports. “There are about ten of these images total, and nearly all of them look like they were ripped right from Apple’s website.”
Read more, and see the full extent of Lenovo’s ripoffs, in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Justice? Is there any? Anywhere?
Apple’s iPhone 6 (via Apple.com):
Even the fandroidtards are complaining it’s too close a copy, and that Leonovo is better than this, etc.
http://www.androidauthority.com/lenovos-s90-sisley-iphone-6-copy-564318/
If you think the “fandroids” are complaining, you haven’t read the comments. By and large they’re in total support of Lenovo ripping off Apple.
I have read the comments.
The unthinking *fandroids* are in total support of Lenovo. But then, they’re unthinking, and like Apple fanbois will defend their platform no matter what.
Android fans on the other hand (i.e. the more reasonable ones capable of criticizing their own platform, just like Apple fans can), including the article author, are blasting Lenovo and the other fandroids.
You can also count how many times iHating Dumdroids bring up “will it bend” LOL!
what a sad company
is there any way possible to install IOS on this phone?
Lenovo: for those who do copy.
No, there is no justice when you’re dealing with China.
The US has shot themselves in the foot by being do reliant on Chinese manufacturing. We can’t enforce American IP out of fear of Chinese retaliation.
so reliant*
Not just China, Korea as well. Japanese were pretty good too many years ago.
currently copying apple’s designs. soon to be copying samsung’s results.
What they don’t get is that it’s not just the phone that makes the iPhone the remarkable personal computing device that also makes phone calls. So all they will be able to produce is a nice looking phone that also can post selfies to facebook.
Not all that glitters is gold.
Looks can be deceiving..
It’ll be a big seller in Russia next year.
Someone please sit on it.
Jeezus. It sure speaks of desperation.
What would Korea do without Apple ?
Lucy Koh, you can be proud of youself.
Yes. THANK YOU JUDGE JUDY KOH. You have set an unbelievably poor legal precedent in denying Apple any modicum of legal protection against blatant IP — including design and product “look & feel” — theft. If the US itself does not respect & protect Apple’s design IP, how are we supposed to defend ourselves against less developed countries lacking any legal precedent?
Yep. If South Korea Samsung can do it, why can’t the China Lenovo? LOL
The good news is that Apple will seek an import ban through the ITC, which will be granted; then Lenovo will seek a stay on that injunction, which will be granted pending review; and that will be awarded so Apple will appeal. And then the iPhone 7 will be released. And then Apple’s appeal will be upheld with the ban being sent back down to lowest levels of staffers for review, where upon it will be determined that the ban is on product Lenovo no longer makes and the whole thing will be dropped.
Except that Florian Müeller will have gotten another year of press hits on his blog over the whole thing.
This is disgusting. Common thieves and scum.
I blame the US “justice” system for effectively giving eastern manufacturers the mandate to copy without fear of legal reprisal — I’m looking at you, Lucy! Also, isn’t Ashton Kutcher on the board of Lenovo?! Guess he still feels like he is Steve Jobs.
Lenogo with is brillant rendition.
There should be an impartial international IP commity who ban the stuff before they make out!
Pride as left the building in all things Asia. Shame shame shame.
But does it bend?
Ashton Kutcher on the board of Lenovo…? What a douch bag! He also tried to copy Charlie Sheen in’ two and a half men’ but obviously failled…
I just wish Humankind will not be too stupid to patronize such company! You want trash? Go Lenovo !!!!!
Don’t worry. Sales will be disappointing because they’re still selling crap, no matter how nice it looks.
What other company gets treated liked this? I can’t think of any. Its not only blatantly copying of products but packaging and advertising too. Even Rolex doesn’t get this kind of reaction from competitors.
I hate Chinese copycat mentality!! And they really feel they deserve to do this! If you talk to people who buy these products they also feel they are superior as well. As disgusting as it gets.
Justice comes in the marketplace when Apple phones are sold and copier’s phones are given away 2, 3, or 4 for 1 .
… Form of FLATTER flattery …
Why oh why can’t China actually invent and innovate?
Oh yeah: That totalitarian ‘communist’ joke of a government. No incentive, no invention.
It’s the Asian way. They have a different paradigm to the West. No copyright or ™ there. They copy, copy, copy, for the local market.
A friend of mine in Lao dreamed of owning a shop that sold cheap knockoff phones. He even owned one and it didn’t work very well, but it never stopped him from wanting to own a shop and do the same thing to other people. I didn’t get it!