wraggster
October 23rd, 2015, 22:14
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/d574a34ee7b70572523f975c5dfd5d08/202834233/a9-fb3.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/22/htc-one-a9-copycat/)
You don't need perfect vision to see that HTC's latest smartphone, the One A9 (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/20/htc-one-a9-hands-on-preview/), is nearly identical to Apple's iPhone 6 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/16/iphone-6-and-6-plus-review/) and 6s (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/01/iphone-6s-and-6s-plus-review/). But the Taiwan-based company swears Apple copied its design first, not the other way around, pointing to itsOne M7 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/12/htc-one-review/) and M8 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/25/htc-one-2014-review/) flagships as proof -- both came out before the iPhone 6 series. According to Want ChinaTimes (http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news/content?id=20151022000093&cid=1102), during a recent press briefing in Taiwan, HTC's North Asia President Jack Tong responded to claims calling the A9 an iPhone clone. "We're not copying. We made a unibody metal-clad phone in 2013 [the year the M7 was released]," he said. "It's Apple that copies us in terms of the antenna design on the back."
http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/22/htc-one-a9-copycat/
You don't need perfect vision to see that HTC's latest smartphone, the One A9 (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/20/htc-one-a9-hands-on-preview/), is nearly identical to Apple's iPhone 6 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/16/iphone-6-and-6-plus-review/) and 6s (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/01/iphone-6s-and-6s-plus-review/). But the Taiwan-based company swears Apple copied its design first, not the other way around, pointing to itsOne M7 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/12/htc-one-review/) and M8 (http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/25/htc-one-2014-review/) flagships as proof -- both came out before the iPhone 6 series. According to Want ChinaTimes (http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news/content?id=20151022000093&cid=1102), during a recent press briefing in Taiwan, HTC's North Asia President Jack Tong responded to claims calling the A9 an iPhone clone. "We're not copying. We made a unibody metal-clad phone in 2013 [the year the M7 was released]," he said. "It's Apple that copies us in terms of the antenna design on the back."
http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/22/htc-one-a9-copycat/