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I'm surprised by Chinese's reaction to the market. Shortly after iPhone 4's debut, so many counterfeits have been launched. The clone iphone 4 have multi-functions with a dirt cheap price comparing to the original Apple iphone.
I founded about 6 different models of clone iphone 4 just on tinydeal.com
I think it is not a bad idea if you could not afford a real iphone 4, what do you think?
I think it's very obviously a bad idea.
I'm not so sure why you're so surprise by the reaction. Chinese companies produce knockoffs of every popular phone out there. The prior iPhones all had multiple knockoffs too of varying similarities.
They all do have one thing in common, though. Not a single one of them are anywhere near as good as the iPhone.
I'm not a believer in the saying 'You get what you pay for' (I've bought too many great products at a low price to believe that adage), but, in this case, there's a reason why they're a fraction the cost of a real iPhone. They're not anywhere near as good in specs (aside from missing many important things, plenty of the listed specs could be extremely misleading or outright lies).
Of course, all of this is ignoring the elephant in the room: The fact that not one of those knockoffs will have Apple's iOS.
To get to the point, if you're willing to spend the money for a Chinese knockoff phone, that's completely fine. They come with nice specs at a low price. However, the idea that they would be a good substitute for what they're knocking off? No, never. Absolutely not.
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I'm surprised by Chinese's reaction to the market. Shortly after iPhone 4's debut, so many counterfeits have been launched. The clone iphone 4 have multi-functions with a dirt cheap price comparing to the original Apple iphone.
I founded about 6 different models of clone iphone 4 just on tinydeal.com
I think it is not a bad idea if you could not afford a real iphone 4, what do you think?
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Chinese have always made knock off's of just about EVERY highly bought phone/ smartphones in the market.
Yes the clone phone 4 does "somewhat" and I use that carefully, but it does not come anywhere close to the iPhone4.
Now to your question, if you CAN'T afford a true iPhone there are many other opitions out there, including buying an Android based phone. Also even if you are on the AT&T service you can just as easy get a smartphone unlocked and use it on another carrier.
Clonephone4 ---> SAD
So, as someone living and working in China, I've been super excited following up on the Xiaomi Phone. When they released the price as 2000 RMB (about $310 USD), I knew it had to be fake, or there was some serious funny business. The numbers just don't add up.
Engadget recently had a review of the Xiaomi phone and had it benchmarking near the Galaxy S 2 in several tests, so I think it makes sense to compare these two:
SGS 2 Advantages: Super AMOLED screen; 4.3 inch screen (vs 4 inch); forward facing camera; 1080p video recording (vs 720p); onboard storage (16 GB vs 4 GB); slightly smaller footprint.
Xiaomi Advantages: Price; processor speed (1.5 Ghz vs 1.2); battery (1930 mAh vs 1650); GLONASS and GPS tracking; highly customizable UI out of the box.
In China, the SGS2 retails for about 4300 RMB (about $670 USD). So how does a phone which is in the SGS2's ballpark retail for less than half the price?
It gets even more peculiar. Here are some questions Xiaomi hasn't cleared up(or at least I haven't seen their responses yet):
1) Xiaomi uses a Qualcomm processor and a LCD screen from Sharp (Japanese import). So they can't be using local parts to save costs, how are they able to offer the phone at only $310?
2) Local competitors like Huawei and ZTE who have much more experience in manufacturing (and much more leverage with suppliers) have yet to produce a phone remotely like this. Also, their closest local competition in terms of specs is something like the Huawei Honor, a single core phone that retails for about $400. Yet Xiaomi, which has never produced hardware before is getting better deals than these guys on components? Samsung also does component development in-house, but Xiaomi is getting better pricing than Samsung?
3) Xiaomi was originally a software developer. How did they pull a piece of impressive hardware like this out of nowhere?
4) Why retail for $310? They could sell it for $500 and it would still be way cheaper than an SGS2. Hell, I paid more than 2000 RMB for the crappy 2 year old Nokia I'm still using over here.
My Chinese is OK so I've been trying to read more on the Xiaomi forums, but I haven't really gotten any new information, other than there's something like 300,000 preorders already. I figure there's got to be some serious funny business going on. Probably:
a) ridiculous free loans and/or development assistance from the government to built up national prestige; or
b) copying another phone's internals verbatim; or
c) fake components of some kind
It looked really smooth in the Engadget video, so I'm inclined to be believe it's option A. Good for consumers I guess, but probably lousy if you're a Chinese taxpayer. Any ideas on why the price is so low?
Smaller companies tend to do these kind of things.
However I'm interested as well.
I believe that it's one part 'a' and another that generally huawei and zte have primarily been marketed for export (to SE Asia, India, EU) but the government is really trying to subsidize local start ups to fight imports (like HTC, Sony, etc...) and get Chinese to spend their money on Chinese things. But if a Chinese phone were 3000 RMB and a Korean or Japanese phone was also 3000 RMB, no one would get the Chinese phone for obvious reasons.
so basically you just made up a thread without any evidence and full of speculation accusing Xiaomi not being legit.
india are making ARM Cortex 9 phones with 4 GB for only $35
if they can do it, so can china
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Mmmhmm .
I don't why people have so much comments , no offence though .
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I support you , and do your know meizu'M9 or MX?
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it is good for everyone. thank you!
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india are making ARM Cortex 9 phones with 4 GB for only $35
if they can do it, so can china
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Seriously?
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yes, there is a post with the pictures and spec here in the forum
aprox 5 days old
it's made for the india school system
Hi it's my first post and I have no exact figures to support this other than a simple comparison to another industry.
I remember hearing from someone that the mark up on mobile phones (this was a while ago) was a few hundred percent. Remember that it doesn't cost 800 dollars to make a phone and the people that usually make it in third world manufacturing companies or places with poor working conditions only get paid a few dollars an hour to make your 800 dollar phones.
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My comparison industry is optometry. The following information comes from someone I know who is an optometrist:
"Frames like Gucci and Prada cost $3 per frame to make. In the stores you pay $500 dollars to buy them. That is an insane mark up. However they can't retail it cheaper because of an agreement in place to prevent the devaluation of the brand."
I am sure the same thing happens in the cell phone industry.
Just thought that this might put the legitimacy of the phone in perspective.
Thanks for your time.
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So, as someone living and working in China, I've been super excited following up on the Xiaomi Phone. When they released the price as 2000 RMB (about $310 USD), I knew it had to be fake, or there was some serious funny business. The numbers just don't add up.
Engadget recently had a review of the Xiaomi phone and had it benchmarking near the Galaxy S 2 in several tests, so I think it makes sense to compare these two:
SGS 2 Advantages: Super AMOLED screen; 4.3 inch screen (vs 4 inch); forward facing camera; 1080p video recording (vs 720p); onboard storage (16 GB vs 4 GB); slightly smaller footprint.
Xiaomi Advantages: Price; processor speed (1.5 Ghz vs 1.2); battery (1930 mAh vs 1650); GLONASS and GPS tracking; highly customizable UI out of the box.
In China, the SGS2 retails for about 4300 RMB (about $670 USD). So how does a phone which is in the SGS2's ballpark retail for less than half the price?
It gets even more peculiar. Here are some questions Xiaomi hasn't cleared up(or at least I haven't seen their responses yet):
1) Xiaomi uses a Qualcomm processor and a LCD screen from Sharp (Japanese import). So they can't be using local parts to save costs, how are they able to offer the phone at only $310?
2) Local competitors like Huawei and ZTE who have much more experience in manufacturing (and much more leverage with suppliers) have yet to produce a phone remotely like this. Also, their closest local competition in terms of specs is something like the Huawei Honor, a single core phone that retails for about $400. Yet Xiaomi, which has never produced hardware before is getting better deals than these guys on components? Samsung also does component development in-house, but Xiaomi is getting better pricing than Samsung?
3) Xiaomi was originally a software developer. How did they pull a piece of impressive hardware like this out of nowhere?
4) Why retail for $310? They could sell it for $500 and it would still be way cheaper than an SGS2. Hell, I paid more than 2000 RMB for the crappy 2 year old Nokia I'm still using over here.
My Chinese is OK so I've been trying to read more on the Xiaomi forums, but I haven't really gotten any new information, other than there's something like 300,000 preorders already. I figure there's got to be some serious funny business going on. Probably:
a) ridiculous free loans and/or development assistance from the government to built up national prestige; or
b) copying another phone's internals verbatim; or
c) fake components of some kind
It looked really smooth in the Engadget video, so I'm inclined to be believe it's option A. Good for consumers I guess, but probably lousy if you're a Chinese taxpayer. Any ideas on why the price is so low?
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I'd get the M9 or M9x ( or something.. Quad Core? HELLOOOOO )
I don't see why someone would get a device ONLY for Miui, most phones out there have a build of MIUI.
You really think that $600 phone costs $600 to make?
The markup on electrical goods from brand names can be over 200%
My point is not really related to the idea of a markup, I KNOW all cell phones have a dramatic markup, and I read not long ago an iPhone 4 costs about $180 to make, while they retail for something like $600 out of contract.
I'm more interested in a) How did this company come out of nowhere with this sort of hardware? and b) They don't NEED to sell it for 2000 RMB for it to be a hit. They could have sold it for $400-450 and it would have still been a hell of a lot cheaper than a Galaxy S 2.
That, coupled with the fact that the big guns in China (Meizu, Huawei, ZTE) are not even in the same ballpark with specs or price, is really weird.
If i can demo one and it works well, i'll definitely pick one up, but there must be some serious funny business behind the scenes.
Why must there be funny business?
Well, you can build a cheap phone if you want.
The question is: can you sell it cheap?
Operating costs, brand advertisement etc. They have no problem there, they just build a phone having no ad space on western media.They can do it, they are smart enough.Plus: we enthusiasts are their advertisement plan, we buy it for cheap, all our friends will buy it.
It's a win win scenario.My 2 eurocents.
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My point is not really related to the idea of a markup, I KNOW all cell phones have a dramatic markup, and I read not long ago an iPhone 4 costs about $180 to make, while they retail for something like $600 out of contract.
I'm more interested in a) How did this company come out of nowhere with this sort of hardware? and b) They don't NEED to sell it for 2000 RMB for it to be a hit. They could have sold it for $400-450 and it would have still been a hell of a lot cheaper than a Galaxy S 2.
That, coupled with the fact that the big guns in China (Meizu, Huawei, ZTE) are not even in the same ballpark with specs or price, is really weird.
If i can demo one and it works well, i'll definitely pick one up, but there must be some serious funny business behind the scenes.
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The issue is risk. Do you risk spending $300 on a new unknown brand or do you spend $450 on a noname brand when you can get a well known brand for $600?
There is obviously going to be a greater curve of buyers the lower the price you go and finding the balance is where your marketers need mettle. I think the current price is going to be very good to get users into buying the phone. Obviously, if they can become the new HTC, their markup is going to increase hugely.
My concern is going to be: at ~$300, what is the customer service going to be like? HTC's is mediocre here in the UK, but if Vodafone, Orange et al resell this phone, it's going to be VERY attractive to us as the carriers are held responsible until end of warranty.
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The issue is risk. Do you risk spending $300 on a new unknown brand or do you spend $450 on a noname brand when you can get a well known brand for $600?
There is obviously going to be a greater curve of buyers the lower the price you go and finding the balance is where your marketers need mettle. I think the current price is going to be very good to get users into buying the phone. Obviously, if they can become the new HTC, their markup is going to increase hugely.
My concern is going to be: at ~$300, what is the customer service going to be like? HTC's is mediocre here in the UK, but if Vodafone, Orange et al resell this phone, it's going to be VERY attractive to us as the carriers are held responsible until end of warranty.
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Just to clarify, the retailer is responsible until you have had a reasonable amount of use out of it irrespective of warranty
The law doesn't care about warranties, they're in the best case an agreement that the device will be repaired without the need to take legal action, and in the worst case used to illegally convince consumers they have no rights.
Take my Sensation, afaik it has a 12month warranty.
Say the screen dies after 18 months, I'll be demanding O2 repair or replace it otherwise I'll be contacting trading standards as being a phone provided on a 24 month contract I should be able to expect it to last at least 24 months and more especially considering the price when new.
I love being a consumer in the UK
Xiaomo said:
I support you , and do your know meizu'M9 or MX?
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yes~ Meizu much better than xiaomi
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yes~ Meizu much better than xiaomi
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WHY DID YOU DIG UP OLD THREADS
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Hi,
Thanks for looking.
I have decided to change careers.
I'm 42 with a long career in systems and marine engineering.
The last three years I've fallen in love and want more fulfilling work and have more time with my girl.
So I've moved to Shenzhen, China and I am starting a business.
Selling stuff maybe, trading & factory production maybe, company representation maybe. The truth is I do not know.
I am still early here and keeping my vision wide.
At the moment I am living comfortably off savings and selling items on eBay to keep income cyclical and my brain working.
But this is short term.
What I could use is some direction. There is potential here but I am not sure what I should grab and focus on.
Electronics are my long time hobby with partial exposure at work, networking, PC's, etc.
So what should I sell, who should I contact, what is in high demand I can source here?
There are great marketing advantages as an American in China,
-honest time-efficient business practices for one,
-communication for another.
My eBay name if you're interested: URatpeace
Thanks for your time.
Just throwing this out there and seeing what sticks :>
Phil
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China? You can make fake iPhones running Eclair
OptimusLove said:
China? You can make fake iPhones running Eclair
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In all seriousness that isn't a bad idea. Copies like Gooapple and Goophone are selling really well. They have the same retina display, 1ghz processor, and ICS for $200.
There is a market for cheap Android phones, especially in China.
I'd say stick with apple copies because of the fact that you have something to work off of. It would be harder to create a new design.
Also, wait for the iPhone 5, that way you won't be stuck selling old hardware.
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u can publish android app if u r eligble for android merchant account.U can publish in behalf of those developers who are not elegible for same
Mobile phones and accessories. I'd buy Meizu Lenovo or ZTE or Ainol.
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Allanitomwesh said:
Mobile phones and accessories. I'd buy Meizu Lenovo or ZTE or Ainol.
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Hi all,
Thanks for the response.
Ironic the talk about iPhones because I have been working with them the last two weeks. Found a Chinese American living here who needed help selling iPhone mobos and reconditioned iPhones on eBay. He has a small account and is not good with PC's. So we make over $2600 in three days but he has some freakout over 8 mobos sold to Chinese citizens. I will refund everyone there money and walk away from this nutcase. Shame to because 4S mobo are in high demand now.
Alot of cellphones here in all models. 100's of sellers. & 100's of shops rebuilding and repairing phones. I have personally seen phones completely disassembled, rebuilt, boxed up, and then brought over to an 'official' China Telecom booth and sold. Sold as new I guess.
I am more interested in tablets then phones. I'm running my whole business now on a Asus Transformer Prime.
What mid-range tablet specs do you think would sell well?
Cheers,
phil
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Hi all,
Thanks for the response.
Ironic the talk about iPhones because I have been working with them the last two weeks. Found a Chinese American living here who needed help selling iPhone mobos and reconditioned iPhones on eBay. He has a small account and is not good with PC's. So we make over $2600 in three days but he has some freakout over 8 mobos sold to Chinese citizens. I will refund everyone there money and walk away from this nutcase. Shame to because 4S mobo are in high demand now.
Alot of cellphones here in all models. 100's of sellers. & 100's of shops rebuilding and repairing phones. I have personally seen phones completely disassembled, rebuilt, boxed up, and then brought over to an 'official' China Telecom booth and sold. Sold as new I guess.
I am more interested in tablets then phones. I'm running my whole business now on a Asus Transformer Prime.
What mid-range tablet specs do you think would sell well?
Cheers,
phil
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Dual core tablet with 1 gig ram. Capacitive screen 200+ ppi and a lithium ion battery,none of that liPo nonsense. Decent thinness, not necessarily razor,just not a brick,and a sim slot. Please. A sim slot in international GSM. Don't put a VGA webcam. Don't at all,or put one that's decent. And a good gpu for gaming,don't just claim one which you haven't put. Autofocus on the rear camera. All the HDMI and USB slots THAT WORK...and availability in two colours at least.
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Allanitomwesh said:
Dual core tablet with 1 gig ram. Capacitive screen 200+ ppi and a lithium ion battery,none of that liPo nonsense. Decent thinness, not necessarily razor,just not a brick,and a sim slot. Please. A sim slot in international GSM. Don't put a VGA webcam. Don't at all,or put one that's decent. And a good gpu for gaming,don't just claim one which you haven't put. Autofocus on the rear camera. All the HDMI and USB slots THAT WORK...and availability in two colours at least.
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Noted and i will try to track down. And price?
Cheers,
Phil
Shenzhen China
2012
Keep it under $350 as much as possible. For your situation, cheaper is better,since you'll clear stock faster.
However, quality is what will set you apart with your tablet. Don't just be cheap,be excellent value. Give your customers what they paid for,or even abit more.
Lastly, if you wouldn't be glad to buy it yourself, don't sell it.
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Hi,
Still researching and I have some I am looking at. I have actually bought a small 7" tablet (N77-Lscpe.com) to fill a couple work voids. Quality is good. It's a little buggy with the internet. Not as quick (1.2GHz) as my Asus tran Prime. Happy with it though. I have another tablet manufacturer I am talking to now that seems well built, slim, and has a SIM slot.
My eBay store just started today, http://stores.ebay.com/A-Foreigner-in-China. I am hoping to be adding every day.
I'm looking at carbon fiber products and motorcycle parts.
And alot of other things too.
Cheers,
Phil
Shenzhen China
2012
If you could find/make a USB charger that can give 5V 550mah out from a nokia blc 4 battery, that would be awesome. As long as its within 10USD, i will be in for one.
mrpotts said:
Hi,
Still researching and I have some I am looking at. I have actually bought a small 7" tablet (N77-Lscpe.com) to fill a couple work voids. Quality is good. It's a little buggy with the internet. Not as quick (1.2GHz) as my Asus tran Prime. Happy with it though. I have another tablet manufacturer I am talking to now that seems well built, slim, and has a SIM slot.
My eBay store just started today, http://stores.ebay.com/A-Foreigner-in-China. I am hoping to be adding every day.
I'm looking at carbon fiber products and motorcycle parts.
And alot of other things too.
Cheers,
Phil
Shenzhen China
2012
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Looking forward to seeing which tablet you settle on.
Say,could you get android market working on a Huawei?
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Mobile phones and accessories,tablet.generally the foreigner think that the thing of China very badly, too many deceptive website.
If I were you and I'm Into gadgets, I'd definitely start my own brand, put goals in front of you, just go step by step wither you could make a low end android phones, or high end android phones at a lower profit margin, design some nice boxes with a nice phone and a good warranty, if you are going to put warranty you probably want to see cost to profit margin.
If you need more ideas and that sort of stuff, let me know
by the way, Shenzhen is a very nice town, loved it there, every time I pass by Baby K but never got to go there, maybe next time.
good luck OP
So This Chinese Company and there phone called Goophone which is a knock off iphone 5 which really sounds like a joke but they Used Leaked iPhone 5 Specs to Build Knockoff, Hopes to Sue Apple for Patent Infringement, and just a little while back Samsung getting in legal trouble over patent violations with Apple. A federal court decision ruled that Samsung owes Apple more than $1 billion in restitution. Samsung plans to appeal the decision, saying it never attempted to steal anything from Apple's iPhone.
September 12, Apple is expected to introduce its iPhone 5, but the company may find itself on the receiving end of a patent-infringement battle. Chinese tech company Goophone is launching the Goophone I5,
In recent months, tech blogs all over the world have released leaked photos and videos of what is rumored to be Apple's iPhone 5. The pictures show what appears to be a longer, thinner, but altogether similar version of previous models of the best-selling smartphone in the world. The Goophone I5 will run a version of the Android operating system that mimics the look of Apple's IOS. Goophone claims to have already patented its phone in China and vows to sue for patent infringement should Apple try to release the iPhone 5 in China as well. But I have to say What if they win, what if this is possible, This Truly Could be the Future.....
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So This Chinese Company and there phone called Goophone which is a knock off iphone 5 which really sounds like a joke but they Used Leaked iPhone 5 Specs to Build Knockoff, Hopes to Sue Apple for Patent Infringement, and just a little while back Samsung getting in legal trouble over patent violations with Apple. A federal court decision ruled that Samsung owes Apple more than $1 billion in restitution. Samsung plans to appeal the decision, saying it never attempted to steal anything from Apple's iPhone.
September 12, Apple is expected to introduce its iPhone 5, but the company may find itself on the receiving end of a patent-infringement battle. Chinese tech company Goophone is launching the Goophone I5,
In recent months, tech blogs all over the world have released leaked photos and videos of what is rumored to be Apple's iPhone 5. The pictures show what appears to be a longer, thinner, but altogether similar version of previous models of the best-selling smartphone in the world. The Goophone I5 will run a version of the Android operating system that mimics the look of Apple's IOS. Goophone claims to have already patented its phone in China and vows to sue for patent infringement should Apple try to release the iPhone 5 in China as well. But I have to say What if they win, what if this is possible, This Truly Could be the Future.....
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All this suing and being sued, yep, this could be the future of our phones, they are fighting over patents, and in the meantime someone somewhere actually invent something really new and really cool!:highfive:
Well, there may be some problems with Goophone’s claims. As the iPhone 5 does have a much more radical change in design from the iPhone 4S than did the iPhone 4S from the iPhone 4, the design of the iPhone 5 is largely an evolution of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S series. As such, Apple may still be able to lay claims behind the iPhone 5′s design and could countersue Goophone of infringement.
It’s unclear how both companies will proceed once Apple announces the iPhone 5. China is an important market for smartphones as the country has a huge and booming population that will help manufacturers count marketshare.
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Well, there may be some problems with Goophone’s claims. As the iPhone 5 does have a much more radical change in design from the iPhone 4S than did the iPhone 4S from the iPhone 4, the design of the iPhone 5 is largely an evolution of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S series. As such, Apple may still be able to lay claims behind the iPhone 5′s design and could countersue Goophone of infringement.
It’s unclear how both companies will proceed once Apple announces the iPhone 5. China is an important market for smartphones as the country has a huge and booming population that will help manufacturers count marketshare.
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China seems to look out for its own companies just as usa does when it comes to court cases so I would expect apple to just pay a licence fee if it got to court.
However the goophone patent is for a 3.5 inch display size so that could provide a legal loophole for apple.
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Lmao!!
Do they event make any products??
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Samsung should be ashamed for it's phone to fall 50% in a year! I feel sorry for all who bought it for the full price!
But that tells you about Samsung's pricing strategy and all misleading marketing and exaggeration of its functions and capabilities...
This phone doesn't deserve to be compared with iphone xs, period
Its camera sucks too
I was criticizing it from the start and luckily didn't buy for full price but even on 600 it's too much!
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/02/13/the-dual-sim-galaxy-s9-is-on-sale-for-550-via-ebay/
S9 price has dropped because it didn't sell well because it looks too similar to the S8 and to the average consumer that's all they care about.....
This phone is toe to toe with the iPhone Xs and this price difference means that for us, people who actually know a thing or 2 about phones, it is a steal right now...
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Samsung should be ashamed for it's phone to fall 50% in a year! I feel sorry for all who bought it for the full price!
But that tells you about Samsung's pricing strategy and all misleading marketing and exaggeration of its functions and capabilities...
This phone doesn't deserve to be compared with iphone xs, period
Its camera sucks too
I was criticizing it from the start and luckily didn't buy for full price but even on 600 it's too much!
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/02/13/the-dual-sim-galaxy-s9-is-on-sale-for-550-via-ebay/
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Galaxy S9's camera is very good, even compared with the iPhone XS... I got it for 700$ And I don't regret... It's an amazing phone, except for battery life.
You do know apple is marked up for that logo right? You should be ashamed for purchasing from a failing company and defending the prices to justify your purchase. Go back to whatever apple site you came from and pretend apple doesn't have any problems of their own. Hyphen hyphen hyphen hyphen lol.
We purchased this phone cause we wanted it, like how you purchase your phone cause you wanted it. It's just a phone and they all do the same thing no matter what brand. One's just more open than the other.
haha what a stupid post..
you tell me that the iphone is worth more than a 1000 bucks?
I bought it in April for 550$. So I think I spent well. Again please don't compare with apple. They are the worst company who once innovated.
1. I frankly have zero regrets about buying mine at launch, albeit I got a much better deal off eBay versus retail.
2. 50% drop in face value is what it SHOULD be. Cell phones are not investments.
3. Apple has done a successful job in positioning itself as a status symbol and/or premium coveted device brand, with unmatched support. Confidence in the product you are getting is sky high, and Apple can pat themselves on the back for that. When you pair product confidence with aesthetic appeal, people will be ready to pay more. If Android OEMs can offer OTC swaps, walk-in face-to-face expert ("genius?") consultations etc, their residual value will also naturally rise.
Also talking about the camera I don't think there's much difference between the iPhone X and Xs but all my family members who have the X still chose my phone to take pictures with because they look better I have the S9+ btw
I think you shouls buy an iPhone and get the f out of here!
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions right or wrong.
Let's keep the conversation civil please and not resort to rude responses.
Thanks!
Apart from the battery life the S9+ is a beast.
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Samsung should be ashamed for it's phone to fall 50% in a year! I feel sorry for all who bought it for the full price!
But that tells you about Samsung's pricing strategy and all misleading marketing and exaggeration of its functions and capabilities...
This phone doesn't deserve to be compared with iphone xs, period
Its camera sucks too
I was criticizing it from the start and luckily didn't buy for full price but even on 600 it's too much!
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/02/13/the-dual-sim-galaxy-s9-is-on-sale-for-550-via-ebay/
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Well I know I already posted a comment, I just wanted you to see your savior company's business practice. Talk about getting hustled lol. $370 to make the phone, sells for $1000. And you complain about Samsung. You are one hot mess.
I'm good, you don't need to feel sorry for me.... Maybe find a new hobby or something?
I had xz premium which was snappier, but s9 has best camera with its low apertures. Thats why I bought it.
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