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Flattery or Fakes?

Vertu. Xiamen, 2006

A phone design modelled on a Vertu above, and a Nokia 3230 below. Possibly enough to fool someone from a distance if they were to glance at it, but not under closer examination. From the mobile phone market in Xiamen, more to follow if I get the chance.

What can be copied easily? Does the job of effectively copying become harder as devices become complicated?

Xiamen phone makret, 2006

Writing from Xiamen | May 17, 2006 | Permalink


Comments

Wow.. How did the UI look like? Had they copied it too?

Posted by: Juha at May 17, 2006 3:58 PM

Everything else was different - just the industrial design appears the same from a distance. Looks OK in the photo but a bit tacky up close.

Posted by: Jan at May 17, 2006 5:34 PM