If there is something unique in the modern world, then this clearly does not apply to the field of electronic gadgets. Inside, smartphones and tablets have identical microcircuits and processors, and the appearance of the devices is often like a carbon copy. Who borrowed ideas from whom is being clarified in the courts. Patent disputes between Samsung, Apple and Nokia number in the dozens. And recently, Russian brands of electronics have also joined the business ...
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Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products
Do you need an iPad mini clone?
Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 1. Domestic manufacturers are willing to copy successful devices produced by world leaders. Moreover, some people are not only not ashamed of plagiarism, but on the contrary, they are proud of it. For example, tablets of the bb-mobile brand are “written off” from gadgets known to the whole world. If you put the bb-mobile Techno 7.85 3G model next to the iPad mini, then it will be very difficult to distinguish between the devices with a couple of steps.Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 2. In addition, bb-mobile Techno 7.85 3G fits perfectly into cases from the American "big brother". And the screen in the tablet of the Russian brand is the same as in the iPad mini. The "Russian clone" has both 3G and a GPS module. There is only one significant difference between gadgets - in price. "American" costs from 17 thousand rubles, and a tablet from bb-mobile - 7,490 rubles, that is, 2.5 times less.
Korean twin.
The Russian brand was not limited to one "copy-paste". The second "clone" - Techno 7.0 3G - is the spitting image of Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 3. This model from bb-mobile is also equipped with 3G and GPS modules, so it can be used both as a navigator and as a smartphone. There is even an advantage over the "Korean" - two slots for SIM-cards, which turns bb-mobile Techno 7.0 3G into a full-fledged alternative to a modern smartphone. The price of a Russian gadget, of course, is much lower than that of the hyped Galaxy Tab. Buying bb-mobile Techno 7.0 3G will cost less than four thousand rubles, while its eminent "prototype" costs no less than 8 thousand rubles.
E Ink screen in a smartphone.
Many products presented as "own unique developments" have an interesting history. A vivid example of this is the widely advertised YotaPhone, “the world's first Android device with two screens - E Ink and TFT. You can start with the fact that the prototype of the "unique Russian development" at the IFA-2012 exhibition was shown by the Taiwanese company E Ink Corporation. The difference between this prototype and the Russian YotaPhone is only in operating systems. "Taivanets" worked on Windows Phone, and its version implemented by the Russians - on Android.
Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 4.Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 5. And back in 2010, the first hybrid device on Anroid was available on the Russian market - the Highscreen Alex reader, which had both TFT and E-Ink displays.
Smartphones "in armor".
The American brand Caterpillar, which produces a variety of products - from boots to construction equipment, relatively recently tried its hand at the gadget market. In 2012, the company released the CAT B10 secure Android background. A year has passed, and the Russians from teXet offered customers their X-driver smartphone, which looks very much like a CAT gadget.
Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 6.Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 7. Borrowed not only design, but also technology. As a result, both devices have an almost identical level of protection (IP 67 and IP 68), plus a recognizable shock-resistant case with yellow rubber inserts. teXet X-driver, like the American smartphone, runs on Android. A significant difference in price makes the device from the Russian brand quite competitive. For Caterpillar, you will have to pay 19 thousand rubles, and for the "domestic" X-driver - 10,450 rubles. Moreover, the impact resistance of the second one is not worse than that of the first one, the body even withstands the weight of the car (!!!): http://youtu.be/TtNdxzIkH7g
Gorgeous smartphones.
When after the word “smartphone” it says “luxury”, the first thought is about the Vertu brand. Cases made of precious metals, inlaid with even more precious stones - the "trick" of the named brand, you can't argue with that.
Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 8.Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 9. However, recently Vertu has a competitor, and its smartphones are assembled in Russia. The name of this phenomenon is the American brand Gresso. Cases are hand-assembled from titanium with inserts of white gold and other precious metals in the best traditions of Vertu. Prices, however, are also similar, but Gresso is still more affordable. A smartphone of this brand can be bought at a price of 55 thousand rubles, while the prices for Vertu Constellation, which is inferior in almost all technical parameters, start at 224 thousand rubles. In addition to luxury devices, Gresso also makes "rich" accessories. Cases and bumpers for the Samsung Galaxy SIV or iPhone 5S are made of snakeskin or crocodile skin, with yellow and white gold trim. Prices for these cases - from 20 to 45 thousand rubles.Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 10.
Chameleons.
In fairness, it must be said that everything happens the other way around. Not Russians copy from anyone, but someone from domestic brands. For example, Motorola Moto G, upon closer examination, suddenly turns out to be a “copy-paste” with ... Highscreen Omega Prime Mini.
Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products eleven.Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 12. In addition to appearance, both there and there are 4-core Qualcomm processors plus non-removable batteries. And borrowing the idea of replaceable panels is visible to the naked eye. The difference is that the Highscreen Omega Prime Mini has all five colored caps (red, blue, black, orange and white) included, while the Moto G is sold separately. The price of each such panel for an American device is $ 15 (about 500 rubles). In addition, the “chameleon” smartphone itself from the Russian brand is one and a half times more affordable than the overseas “copy”. And Highscreen Omega Prime Mini is lighter and more compact than Moto G. An interesting comparative analysis of gadgets is here.
Big buttons for grandmothers.
The Russian brand Just5 introduced the design of phones with large buttons back in 2009. Unusually bright and very comfortable dialers with large buttons fell in love not only with grandmothers, but also with young people - all sorts of hipsters and clubbers liked the device with 8 days of work without recharging for its simplicity and "indestructibility". A year later, one of the Chinese factories made a similar device for the Fly brand.
Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 13.Stop the thief! A selection of suspiciously similar products 14. It is easy to see that Fly Ezzy even has an orange SOS button on the back of the case that is identical to the same button on Just5. And the rest of the design is “copy-paste”. Now a new version of the "grandmother's phone", Just5 CP10S in one of eight acid-bright colors, can be purchased for 2,850 rubles. And Fly Ezzy, white or black, costs 2,090 rubles.
The borrowings we have described are the inevitable “payment for globalization”. After all, why come up with something new and fresh, if you can take a ready-made idea and profit from its re-implementation?