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“The difference with this device is that we started from the beginning,” says Dave Burke, who runs Android engineering. Started from scratch, yet the end resul

by czhiddy 10y ago

“The difference with this device is that we started from the beginning,” says Dave Burke, who runs Android engineering. Started from scratch, yet the end result looks like a iPhone knockoff from a random Chinese shanzhai company? http://i.imgur.com/LlqaAPO.png http://i.imgur.com/LlqaAPO.png

phonon 10y ago
Sony guts! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa9naa_sabra-shopping-network_fun http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa9naa_sabra-shopping-netwo...
sucrose 10y ago
In the image you linked: why are the OS home-screens switched?
- collias 10y ago
  That's the joke.
  - sucrose 10y ago
    I was confused -- I think that the home-screen edit was unnecessary in the context of the joke; assuming he means that the hardware, not software, looks like a knockoff.
bluthru 10y ago
This is worse than Samsung.
- imaginenore 10y ago
  Pretty much everything is worse than Samsung. Galaxy S7 Edge is f*ing gorgeous.
bitmapbrother 10y ago
Reminds me of the original iPhone - it was an LG Prada ripoff. I'm sure you call all phones with a white front iPhone knockoffs.
- pinaceae 10y ago
  totally! i mean look at it, what is the difference? http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/06/iphone-prada-touch-01.jpg http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/06/iphone...
  - kalleboo 10y ago
    The iPhone looks way chunkier and chintzier
- StRoy 10y ago
  As someone who has owned the first LG Prada: please, don't. The LG Prada was nothing like the iPhone and I was glad to get rid of it by the time the iPhone 3G came out. First of all, the discussion here was about the design/look of the phone and plagiarism and there was no similarity in their look as another commenter already proved. But even in terms of operation, there was no similarity either. The LG Prada had a UI that was meant for non-touchscreen phones operated through a touchscreen. Scrolling was done.. by moving scrollbars. You couldn't scroll unless you touched the scrollbar itself. Those scrollbars were small and the touchscreen was unreliable. Fun times! The experience was like using a Windows Mobile PDA/Phone with a touchscreen instead of a stylus. Which made everything much worse. It didn't have the iconic homescreen that shows all the apps you may want for quick access either. And trying to browse the web on that device was a worse experience than the non-touchscreen competitors like the Nokia N95, which was a much better pre-iPhone device than the Prada. Any mention of the LG Prada in comparison to the iPhone is just revealing you as a baseless Apple hater who does not comprehend the amount of innovation Apple brought to the market and how it changed the landscape. I don't even use iPhones anymore, as midrange, cheaper Android devices suit my needs just fine these days. But those phones owe a big lot to the groundwork Apple laid out in terms of UI. Even in terms of software tech. Chrome forked off webkit, and webkit was the first engine to ever be truly usable on mobiles. Browsing the web on an iPhone was a game changing experience before the market started photocopying everything Apple did.
fizzbatter 10y ago
I love my Nexus phones, i also have already ordered a Pixel XL. With that said, i hate the look of this phone compared to the Nexus 5 and 5X. I really felt the 5 and 5X were a good, unique and fitting feel for Nexus. The Pixel doesn't seem to have any identity of it's own. Frankly, with Apple already having sued over phone designs.. i'm shocked this is so blatantly similar to the iPhone. Only thing that feels unique is that weird glass bit on the back.. and that's ugly as hell imo.
- r00fus 10y ago
  You're probably going to put a case on it anyway right?
  - fizzbatter 10y ago
    Nope. I've never used a case for my phones. I heavily buy my phone for the visual appeal, and small/compact nature. Most cases i quite dislike.
theinternetman 10y ago
Hardware design on this feels entirely uninspired, Chinese knockoff of last years iPhone and Samsung devices. If they truly started from scratch and ended up here then this hardware initiative is going to fall flat. But I'm gonna guess they didn't start from scratch and this is just a rebadged device as people suspect. Why on earth would you launch such a cheap plasticky looking device in such a similar form than your competitors device last year when their update was moving that device into more premium materials (iPhone 6 looks positively cheapo next to the 7) and making it seamless.

by czhiddy 10y ago

phonon 10y ago

Sony guts! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa9naa_sabra-shopping-network_fun http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa9naa_sabra-shopping-netwo...

sucrose 10y ago

In the image you linked: why are the OS home-screens switched?

collias 10y ago
That's the joke.
- sucrose 10y ago
  I was confused -- I think that the home-screen edit was unnecessary in the context of the joke; assuming he means that the hardware, not software, looks like a knockoff.

bluthru 10y ago

This is worse than Samsung.

imaginenore 10y ago
Pretty much everything is worse than Samsung. Galaxy S7 Edge is f*ing gorgeous.

bitmapbrother 10y ago

Reminds me of the original iPhone - it was an LG Prada ripoff. I'm sure you call all phones with a white front iPhone knockoffs.

pinaceae 10y ago
totally! i mean look at it, what is the difference? http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/06/iphone-prada-touch-01.jpg http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/06/iphone...
- kalleboo 10y ago
  The iPhone looks way chunkier and chintzier
StRoy 10y ago
As someone who has owned the first LG Prada: please, don't. The LG Prada was nothing like the iPhone and I was glad to get rid of it by the time the iPhone 3G came out. First of all, the discussion here was about the design/look of the phone and plagiarism and there was no similarity in their look as another commenter already proved. But even in terms of operation, there was no similarity either. The LG Prada had a UI that was meant for non-touchscreen phones operated through a touchscreen. Scrolling was done.. by moving scrollbars. You couldn't scroll unless you touched the scrollbar itself. Those scrollbars were small and the touchscreen was unreliable. Fun times! The experience was like using a Windows Mobile PDA/Phone with a touchscreen instead of a stylus. Which made everything much worse. It didn't have the iconic homescreen that shows all the apps you may want for quick access either. And trying to browse the web on that device was a worse experience than the non-touchscreen competitors like the Nokia N95, which was a much better pre-iPhone device than the Prada. Any mention of the LG Prada in comparison to the iPhone is just revealing you as a baseless Apple hater who does not comprehend the amount of innovation Apple brought to the market and how it changed the landscape. I don't even use iPhones anymore, as midrange, cheaper Android devices suit my needs just fine these days. But those phones owe a big lot to the groundwork Apple laid out in terms of UI. Even in terms of software tech. Chrome forked off webkit, and webkit was the first engine to ever be truly usable on mobiles. Browsing the web on an iPhone was a game changing experience before the market started photocopying everything Apple did.

fizzbatter 10y ago

I love my Nexus phones, i also have already ordered a Pixel XL. With that said, i hate the look of this phone compared to the Nexus 5 and 5X. I really felt the 5 and 5X were a good, unique and fitting feel for Nexus. The Pixel doesn't seem to have any identity of it's own. Frankly, with Apple already having sued over phone designs.. i'm shocked this is so blatantly similar to the iPhone. Only thing that feels unique is that weird glass bit on the back.. and that's ugly as hell imo.

r00fus 10y ago
You're probably going to put a case on it anyway right?
- fizzbatter 10y ago
  Nope. I've never used a case for my phones. I heavily buy my phone for the visual appeal, and small/compact nature. Most cases i quite dislike.

theinternetman 10y ago

Hardware design on this feels entirely uninspired, Chinese knockoff of last years iPhone and Samsung devices. If they truly started from scratch and ended up here then this hardware initiative is going to fall flat. But I'm gonna guess they didn't start from scratch and this is just a rebadged device as people suspect. Why on earth would you launch such a cheap plasticky looking device in such a similar form than your competitors device last year when their update was moving that device into more premium materials (iPhone 6 looks positively cheapo next to the 7) and making it seamless.