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What’s odd about this is how easily it could have been a fan engagement story. Sloppy beyond belief or an intentional faux scandal.

colordrops 7y ago
Feels like the latter. When was the last time you saw a high production value rendering of a yet to be released phone for a second tier company?
- gibolt 7y ago
  Pretty sure Lenovo isn't a second tier company...
  - darkpuma 7y ago
    As far as phone manufacturers go? Maybe third tier.
  - joezydeco 7y ago
    Google gutted Motorola Mobility for its intellectual property and then sold the carcass to Lenovo. The smarter employees left for greener pastures even before the sale was complete. What's left isn't even third tier.
- mmanfrin 7y ago
  The guy's channel has tons of videos of renders of phones from other companies. Remember Occam's razor, the simplest explanation (that a "second tier company" was lazy with their release video and some video editor found the highest res renders he could find without realizing they weren't actually Lenovo's renders) is the likeliest explanation.
  - colordrops 7y ago
    It's Hanlon's Razor, not Occam's. Occam's razor is for scientific theories, not human behavior.
    - thaumasiotes 7y ago
      > Occam's razor is for scientific theories, not human behavior. Not at all. Occam's razor says simpler theories (of anything) are more plausible than complex ones. Hanlon's razor says you can't distinguish between malice and stupidity. Occam is clearly the reference mmanfrin meant to make.
boh 7y ago
I wonder if it being a Chinese company, where copyrights aren't enforced, they felt it wasn't an issue to just use it without informing/asking the fan?
duxup 7y ago
It seems like just contacting the fan and paying him a few bucks and mentioning him would be good. At the same time some random guy on the internet, you don't know if he really owns the content either. Still... at least trying would be better than just claiming it yourself.
lallysingh 7y ago
A Moto fan. Not Lenovo, no?

colordrops 7y ago

Feels like the latter. When was the last time you saw a high production value rendering of a yet to be released phone for a second tier company?

gibolt 7y ago
Pretty sure Lenovo isn't a second tier company...
- darkpuma 7y ago
  As far as phone manufacturers go? Maybe third tier.
- joezydeco 7y ago
  Google gutted Motorola Mobility for its intellectual property and then sold the carcass to Lenovo. The smarter employees left for greener pastures even before the sale was complete. What's left isn't even third tier.
mmanfrin 7y ago
The guy's channel has tons of videos of renders of phones from other companies. Remember Occam's razor, the simplest explanation (that a "second tier company" was lazy with their release video and some video editor found the highest res renders he could find without realizing they weren't actually Lenovo's renders) is the likeliest explanation.
- colordrops 7y ago
  It's Hanlon's Razor, not Occam's. Occam's razor is for scientific theories, not human behavior.
  - thaumasiotes 7y ago
    > Occam's razor is for scientific theories, not human behavior. Not at all. Occam's razor says simpler theories (of anything) are more plausible than complex ones. Hanlon's razor says you can't distinguish between malice and stupidity. Occam is clearly the reference mmanfrin meant to make.

boh 7y ago

I wonder if it being a Chinese company, where copyrights aren't enforced, they felt it wasn't an issue to just use it without informing/asking the fan?

duxup 7y ago

It seems like just contacting the fan and paying him a few bucks and mentioning him would be good. At the same time some random guy on the internet, you don't know if he really owns the content either. Still... at least trying would be better than just claiming it yourself.

lallysingh 7y ago

A Moto fan. Not Lenovo, no?