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I seriously don't mean to troll, but... It looks like an iPhone.

by geon 14y ago

interconnector 14y ago
The differences are evident when the phones are placed side by side http://assets.gearlive.com/blogimages/iphone-5-blackberry-z10.jpg http://assets.gearlive.com/blogimages/iphone-5-blackberry-z1...
- runako 14y ago
  I can't tell if this comment is satirical, and the picture doesn't help.
  - interconnector 14y ago
    Haha I didn't mean it to be satirical, but I can see how it can be interpreted as such.
- geon 14y ago
  I hate to make this place more like Reddit, but that photo, combined with your comment was the funniest thing I've seen today! On a more serious note, I think it illustrates the absurdity of the Apple vs. Samsung spectacle.
purephase 14y ago
In a way that almost all devices now look similar to an iphone I guess. I've held the Z10 in my hand and it is definitely different.
GiraffeNecktie 14y ago
As in slim black rectangle? What other shape or color would you suggest?
- dear 14y ago
  Plenty! Just compare the form factors many smartphone manufacturers were using before the iPhones. Now everyone tries to look like an iPhone.
- geon 14y ago
  Exactly. I just think it's funny after the Samsung spectacle the last time.
freehunter 14y ago
It looks nothing like an iPhone. There's a line above and below the screen, the call speaker is a completely different shape and size, the camera is in a radically different location, and it says, in big bold letters, Blackberry across the bottom. There's also no button on the front like the iPhone has. Other than that, it has the general shape and design of an LCD panel. But don't pretend it looks like an iPhone when it doesn't.
- patgarner 14y ago
  It looks way more like an iPhone than what I have generally associated with the name Blackberry where half the device is a landscape screen and half of it a keyboard. I also think it's fair to say that the iPhone popularized the look of having the general shape and design of an LCD panel. While the comparison is certainly not black and white, I don't think it's fair to snarkily claim OP is pretending. I do think it's fair to say the new device has a similar overall shape and design as the iPhone. Watching the video review on the Verge I was also struck that they had chosen to go in a visual direction similar to iOS and Android rather than strike off in a new direction like Microsoft.
  - hunterhusar 14y ago
    duh. Couldn't agree more.
  - freehunter 14y ago
    You can say it looks like a phone, but saying it looks like an iPhone specifically is just going too far in a time when every phone "looks like an iPhone". I could say my new SUV looks like a Model T, because the Model T popularized the look of having a general shape and design of an SUV. My new car has a similar overall shape and design as the Model T, and I was struck by how Chevy chose to go in a visual direction similar to Ford and Chrysler rather than strike off in a new direction like Cessna. Every smartphone looks like a smartphone.
snowwrestler 14y ago
All modern smartphones look like an iPhone, just like all smartphones before the iPhone looked like a Blackberry. That's why the iPhone was such a monumental product--it shifted the entire industry.

I seriously don't mean to troll, but... It looks like an iPhone.

by geon 14y ago

I seriously don't mean to troll, but... It looks like an iPhone.

The differences are evident when the phones are placed side by side http://assets.gearlive.com/blogimages/iphone-5-blackberry-z10.jpg http://assets.gearlive.com/blogimages/iphone-5-blackberry-z1...

runako 14y ago
I can't tell if this comment is satirical, and the picture doesn't help.
- interconnector 14y ago
  Haha I didn't mean it to be satirical, but I can see how it can be interpreted as such.
geon 14y ago
I hate to make this place more like Reddit, but that photo, combined with your comment was the funniest thing I've seen today! On a more serious note, I think it illustrates the absurdity of the Apple vs. Samsung spectacle.

purephase 14y ago

In a way that almost all devices now look similar to an iphone I guess. I've held the Z10 in my hand and it is definitely different.

GiraffeNecktie 14y ago

As in slim black rectangle? What other shape or color would you suggest?

dear 14y ago
Plenty! Just compare the form factors many smartphone manufacturers were using before the iPhones. Now everyone tries to look like an iPhone.
geon 14y ago
Exactly. I just think it's funny after the Samsung spectacle the last time.

freehunter 14y ago

It looks nothing like an iPhone. There's a line above and below the screen, the call speaker is a completely different shape and size, the camera is in a radically different location, and it says, in big bold letters, Blackberry across the bottom. There's also no button on the front like the iPhone has. Other than that, it has the general shape and design of an LCD panel. But don't pretend it looks like an iPhone when it doesn't.

patgarner 14y ago
It looks way more like an iPhone than what I have generally associated with the name Blackberry where half the device is a landscape screen and half of it a keyboard. I also think it's fair to say that the iPhone popularized the look of having the general shape and design of an LCD panel. While the comparison is certainly not black and white, I don't think it's fair to snarkily claim OP is pretending. I do think it's fair to say the new device has a similar overall shape and design as the iPhone. Watching the video review on the Verge I was also struck that they had chosen to go in a visual direction similar to iOS and Android rather than strike off in a new direction like Microsoft.
- hunterhusar 14y ago
  duh. Couldn't agree more.
- freehunter 14y ago
  You can say it looks like a phone, but saying it looks like an iPhone specifically is just going too far in a time when every phone "looks like an iPhone". I could say my new SUV looks like a Model T, because the Model T popularized the look of having a general shape and design of an SUV. My new car has a similar overall shape and design as the Model T, and I was struck by how Chevy chose to go in a visual direction similar to Ford and Chrysler rather than strike off in a new direction like Cessna. Every smartphone looks like a smartphone.

snowwrestler 14y ago

All modern smartphones look like an iPhone, just like all smartphones before the iPhone looked like a Blackberry. That's why the iPhone was such a monumental product--it shifted the entire industry.