They obviously chose the word "aping" for a reason, but it strikes me as a poor word choice here. These aren't pocket calculators with "I-PHone" rubber-stamped

They obviously chose the word "aping" for a reason, but it strikes me as a poor word choice here. These aren't pocket calculators with "I-PHone" rubber-stamped on the cover. From the article: "Skeptics say the company produces low-price iPhone imitations with no significant software or hardware advantages." So where are the disadvantages, other than the "they're copying Apple" problem? I suspect that if they stay more or less on the right side of copyright/patent law in the west, they'll capitalize on the "lower price/equivalent hardware" combination that apparently even the skeptics mention. And with the capabilities to build the next big idea, all it really takes then is enough of a break from traditional company culture to let new, good ideas bubble up and/or be sought out (and hey look, the Xiaomi CEO seems to be going for that).