A few days ago, HTC unveiled its latest smartphone, the HTC One A9. This smartphone, if you’ve seen it, looks more like an iPhone from the back. Apple fans used this to say that HTC had copied the iPhone’s design.
On its part, HTC is not surprised with these allegations and the company is addressing them saying that it’s Apple that has been copying its designs since 2013. Jack Tong, the President of HTC North Asia, said this at a recent press event:
“We’re not copying. We made a uni-body metal-clad phone in 2013. It’s Apple that copies us in terms of the antenna design on the back.”
With this, he is referring to the HTC One M7 that was unveiled back in 2013. The HTC One M7 has a truly beautiful design and is one of the phones that took the HTC name to a higher level.
Mr. Tong went ahead to say, “The A9 is made thinner and more lightweight than our previous metal-clad phones. This is a change and evolution, and we’re not copying.”
Well, that’s it, at least Apple has not threatened to sue HTC as of yet.
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