Originally Posted by Unregistered
Hey guys I found more pictures:
If you think this is a coincidence you're either in denial or retarded.
But I doubt this comes as much of a surprise to people like myself who have realized that all Meizu products have adopted a style too similar of Apple's. It's not only the M8 you morons.
But why should we all be so surprised? I mean, this is a Chinese company.
Ha ha, when I saw this post I thought it was a joke. Almost like an april fools. Given that the post was not on april first, and that this is serious, it clearly a case of cloning apple.
The cloning is not so much about the touch screen, but the store design. The glass cube is almost identical to other apple stores launched internationally. To deny this similarity is really to ignore the facts. There are two stores that look like this ... 1. Apple, 2. Meizu.
Unfortunately some Chinese companies choose to copy western companies (and their products) instead of developing something new. This is not competition, nor is it innovation. Its just theft. I dont want to make any statements about the degree to which Meizu is doing this specfically. I am saying that its a very disturbing trend. The west innovates, China copies and then usually sells back to the west. This is wrong in so many ways.
I would have more respect for Chinese companies if they took something that they saw and improved on it, but we almost never see that. The cost reductions that you see are always at the expense of the environment, breaking the rules of trade (fixed exchange rates, fixed labour rates) and not paying their working population a living wage (how many have retirement policies, medical aid and other benefits).
Its like stealing a car, living with your parents, borrowing somebody elses clothes and faking your degree and then asking for a lower salary than everyone else (in the same age and education bracket) when you start work. Sure your expenses are lower, but at what cost.
Oh and this is not an "asian" thing. There are many examples of Japanese companies who have continued to innovate and improve their products year on year for decades. In many cases they have led the way with respect to product design & features.
I wonder when the term "intellectual capital" is going to enter the Chinese phrasebook.
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