HTC exec on One A9's iPhone-like design: It's actually Apple who copied us

Himanshu, 23 October, 2015

Ever since HTC launched its new One A9 smartphone, it has been heavily criticized for making a device that looks like an iPhone 6 clone. Now, a senior HTC executive has came to the defense of the handset as well as the company, saying that it was Apple who originally copied one of their phone's design in its iPhone 6.

"We’re not copying. We made a unibody metal-clad phone in 2013. It’s Apple that copies us in terms of the antenna design on the back," said HTC's North Asia President Jack Tong.

If you're wondering, Tong is referring to the One M7 smartphone from 2013, which sported an aluminium body as well as antenna lines on its back. So, while his statement does carry some weight given that the iPhone 6 came in 2014, it still doesn't justify the fact that the One A9 seems to have copied almost every other design aspect from Apple's new iPhones.

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Reader comments

Dr Saint
18 Nov 2015
gIV

I was telling that to my friends, and at the same time was showing them tha One M7 that i stiill use today!!! The best phone of its time, and still One of the best!!!

Ripperoo
27 Oct 2015
w6n

Australia Iphone 6s Apple Sydney $1200.00- $1500.00+ no one complains HTC A9 $499-$599 - everyone complains - Go figure. A9 Bigger screen, Bigger battery, Image stabilization, Easy vid processing Bigger storage capacity, More ram, S...