Chinese iPhone 5 Clone Emerges, Features Android as OS
Zophone i5 reportedly due to go on sale for around $200.
Plenty of iPhone 5 clones stemming from China have already emerged, with some released even before the device was announced. The latest clone, in particular, seems to be a spitting image of the smartphone.
ZoPhone's model utilizes Android as its operating system, with the device itself not featuring Apple’s logo. While it'll be cheaper than the iPhone 5, ZoPhone seemingly copied the firm's design all the way down to copying images of the iPhone 5 stolen from Apple's official website.
Entitled the i5, the device apparently features a four-inch display, as well as a 1,136 x 640 resolution.
Also included is a Mediatek MT6577 dual-core SoC that clocks in at 1.2GHz, which is accompanied by 1GB of RAM, 4 GB onboard storage, a microSD card slot, a rear-facing 8-megapixel camera and a 1,400mAh battery. Although the smartphone doesn't come bundled with the new iPhone headphones, EarPods, the popular Earbuds are instead included, as is a Siri clone and Apple’s Lighting adapter.
The Zophone i5 is reportedly due to go on sale for around $200 (£124).

You make it sound as if iOS is an original Apple product.
Do a little research before making yourself foolish :-)
Neither the OS not the CPU are at their most basic level Apple designs. The CPU for instanc is a RISC based chip; certainly not something Apple dreamed up.
And how exactly would it backfire as long as the manufacturers don't try to become bold and market outside of China?
You make it sound as if iOS is an original Apple product.
Do a little research before making yourself foolish :-)
Neither the OS not the CPU are at their most basic level Apple designs. The CPU for instanc is a RISC based chip; certainly not something Apple dreamed up.
And how exactly would it backfire as long as the manufacturers don't try to become bold and market outside of China?
This is so full of fail, IDK where to begin. Just... go back and read something about stuff you're trying to discuss before embarrassing yourself.
Outside companies outsourcing to other countries.
My Ex is the chief designer of a European fashion house. She used to fly to Hong Kong several times a year as a substantial part of the manufacturing was done in China. They had 'problems' with copycat products from China.
Well, guess what, lately she flies to New Delhi or Istanbul instead... !
China is not the only country with cheap manufacturing capabilities.
no mention of this patent infringement is made in this article let alone it's progress against apple.
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They don't have strict laws on this kind of stuff. The Chinese government can care less as long as they get more cash flow. I've seen a real Samsung phone that looks like an iPhone 4 (but has the home button styled like the Galaxy S2) in China and uses Android, I'm surprised there was no news about that a while ago.
If you thought the Apple craze in the US was bad enough, you should the urban parts of China visit. Apple's stuff are symbols of wealth, and a lot of people want one.
There's a reason why clothing rentals are also a viable business in China. Make yourself look wealthier, without paying full price for the designer clothing.
take a look at many of the chinese knockoffs...
most of the time if you can get it cheap, as in they aren't trying to tell you that its apple, you get a very capable device, in some cases, better than the origional.
granted im doubting this one will beat the iphone in speed, but that it cant be a decent phone or music device for 200$, thats takeing it a bit far.
Android doesn't have bloatware the carriers add their own bloat but Android itself probably has less bloatware than iOS does. I do wish carriers would back out and stop adding their own apps though.
Google makes no hardware so they can't be held accountable for hardware theft, how your mind got there I have no idea. As for features how is you notification bar working for you? That is an iOS ripoff from Android BTW o yea and those nice widgets Apple plans on adding are from Android as well. Oh and opening apps from lock screen, Android did it first Apple ripped off.
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Excellent.