Yeah... Except for the fact that it isn't an iPhone.
Just because Apple was the first to release a full touchscreen mobile phone, that doesn't give them stake to the design concept. They chose to make a touchscreen device, and followed through with the only design that would have made any sense. There isn't anything special about it. It's nothing but a screen. It's what a 'touchscreen' devise should be, by nature. That's the whole point. No buttons, just screen. The concept and design are one in the same, and it isn't something that Apple came up with. They just happen to be the first to apply it to a cell phone, and for that history gives them credit. But Apple can't lay claim to the general design of the iPhone anymore than they can the concept of touchscreen.
This phone is simply a nice, thin, sleek, touchscreen phone. Nothing more, nothing less. It's exactly what I'd expect a true touchscreen devise to look like, and that's why I want it.
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Oh look, an iPhone.
Yeah... Except for the fact that it isn't an iPhone.
Just because Apple was the first to release a full touchscreen mobile phone, that doesn't give them stake to the design concept. They chose to make a touchscreen device, and followed through with the only design that would have made any sense. There isn't anything special about it. It's nothing but a screen. It's what a 'touchscreen' devise should be, by nature. That's the whole point. No buttons, just screen. The concept and design are one in the same, and it isn't something that Apple came up with. They just happen to be the first to apply it to a cell phone, and for that history gives them credit. But Apple can't lay claim to the general design of the iPhone anymore than they can the concept of touchscreen.
This phone is simply a nice, thin, sleek, touchscreen phone. Nothing more, nothing less. It's exactly what I'd expect a true touchscreen devise to look like, and that's why I want it.