to be honest,
ever since Steve is gone, most of their innovation on the iPhone are copycats from Android.
the only thing that i admire the most is their iCloud phone activation lock and the touchID which Android should start adopting this to prevent theft.
As thieves will no longer steal iPhone 5S... why? no value if sell to the shops. only probably have some value for the spare parts.
While Google, it keep on coming out with new innovation especially the project ARA.
oh well this is a Apple forum.. so i guess i stop from here.
It doesn't matter if it's Apple or Samsung or Microsoft. Each has their own share of reusing ideas from the competitors. However, no matter which level you look at these companies. they contribute back to the industry will a totally different flavoured product. One they can call is their own creation. One that despite using other peoples idea, end up with their own characteristics.
The ongoing war of patents is how these companies protect their own IP at feature level. The idea is to get royalty and compensation.
However, to date, I don't see how we can even call Samsung same as Apple or Apple same as Microsoft or Samsung same as Microsoft. Each bears a very different design philosophy and direction in how they want their product to move.
Looking at Xiaomi product, I failed to see what. If they can have the time working on a NAS that looks different from the rest, why should they copy until to such similar level of an Apple tablet ? Why should the OS look and feel looks so familar ?
This is not a taken of feature found in your opponent to apply it differently in your own product. This is plain outright plagiarism that shouldn't be condone.
Consumers should not just look at cost and choose your product. Of course you can, I can't say no. I just meant you shouldn't if you are an individual at respect originality and respect intellectual property.
IP is a very vague thing, not only applies to tangible products but also to ideas and concepts. At the level Xiaomi is doing, it's the yet obvious low balling technique executed again and again but so many shameless companies. The least a responsible, reasonable and intelligent consumer should do is boycott such acts because as much as you benefit from it, you are causing harm indirectly in the whole eco-system for originality.
Guess it's just me and some whom is concern with originality. The rest, heck with it, get cheap product first, who cares if it concern me right now. That's is how short-sighted a person can get once the monetary department cover over the rest.