49244 The Chinese Have Already Cloned the iPhone X and Its Notch

The Chinese Have Already Cloned the iPhone X and Its Notch



There’s an old saying claiming the Chinese can copy pretty much anything you want, build it two times faster and sell it at half the price of the original product. But the same saying doesn’t say anything about the quality of the Chinese clone.

This time, a company called Hotwonder and based in Shenzen wanted to launch their own copy of the iPhone X ahead of the real deal, so they used Hong Kong’s Global Sources electronics fair to showcase the so-called Hotwav Symbol S3.

Spotted by Engadget, the device is, by all means, an iPhone X knock-off, and not only that it looks like Apple’s upcoming anniversary model, but it also claims to offer features that would otherwise cost a fortune to implement.

The only striking difference between the iPhone X and the “iPhone X” is the front-facing screen bezel, which is white on the clone instead of black.

Dual-camera system front and back

Also, the back of the phone features a mirror-like finish, more like the one on of the Sony Xperia XZ Premium, and the notch at the top doesn’t obviously feature any TrueDepth camera, but a mix of 5 megapixels + 2 megapixels units. A dual-camera system is also featured on the back with 13 megapixels and 2 megapixels.

Obviously, the phone runs Android, but what’s surprising is that it’s already on version 8.0. The hardware isn’t shocking at all, as it features MediaTek’s new MT6739 chipset or the older MT6592 paired with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage.

Pricing details are not available, but don’t expect the Symbol S3 to cost too much. In most of the cases, Chinese knock-offs are built specifically to be super-affordable, so it’ll be nothing like the real iPhone X, whose base model costs $999.

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If there’s something useful that the iPhone X doesn’t have and which the Hotwonder model does, it’s the LED notification light on the front. The iPhone X not only that lacks a notification light, but it also comes without an always-on display similar to the one developed by Samsung.

Apple iPhone X clone built in China

Apple iPhone X clone built in China
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