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The fact that no one makes anything out of intellectual property in China is widely known. Therefore, China is the source of more or less bizarre copies of almost everything possible. Experts in copying Apple products is the company Xiaomi, which has already had several big cuts in the past. Now there's another one, as its parent company Huami (which is also a very original name) has introduced a total copycat Apple Watch Series 4.

Almost a year after its launch, the Apple Watch Series 4 saw perhaps the biggest example of industrial design copying ever. The "Huami Amazfit GTS 4", as the watch is called, is almost indistinguishable from the Apple Watch at first glance. Same design (except the crown), very similar if not the same bands, same dials including the new Infograph. However, as is often the case with similar products, the visual side is one thing, the functionality is another.

While the Huami Amazfit GTS 4 look like they could function as some kind of non-genuine version of the Apple Watch, functionally they're miles away. The operating system is quite primitive, the design elements on the display serve only one purpose, and that is to resemble the Apple Watch as much as possible. The crown (which is the only different part from the original) definitely doesn't work like the one on the Apple Watch. The sensors on the back of the watch (if they work at all) also definitely do not have the capabilities of the original. Not to mention the quality of the display and operating system inside.

It is truly bizarre what is possible in China and how far some companies are able to go when it comes to copying foreign successful ideas. In the case of Xiaomi, these are common practices, some of which are really misleading.

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Source: 9to5mac

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