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Yes, it’s here. The Android-powered iphone has landed. You’ll notice, though, that’s ‘iphone’ with an itsy-bitsy lowercase ‘p’. This is not Apple doing a kiss-and-make-up with Google — it’s a Brazilian phone company doing an absolutely blatant rip-off. Anyone taking bets on how long it takes Apple to sue their arses off?
The Brazilian company, by the name of Gradiente, has launched its new product (pictured below), catchily named the “Gradiente iphone Neo One”. Sporting a 3.7-inch 320×480 screen, it isn’t exactly Retina-quality; the 5 mexapixel camera, 700mHz processor, 2GB of internal storage and Android 2.3 don’t exactly impress, either, nor is it massively cheap at around £200. Let’s be honest, though, the only fun thing you could really do with this phone is try and play a giant game of hide and seek with Apple’s crack SWAT teams.
Although we see a bevy of new rip-off handsets like this daily, the difference is that they’re normally from within China. For a mainstream phone company in a country with mildly robust patent laws, this is a dangerous move. Gradiente, meet Apple’s legal team. I’m sure you two will get on just fine. [Gradiente via Slashgear]
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This article…. I… It’s…. just…. what?
Return to you’re lives people. Nothing to see here.
Nothing apart from grammatical errors!
Move on kids there’s nothing to see here!
Bad shoppery makes a mockery of us all.
Come on Gizmodo, I know why you would do this, with that title and using that image, but it still doesn’t mean i agree with your tactics. it’s indefensible! For shame!
Well we did warn you in the first paragraph, but you were probably too busy mashing the mouse by that point
I’ll have you know i only ever use the Track Pad! not used a mouse in years and years! when i saw that picture i thought it was going to ba about someone modding Android onto an iPhone ore some such!
Chris, I must say that the picture disppointed me. But if hits is the only thing that matters, well done.
this is poor. deliberately misleading photo.
also, IIRC the ‘ipad’ name was registered to a Brazilian company selling defibs.
I’d like to see how it ends when Apple tries to sue them, Brazilians already have banned Google before lol
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2012/oct/22/google-brazil
Brazil is usually very protective of their own manufacturers, many foreign companies manufacture in Brazil because of that, specially the automotive industry.
That being said the phone doesn’t look anything like an iPhone.
Yep, one of my colleague bought a VW car, thinking it was German, but soon to find out infact it was made in Brazil.
I think this phone looks a lot like iPhone 3g, but the back is definately a HTC!
China has been selling android equipped iphones for years. Here is a rip-off iphone with android (that looks like ios) I saw in a market in Guangzhou, China the other day http://tinypic.com/r/d6yhj/6
This is a classic example of blatantly bad journalism. Let’s go to the facts:
- Gradiente filled for the “rights” to use the trademark “iphone” in mobile phones back in 2000;
- The trademark right was granted by the Industrial Property National Institute of Brazil (or INPI for us);
- This company is obviously trolling apple in the pursue of a very profitable settlement;
- Gradiente is no even close to mainstream on the mobile phone market (actually I’ve never seen anyone using a Gradiente mobile);
Anyone knows how can I file a formal complaint agains Chris Mills to gizmodo?
Yes, contact FPS Russia, he is a PROFESSIONAL RUSSIAN, may be he could help you.
Did someone just crap in my eyes to have their loose rancid stool infect my brain? Thanks for that, may I just return the favour.
This person should have your kiddies regurgitating news licence revoked – I can only thank the baby Jesus that nobody trusted you with a real journalistic licence. It’s the parents I feel sorry for, what a disappointment.
You have been demi-berated – a mere tickle compared to that turd I suffered. Next time you poop into my eyes I’ll be giving you the full hit, you really don’t know how hard it was to curb myself this time.
And no need to apologise to the readers. Save that apology for yourself, you need it more than us, having sank so incredibly low – you are in danger of cuntifing oneself.
well its poorly specced and probably shoddily made but still id rather have that than an iphone any day of the week!