It is stated that imitation is the sincerest type of flattery – however quite a few tech retailers, YouTubers, and even some Samsung followers appear to assume the buyer electronics big took mimicry a bit too far this time.
On Wednesday, Samsung had its massive Galaxy Unpacked occasion the place it unveiled a slew of recent merchandise together with smartphones, smartwatches, and earbuds. Samsung even introduced a complete new line with its Samsung Galaxy Ring health-focused wearable.
All the pieces introduced at Unpacked 2024, together with Samsung Galaxy Ring, Galaxy Watch Extremely, and extra
Nonetheless, those that seen the occasion by way of livestream could not assist however discover just a few of the marquee new merchandise regarded a bit of too Apple-like.
Samsung criticized for ‘copying’ Apple
Social media customers had different critiques in regards to the merchandise revealed at this 12 months’s Unpacked, bemoaning the shortage of considerable updates within the new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6, as an illustration.
Nonetheless, one widespread thread within the varied analyses, whether or not or not it’s from customers, reviewers, or journalists is that Samsung appears to be attempting to “clone” Apple’s merchandise.
“Today was a huge L for Samsung,” stated YouTuber Quinn Nelson of Snazzy Labs, a tech overview channel with a couple of million subscribers. “Watch Ultra is the most shameless copy of an Apple product in ages — and it’s hideous.”
“Wait, it gets more shameless,” the YouTube creator continued by way of his X account @SnazzyLabs. “Buds3 and Buds3 Pro are clones of AirPods.”
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Nelson is referring to Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch Extremely smartwatch and its new line of earbuds, the Galaxy Buds 3 collection. It appears apparent that Samsung launched these two merchandise to compete with Apple’s Apple Watch Extremely and the corporate’s line of Airpods. However, for a lot of, the similarities between the 2 went past competitors and into “copycat” territory.
“Copy and paste,” posted the Apple Hub account on X, with almost a million followers, alongside a photograph of Samsung’s new smartwatch and earbuds side-by-side with Apple’s model of the merchandise.
With the visible of Samsung and Apple’s smartwatch and earbuds collectively, it is laborious to disclaim simply how a lot Samsung appears to have borrowed from Apple. Together with showing to raise its product naming scheme from Apple, Samsung’s new Galaxy Watch Extremely even has a virtually similar watch band.
And it isn’t simply social media customers and content material creators sharing their disapproval both. Information retailers like The Verge and Enterprise Insider additionally could not assist however name out Samsung for its Apple clones.
“Samsung’s new ‘Ultra’ watch and earbuds are shameless Apple copycats,” reads a headline from Enterprise Insider.
The Verge’s article, “Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds are blatant AirPod clones in both form and function,” centered on Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds 3 and criticized Samsung for its “subtle in-ear design” in favor of the extra “Airpods-esque” stems.
Samsung unveiled a lot various Apple clones at Galaxy Unpacked. The corporate’s foldable smartphone is in a product class of its personal, one which Apple does not even have its personal reply to but. However, sadly, Samsung’s new smartwatch and earbuds are such blatant lookalikes that it appears that evidently’s what many are specializing in from the occasion.
“To see Samsung just release a bunch of Apple clones is disheartening,” wrote Apple Insider’s Andrew O’Hara on X. “It’s boring and a massive fail compared to where Samsung used to be.”
It is laborious to argue with that evaluation.