То же самое можно сказать и о технических новинках. Лидеры отрасли задают тренды, которым стремятся подражать все остальные. И Samsung в этом плане оказался в лидерах, диктующих моду, например, в сегменте мобильных устройств.
Согласно результатам исследования компании AnTuTu, которое было направлено на выявление того, какие смартфоны в прошлом году чаще всего клонировали различные китайские производители, Samsung оказался абсолютным лидером.
По оценке экспертов AnTuTu, более 2,6% всех новых смартфонов, попавших на рынок в 2017 году, являлись китайскими клонами известных моделей. Среди этих клонов более трети (36,23%) копируют устройства южнокорейского техногиганта.
Самой популярной моделью у пиратов оказалась Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Europe Edition. Китайская версия Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge заняла 2-е место. Следом идут Galaxy S7 и Galaxy W2016. В десятку лидеров также попали Galaxy W2017, ещё одна версия Galaxy S7 Edge и Galaxy S8+.
Apple с большим отставанием заняла вторую позицию с результатом 7,72%.
Следом идут Xiaomi, Oppo и Huawei, результаты которых составили 4,75%, 4,66% и 3,4% соответственно.
AnTuTu’s Special Report: Samsung Was The Most Cloned Smartphone Brand in 2017
Most people have had the experience or heard the story from someone who has fallen victim to sellers of cloned smartphones. They are almost in all major cities, on the busy street corner where they offer buyers the latest iPhone or Samsung at rock bottom prices. This offer sweeps some out of their feet and before they realize the phone isn’t real, the seller is gone. Well, AnTuTu has released as part of their annual smartphone data, a list of the top most cloned smartphones.
The data was for 2017 and it contains among other things, a distribution chart of cloned smartphones according to the affected brand. AnTuTu claims that an estimated 17,424,726 mobile phones were shipped in 2017 and out that tall figure, cloned smartphone accounted for 2.64%. Of course, who would want to clone a relatively unknown brand? So, it is no surprise that Samsung emerged as the most clone brand last year with a cumulative total of 36.23%. Apart from being the world’s top smartphone maker, Samsung also happened to have released a couple of stunning models last year. But the most cloned model last year is revealed as the Galaxy S7 Edge Europe edition. The China version of the Galaxy S7 Edge emerges as the second most cloned phone. Other Samsung models that were cloned last year include the Galaxy W2016, Galaxy W2017, Galaxy S8+.
Apple is also another brand that suffers from cloning, especially in markets like China. Apple ranked second with 7.72% and quite interesting is the discovery that most of the iPhone clones are usually equipped with Android OS. The iPhone 7 Plus is the most faked iPhone last year, ranking among the top 10 most faked smartphones of 2017 as compiled by AnTuTu.
Chinese tech giant Xiaomi also ranked as the third most cloned smartphone brand with 4.75%. This is closely followed by OPPO with 4.46% and Huawei with 3.40%.
