In recent years, when Samsung has stopped taking inspiration from Apple to design its devicesIt is the rest of the manufacturers who are following the path set by Apple. Although the first smartphone with notch was the Essential by Andy Rubin, it was the iPhone X that popularized it in the market.
In the MWC we have seen how most Android manufacturers, except Samsung, have copied for no apparent reason and blatantly the notch, eyebrow, bangs, island or whatever you want to call it from the iPhone X. Huawei has gone further and not only has copied the notch, but has also copied the AirPods with the Huawei FreeBud.
During the presentation of the Huawei P20, the Asian firm again compared itself with the iPhone X and the Galaxy S9, but when it was the turn of the presentation of the FreeBuds, at no time was the word Apple heard, despite the fact that they are clearly inspired by the design of the AirPods.
Smartphones today and for a few years will be rectangular, so design innovation has to wait. However, if we talk about wireless headphones, in the market we can see a large number of examples with excellent design and autonomy, but as usual in Huawei, It is cheaper to copy than to innovate.
The Huawei FreeBuds they offer us autonomy with a single charge of 10 hours (It remains to check if they are real) for the 5 hours offered by the AirPods. As we can see in the image above, Huawei has used the same design to implement the battery in an elongated way, where we take the AirPods.
Huawei wireless earphones have a piece of silicone in the part that is inserted into the ear canal to try to give a more isolating feel, something that not if you have used a headset of this type, you know that it is not achieved at any time, thus trying to make up for the lack of a noise cancellation system.
The price of the Huawei FreeBuds is 159 euros and will be available at black and white
This is what angers me the most. All criticize Apple, but the vast majority copy him, and some blatantly.