14 DAY TRIAL // It typically takes only a few months for Chinese phone makers to copy the design of much more famous models, and the iPhone X makes no exception, with several brands trying to capitalize on the craze around the new model with similar look and features.
Since it usually takes a bit more than just copying to succeed, the Doogee V adopts a rather different approach, trying to bring us the device that the iPhone X was supposed to be in the first place.
And that’s a phone with a notch and everything, but instead of relying entirely on a face recognition system, it comes with a fingerprint sensor embedded into the display.
As you can see in the photo here, the Chinese Android model looks like an early mix of the Samsung Galaxy S9 (at least judging from what we’ve seen in leaks and renders) and the iPhone X. But on the other hand, it has everything the iPhone doesn’t, including the said fingerprint sensor integrated into the glass and a headphone jack.
At the same time, it features the controversial notch at the top of the 6.2-inch display, as well as a dual-camera system on the back in a vertical layout.
The Doogee V isn’t yet available for purchase, but it should go on sale soon, with pricing info and all the other details to be announced closer to its release.
Apple failed to do it
For background, a fingerprint sensor embedded into the screen was what Apple has been looking for since it started development of the iPhone X, with some early prototypes that made the rounds indicating that the company wasn’t actually planning to remove Touch ID entirely.
Even though Apple said otherwise and claimed it wanted to launch the iPhone X with Face ID only from the very beginning, people familiar with the matter said the company’s project to move the fingerprint sensor under the display failed and it had no other option than to turn to plan B.
This doesn’t necessarily mean that others won’t try to do it, and by the looks of things, the Chinese have managed to do something that sounds appealing, to say the least. It remains to be seen, however, if everything works as advertised.