Perhaps my favorite open secret in the tech world is that, at some point or another, every phone maker will copy the iPhone.
Wherever you look, you can find companies taking the occasional extra helping of inspiration from the Cupertino giant, from the obviously iPhone-inspired software used by the best OnePlus phones and best Oppo phones to the flat edges of the Google Pixel 9 series to Samsung’s infamous ditching of the headphone jack just three years after mocking Apple for doing the same thing.
