The Clone Wars continue: Samsung phones were the most copied in 2017, according to benchmark stats
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Popular benchmark company AnTuTu has released an interesting statistic for 2017. It combed through all devices that held the AnTuTu tests from January through to December and concluded that 2.64% of all phones tested were clones or counterfeits.
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So, according to AnTuTu's stats, Samsung-branded phones are the most-often cloned devices. We can see a few reasons for this — for one, it's much easier to make a clone with Android to operate like another phone that's a famous Android flagship. Coding an iOS-like UI on top of Android is possible, we've seen impressive ones in the past, but it doesn't hold up — as soon as the user opens the “App Store”, or takes a dive in the phone's Settings, they can see the telltale signs of Android. So, if you want to trick more people — just stick to the phone with the operating system you can best imitate.
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Also, it's worth noting that a lot of people that buy these phones will not install and run AnTuTu benchmarks on them, while others will get their hands on a specific clone and run a ton of benchmarks on it just to see what kind of results they get. So, while these stats can give us a bit of an insight of which phones were among the most interesting for bargain-hunters in 2017, they definitely don't tell the whole story.
source: AnTuTu Labs
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