<s>
Goophone	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
manufacturer	O
of	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
tablets	B-Device
and	O
smart	B-Application
watches	I-Application
based	O
in	O
Shenzhen	O
,	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
earned	O
notoriety	O
for	O
releasing	O
counterfeit	O
clones	O
of	O
popular	O
high-end	O
smartphones	B-Application
such	O
as	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
's	O
Galaxy	B-Application
S	I-Application
series	O
and	O
HTC	B-Application
One	I-Application
(	O
M8	O
)	O
using	O
off-the-shelf	O
systems-on-a-chip	B-Architecture
from	O
MediaTek	B-Architecture
and	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
often	O
with	O
user	B-Application
interfaces	I-Application
made	O
to	O
resemble	O
the	O
devices	O
they	O
imitate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Goophone	B-Application
was	O
reported	O
to	O
have	O
filed	O
a	O
patent	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
Goophone	B-Application
i5	O
,	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
5	I-Operating_System
,	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
latter	O
device	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
clone	O
itself	O
was	O
also	O
unveiled	O
before	O
Apple	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
launch	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
5	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goophone	B-Application
repeated	O
the	O
same	O
strategy	O
later	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
it	O
released	O
the	O
Goophone	B-Application
Phone	O
X	O
before	O
the	O
device	O
it	O
is	O
copying	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
design	O
—	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
X	O
—	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
significantly	O
inferior	O
hardware	O
,	O
was	O
sold	O
for	O
around	O
£	O
80/	O
$105	O
while	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
X	O
retailed	O
for	O
$999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
Apple	O
announced	O
its	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
lineup	O
in	O
September	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
Goophone	B-Application
XS	B-Operating_System
Max	I-Operating_System
-	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
XS	I-Operating_System
Max	I-Operating_System
-	O
was	O
already	O
being	O
sold	O
at	O
Goophone	B-Application
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
