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Looks like a combination of iPad with Surface cover.

Really wish they design something themselves someday.

The keyboard is much more like the iPad Pro's "Smart Keyboard" than the Surface's keyboard cover. Surface keyboard is just a keyboard (no foldy triangle), relies on the tablet's kickstand for the computer to stand up, and sits at an angle instead of flat on the table.

MateBook looks like an iPad with an iPad cover: http://www.apple.com/smart-keyboard/images/keyboard_social.j...

Surface with keyboard for reference: http://az648995.vo.msecnd.net/win/2015/11/SP4-launch.png

And keyboard comic for giggles: http://hijinksensue.com/comic/surface-tension/ [2012]

Except it has a touchpad which is a much more important similarity.

It's not really a design choice that Huawei made though, they're stuck with a trackpad as a necessity of the OS. Everywhere they had a decision to make about the design looks like either an iPhone or an iPad.

The moment you find a piece of art, architecture, design, or such that doesn't borrow from the vernacular of the era, let us know.

Their watch is best in class IMO.

Different perspective Did apple just rip off Nokia with its "phone"?

Well, they DID get sued by Nokia for IP infringement, and lost. And has paid Nokia hundreds of millions of euros. So in the strictest legal sense, yes.

(Obviously when not being overly legalistic it is clear that Apple created an entirely new device with the iPhone, but it was built on a foundation that wasn't theirs to build on)

That lawsuit was because apple didn't pay the standard licensing fees for something Nokia owned, because Nokia was trying to charge more than they are allowed to (they wanted access to the iPhone patents as part of the deal). So apple decided to just go ahead, knowing they'd loose but the loss would be at the proper rate (plus lawyers fees).

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