{"id":513344,"date":"2026-03-09T17:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513344\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T17:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T17:19:11","slug":"cosmic-orange-is-the-new-black-as-competitors-copy-the-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/513344\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmic Orange is the new black, as competitors copy the color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Cosmic-Orange-is-the-new-black-as-competitors-copy-the-color.webp.jpeg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cosmic Orange is the new black, as competitors copy the color | Hotwav A17 Pro Max shown\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Cosmic Orange color Apple offered for the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/iphone-17-pro\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">iPhone 17 Pro<\/a> proved hugely popular, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/02\/10\/two-reasons-helped-apple-hit-record-iphone-sales-and-theyre-both-orange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">and was credited<\/a> with helping the company hit <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/01\/29\/apple-reports-record-breaking-q1-2026-earnings-apple-reports-record-breaking-q1-2026-earnings-143-7-billion-in-revenue-up-16xx-billion-in-revenue-up-xx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">record iPhone sales<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p>It seems the company\u2019s competitors were paying close attention, several of them adopting a very similar color tone for their latest Android smartphones \u2013 with the above one of the more blatant clones \u2026 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/orange-iphone-17-pro-impersonators-were-out-in-droves-at-mwc-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CNET<\/a> noted the number of copycats spotted at this year\u2019s Mobile World Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Not one but several phone makers were putting handsets on display that were dead ringers for the iPhone 17 Pro Max, from the size and button layout to the rear camera layout. And of course, they sport the unmistakable orange. So yes, we saw some of the best phones at MWC that truly excited us but we also saw some deliberate attempts to coast on the headway Apple made with its iPhone 17 Pro Max\u2019s cosmic orange.<\/p>\n<p>The Hotwav A17 Pro Max shamelessly copied the naming format and camera module layout in addition to the two-tone color. Compare here to the original:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IPhone-17-Pro-Max.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1042654\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The site noted that it wasn\u2019t just smartphones which were copying Apple\u2019s most popular color. It was also seen in a number of other product categories such as this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40XcHAo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Anker Nano Charger with Smart Display<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"660\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Anker-Nano-Charger-45W-Smart-Display-EU-launch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1042655\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Now that Apple has launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/macbook-neo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MacBook Neo<\/a> in some fun new colors, we can doubtless expect these to be copied too.<\/p>\n<p>Images: Hotwav\/Apple\/Anker<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768338849_561_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768338849_421_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/benqurl.biz\/3WZyqpL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1033835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773076751_96_native-banner_750_150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cosmic Orange color Apple offered for the iPhone 17 Pro proved hugely popular, and was credited with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-513344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}