Xiaomi recently launched the Morror Art Floating Speaker under the Youpin crowdfunding platform with a design that can at best be described as spectacular and innovating. Or wait, a smart speaker with a similar design has already been launched in 2018 dubbed Lyrics Speaker.
Turns out the Morror Art floating speaker may have copied the design of the Lyrics Speaker manufactured by a Japanese tech company Cotodama. One of our readers had pointed out the similarity between the two, stating that the Lyrics Speaker was even unboxed by Unbox Therapy two years ago. He is right! The Morror Art Speaker looks like a replica of the Lyrics Speaker.
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Here is a picture of both speakers. On the left is the Lyric Speaker and on the right is MORROR ART crowdfunded by Xiaomi Youpin. With the similarity in design and functionality, it is easy to confuse the two as the same product. In terms of appearance, both speakers have floating lyrics display features, both use rectangular translucent design, the speakers are distributed on the upper left and lower right. The volume of the Lyric Speaker is adjusted on the front of the fuselage, and the volume of MORROR ART is adjusted on the right of the fuselage. Overall, the similarity level is put at over 90%.
One major thing the Morror Art will have as an upper hand over the price tag. The Lyric Speaker is priced at $ 4,500. That is because it is hand-built with a monthly output of only 15 units. On the other hand, the Morror Art speaker is priced at just 2999 yuan ($431). As at the moment, the Lyric Speaker has not been sold in China so this may likely not result in a lawsuit. However, Xiaomi will definitely not bring this product to its Indiegogo crowdfunding platform except they have an agreement with Cotodama.
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