As I think we’ve firmly established, we call these iPhone clones because they are made superficially with the look and feel of the iPhone in mind.

No matter how much the companies deny it, there’s no question that these designs are iPhone inspired in the same way that after the iPod hit it big, every media player out there poorly mimicked the design. This, like the Voyager, the Instinct, and every other turd phone out there, is going to look even worse to the customer when people realize how huge the iPhone SDK and App Store are.

Rothman’s concluding remarks say:

I think the $200 iPhone trumps the $200 Dare if you don’t care which carrier you’re on