Goophone

'valley peak') is a manufacturer of smartphones, tablets and smart watches based in Shenzhen, China.

[1] The company earned notoriety for releasing counterfeit clones of popular high-end smartphones such as the iPhone,[2] Samsung's Galaxy S series[3][4][5] and HTC One (M8)[6] using off-the-shelf systems-on-a-chip from MediaTek[7] and the Android operating system, often with user interfaces made to resemble the devices they imitate.

[9][11] Law professor Robin Feldman at UC Hastings expressed concern over China's patent policy, stating in an email interview, "It would be unfortunate if a country's patent system were designed to allow this type of behavior.

The device, which had significantly inferior hardware, was sold for around £80/$105 while the iPhone X retailed for $999.

[12] By the time Apple announced its iPhone lineup in September 2018,[13] the Goophone XS Max - a copy of the iPhone XS Max - was already being sold at Goophone's website.