I didn’t say they were better in every respect, but they have features that both of them are stealing, here you go:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Yota-Phone-Dual-Sided-Smartphone-LCD,19786.html
From DECEMBER 13, 2012 10:00 PM, features that Apple and Samsung have still yet to copy.
The company website: https://yotaphone.com/us-en/
ROTFLMAO!
FROM A 2012 PROPOSED PHONE: "Both of the handset's screen measures at 4.3 inches, with the LCD screen in particular boasting a resolution of 1280 x 720, which is around 340 ppm (pixels-per inch). The Yota Phone aims to "help consumers enjoy life's virtual side without missing the real one" by switching between the two screens. . .Yoga's upcoming smartphone sports a 1.5GHz dual-core Krait processor and runs on Google's Android 4.2 Jelly Bean operating system. The main camera boasts 12-megapixels, accompanied by an unspecified "HD" front-facing camera. . .
More on the device, which launches sometime during the second half of 2013, will be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in February.
The Yota Phone with its small screen was finally released in late 2013 with a retail price of $876 in Russia, Great Britain, and the Middle East to ho-hum response and very few dual screen apps available with limited functionality. They think they may offer them for sale in the US in late 2015. They aren't here yet.
Why should they copy something that no one wants?