>The "Can't quite put my finger on it..." piece is in reference to a common catch-phrase for bloggers who have mocked Android, Samsung, and Microsoft for "copying" elements from iOS.
Only this is not a copy. It's just a different flat design, just as Windows also uses a flat design.
It doesn't copy the look of Windows Phone -- it just uses a similar flat visual language.
We cannot say the same for, e.g., MBA look-alikes that you cannot tell apart from 5 feet away.
It's like the difference between two manga comics by different artists (of course there are similarities: they used the same visual language) and a cheap rip-off of an animated series (e.g Power Rangers vs Powerful Rangers).
Only this is not a copy. It's just a different flat design, just as Windows also uses a flat design.
It doesn't copy the look of Windows Phone -- it just uses a similar flat visual language.
We cannot say the same for, e.g., MBA look-alikes that you cannot tell apart from 5 feet away.
It's like the difference between two manga comics by different artists (of course there are similarities: they used the same visual language) and a cheap rip-off of an animated series (e.g Power Rangers vs Powerful Rangers).