They do now, since Apple showed the phone manufacturers what they should look like, but they should not look EXACTLY like an iPhone.

HTC is the reason why I now own my first IPhone.
On my last day at Disney World in Sept, 2014, HTC sent an automatic update to my One X that turned it into a brick. Every picture taken - gone - along with everything else.
Sprint couldn’t access the phone again. An outside recovery expert couldnt. The phone went into a reboot loop everytime it was reset.
Sprint offered to send me another OneX. Why the hell would they think I would trust that phone again?? I refused. They refused to offer me another product. One customer service agent accused me of trying to cheat my way to a better phone earlier than when my contract allowed when I suggested they replace it with an IPhone.
Really?
Verizon was more than happy to take my business AND provide me an IPhone.
I was a loyal HTC customer until last year. That OneX was my 4th HTC phone. I was a loyal Sprint customer until then, having been a custoner for more than 14 years.
HTC is the reason why I now own my first IPhone. I’m typing this on my first IPad. Windows 8 is why I own it.
My thoughts ‘zackly.