Nowhere do they mention that this is meant to be a fork either. For obvious reasons, I won't sign into YouTube on the clone, but even without it, it's pretty apparent that the only thing that appears to be changed was the credits.

Side by side comparisons of the apps (Metrolist on left)

(ps, if this isn't the right sub to post this, I'd appreciate a redirect)

What's selling me is the baked-in app cloning support for all apps, and the icon theming to help with distractions

I know the hardware is lacking a bit, but if I'm not looking to game hard-core, are there other necessary features Nothing is missing compared to other androids?

Update: for anyone seeing this years later, I ended up going with the OnePlus 13 instead which also has the app cloning as icon theming baked in. Although that starting price is a bit higher, it was every bit worth it imo.