Looks like the folk at Meizu have been listening to iPhone owners who are annoyed that their device won't support 3G with China Mobile and China Telecom.
Looks like the folk at Meizu have been listening to iPhone owners who are annoyed that their device won't support 3G with China Mobile and China Telecom.
Finally after much hype and news, the Meizu M8 is due for release on December 8th. The guys from PC Online have had the chance to test it against the iPod Touch (because iPhones are not legally available in China yet).
Steven Lin of Youku Buzz informs us:
It’s rumored that the Meizu M8 will be on the shelf later this month with a 3.3 inch 720×480 touch screen (much higher than iPhone’s 480×320) and compatibility with most mainstream multimedia formats you can find online (who needs Apple’s iTunes Store any more?). And my friend from Engadget China told me, the price would be RMB 2300 (USD 335).
This one's for all you fans of Chinese counterfeits gadget freaks. From Engadget.com:
After what feels like centuries of waiting (and suffering through that painful CeBIT demo), we finally get to see the Meizu M8's OS in action... and it's not as bad as you think. Sure, the interface is totally derivative of the iPhone, and there is that pesky cursor floating around, but all-in-all it looks like the company has managed to knock out a decent -- if incredibly familiar -- UI for its long-delayed phone. Still, there's some low rent hilarity in this video. Our favorites? The smattering of soft porn pictures and video, and Meizu CEO and all-around bon vivant Jack Wong revealed in a reflection...Click here for the freeze frame of Meizu CEO Jack Wong's reflection caught by Engadget's eagle-eyed readers.
From Gizmodo:
Meizu will finally release the iPhone-wannabe M8 in August, according to a cryptic message board post by CEO Jack Wong. The first version will have 128MB RAM and an unspecified amount of storage, and a second version should ship in October with 256MB RAM and 8GB on-board flash. The funniest part? The M8 will cost around $320, or $120 more than the AT&T subsidized 8GB iPhone 3G here in the US of A. Luckily for them (and us) this probably won't see its way outside of China.Did you hear that people? We feel fortunate to be part of the exclusive crowd to lay our hands on the Meizu M8 phone already.