Real M8 Pics Post By J.Wong - Page 2

tails2 · 07-17-2008

I am actually disappointed with this to be honest. As I wrote in the other thread that was actually posted with the real pictures before this one was, I don't like how Meizu have reverted back to the Iclone design. I liked the 3 button and 3-hole ear hole. It was nice and made itself different. This just looks lazy and is a bit of a let down.

Anyway this is what I said on the other thread:

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Traps that's what I was referring to, the physical design. I don't like the screen shot with the vinyl in the background and think the iphone one actually looks nicer ha ha. I will wait and see if the rest of the UI is nice. I am actually hoping this is not the real thing but if it is I hope that the test versions are not the finished product and the design will go back to the 3 button and 3-hole ear hole design.

Also one last thing off topic. jkpwnster can you god damn well quit trying to up your focking post count and just post everything in one post. In the space of 2 minutes you have 3 successive posts which could have been done in one, especially as you typed them so close together in relation to timeframe, or simply edit your post to add in what you left out.

RETARD. . .

EDIT AT ABOVE:

Yeah I share about the 'physical' design basically being apples with an M on it instead, I just am not liking the GUI at the moment, I really don't like the vinyl and colouring. I am hoping it grows on me, and as said before I hope this is not final and just given to the testers so they can test what the software is like and the real physical design is still the one I like.

iversonjack · 07-17-2008

good news.

SteveMB93 · 07-17-2008

Wow, DusL... can you please remove your head from Steve Job's ass. I don't think you could get it any further. If the M8 rips off any GUI, it is the GUI of the older Palm. But then Apple would be copying it as well. You do know that Apple isn't the only one to have a GUI like this, don't you?

@tails2

There's no reason to call him a retard.

tails2 · 07-17-2008

Unfortunately steve, i'm simply calling 'a spade, a spade'. Or in this case a retard, a retard. Sometimes the truth hurts ha ha.

On another note, Steve what do you think about the GUI shot? Do you like it? Are there any points you are not too fond of about it? Some aspects are okay but I am not feeling it too well at the moment. It's was too blue or something. Traps made a perfect comment about it earlier:

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Originally Posted by Traps

Also, I'm not too pleased with the way the UI is going. While the older one was too dull and gray, this one is getting way too colorful/saturated and dark. And I think it looks tiring. IMO, it even ends up on the losing end in that side by side comparison of the M8 and iPhone music players. Why all that blue??

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Originally Posted by Traps

Yeah, I know.. I like blue too.. but this audio player has too much of it and there's way too much colour saturation overall, so it gets tiring IMO. A grey background wouldn't harm, for example.
Also, I think they should keep the menu colours consistent across the whole UI, which is not really the case comparing to the previous screens.

Anyway, I'm not really bashing the UI.. it certainly looks pretty nice. I'm just afraid of the direction in which it seems to be going, because I prefer softer colours that look less like traffic lights

SteveMB93 · 07-17-2008

Do you think that the theme will be changeable? I think that the GUI looks pretty good. I don't really have a problem with the blue. I loved the GUI shots that they had before (like the charging screen), and I hope they don't change those.

tails2 · 07-17-2008

I don't know if it will be changeable, hopefully it will as there are some very good theme makers out there.

The screens from eico before are awesome, its just this one seems a bit out of place compared to those. Like its from a different theme or something. You can see the battery meter is the same though so it's the same. Hopefully its just the camera that makes it look bad.

aniym · 07-17-2008

i strongly disagree with the suggestion that the M6 looked like the Ipod. The screen was the same size as the 5G Ipod, but it was more compact, the backgrounds were customizable, and the button system was nothing like the Ipod's wheel system. That's what convinced me to get one.

The M3 on the other hand was pretty much a direct ripoff of the 2G Nano in form factor (but the button setup was like the M6). I'll admit that.

I too wish that Meizu had stuck with the old 3 button design for the M8, but at this stage, I'm just glad to have some news, any news on a possible release. My big question at this point is:

Will the GUI be customizable? It does run on Windows Mobile, and considering the amount of programmers out there, would people be interested in creating themes and skins for a 3.5" screen Windows Mobile Phone? I was recently tempted to get a Cowon D2 due to its inclusion of a SD slot (not MicroSD, so cards would be cheaper and higher-capacity), but more importantly, the newest firmware allows it to implement Flash-based themes. Could something similar be implemented on the M8? If so, then that would pretty much seal the deal for me. I would buy one the first day it came out.

here's a link to the available themes on the Cowon D2, for those interested.

Finished Flash Skins Only - No Other Posts Please - Page 2 - iAudiophile.net Forums

darkado · 07-17-2008

phone looks great, gui so-so

JkPwNsTeR · 07-17-2008

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Originally Posted by tails2

Unfortunately steve, i'm simply calling 'a spade, a spade'. Or in this case a retard, a retard. Sometimes the truth hurts ha ha.

On another note, Steve what do you think about the GUI shot? Do you like it? Are there any points you are not too fond of about it? Some aspects are okay but I am not feeling it too well at the moment. It's was too blue or something. Traps made a perfect comment about it earlier:

Yes, but you left out my input. No one's forcing you to like me, but I would like you to acknowledge that I had some input towards that as well... So I will include it:

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Originally Posted by Traps

Also, I'm not too pleased with the way the UI is going. While the older one was too dull and gray, this one is getting way too colorful/saturated and dark. And I think it looks tiring. IMO, it even ends up on the losing end in that side by side comparison of the M8 and iPhone music players. Why all that blue??

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Originally Posted by JkPwNsTeR

Well, there's just something about a blue glow that attracts human eyes... Why do you think so many consumer electronics come with blue LEDs?

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Originally Posted by Traps

Yeah, I know.. I like blue too.. but this audio player has too much of it and there's way too much colour saturation overall, so it gets tiring IMO. A grey background wouldn't harm, for example.
Also, I think they should keep the menu colours consistent across the whole UI, which is not really the case comparing to the previous screens.

Anyway, I'm not really bashing the UI.. it certainly looks pretty nice. I'm just afraid of the direction in which it seems to be going, because I prefer softer colours that look less like traffic lights

charlie · 07-17-2008

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Originally Posted by DusL

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Don't use God's name in vain.

tails2 · 07-17-2008

Say what now? You could at least have said something constructive.

I think the GUI is growing on me a little

JkPwNsTeR · 07-17-2008

They have really made something that will probably end up ten-fold better of the features and customization that the iPhone has. Probably more third-party programs as well, due to no proprietary SDK that developers will have to purchase and pay Apple to publish it as well...

Cyrus · 07-17-2008

Question:
How Did Wong managed to take the first pic and the 3rd one from two different angle while the same music track playin on the display is at 1:53 in both pics, Magic? or did he took karate lesson by Bruce lee himself?

taling hallenthur · 07-17-2008

It's quite simple to just rotate the pic, you know ;p.

Cyrus · 07-17-2008

lighting is diff in the 3rd one

xgaming · 07-17-2008

Haha lol, on a large Dutch ICT website they say the M8 will probaly be released next month. Vertaalde versie van http://tweakers.net/nieuws/54581/meizus-iphone-kloon-arriveert-mogelijk-volgende-maand.html

I hope so, so I can decide which phone I'll buy: iPhone 3G or M8. But I think they're talking about the beta version because they say: The Meizu M8 will probaly only be sold in China because the current version of the M8 looks like one of the Apple products. If they'll sell it outside of China they'll broke some laws / patents from Apple.

The last released pictures of the M8 GUI are ugly. I liked the EICO designed one. If possible I'll design my own layout.... We'll see.

haXXa · 07-17-2008

If this is real I'm both happy and a little sad.

I love the GUI!
But what happened with the three button design?

Well. I don't care to much. I just want one ^^

darkado · 07-18-2008

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Originally Posted by Cyrus

lighting is diff in the 3rd one

those two are the same pic for sure

Speeder · 07-19-2008

These pictures seem like a very big change from the planned version of ~1 month ago. It's quite hard to believe, especially while J Wong did say that the looks of the model wouldn't change.
Can anyone link the source of these pictures? (In the other thread, J.W. DOES seem to say he only intends to release screenshots in August and it's only July right now...)

By the looks of THESE, the M8 might be just about the same quality as the i900 Omnia... Except for a better resolution display and less noise in the sound. With a probably less stabile OS.

all in all, I guess I'm not very happy about the new changes. Not about if it's cloning or not, I don't care. More about why changing these things all the time when the 3 button design was already kind of accepted all-around, it makes development longer.

MezmerizingMeizu · 07-19-2008

From all the pics I've seen to date, I have been impressed with the M8.
I like the iPhone generally but dislike its inadequacies... the M8 promises to be so much better in every way. That's why I'm happy to wait patiently for its release.