Meizu Vs Apple

sere83

was thinking about this today. Will meizu really be able to compete with apple in the overseas market if their growth continues? I mean as much as I will be hoping to buy an m8 and not an iphone the truth is in terms of ease of use, and aesthetics apples future dap and cell phone interfaces will be light years ahead of the m8, m6SE and m3SE. And if they are releasing the iphone now imagine what the next ipod's goung to be like! Don't get me wrong functionality is what counts for me and at the moment apple does not provide what I need plus I love the fact meizu is far smaller, more connected with it's users and gives the high end user what they need, plus the great community. I just don't see anyone company beating apple in the dap game. Not even microsoft

DimaMP4

Meizu is not so popular as Apple. Well, 100 times less lol. Apple products are way to overated. Maybe in the future. Meizu M6SE is going to own. M3SE isn't going to get relased by now (maybe next year). That's good because it is ugly . MiniOne might be awesome, if it is going to have a good GUI like the iPhone. I like Meizu products way more than Apple products.

aleksandr111

Yeah, I feel the same way. Apple is going to rule for quite a while - but that's okay. Just because they're the biggest in town doesn't ever mean that you'll have to buy from them, or that there won't be other companies releasing quality products. Their next iPod will be just as popular as the previous ones have been, but it'll also be just as expensive (or more!). I got a Meizu for it's functionality and value, it's just a better deal, I paid $99 for something that suits my needs better than a $$$ video iPod. Apple products have always had a premium price, therefore I suspect many people will be sticking with Meizu, or a competing company in the future.

plg6067

I don't think meizu will ever compete with apple(as in popularity not products)

Job

true...Meizu just isnt big enough to compete that way i think

sere83

I think one of the problems meizu needs to adress is small firmware glitches. When you are trying to market to simpleton ipod drones, glitches in the firmware make the product look far less polished and untrustworthy. While ipods do have problems with hardware, the GUI rarely fails and is does everything it says it is supposed to in a simple manner. Things such as video playback problems, album art issues, certain supposedly supported file playback issues...these will all effect meizus growth in the market and at the moment are common place on the m6 and m3. Obviously apple have far more resources to iron out such issues prior to their products going to market. I do howver like the fact meizu is an early adopter of relativly new formats and technologies eg. M8 running wince 6.0 and m6 and m3 supporting flac etc. Meizu does however need to become far more brand orrientated however if it is to suceed outside china. E.g providing high quality video encoding software (if needed), clear instruction manuals and updates etc in all languages, high quality simple website etc.

iversonjack

No way. Apple will always win, because regular blokes just don't care about the specs much - they want something that everyone can say "wow you've got an ipod!". There will not be a day when people will go "wow you've got a Meizu!".

Echo

not to mention racism, people tend to look down on chinese products.

Blackstar

I wouldnt necessarily call it racism, Chinese products are improving, but they are by no means at the level of certain other countries that produce very high quality products (such as germany etc). Getting there eventually though

Echo

actually yea, it's more of prejudice...