Meizu M8 is NOT on CeBit 2008

midsommer · 03-03-2008

Well - that are the facts: no M8 at CeBit. The plastic mockup do not really count, do it? For me that's the prove. It's time to skip waiting. But read yourself:

So we hurried on over to the Meizu booth in sweaty-palmed anticipation of laying fleshy bits upon a working M8 MiniOne. It's gotta be here, right? After all, Meizu CEO Jack Wong promised it his damn self. Nope. Oh sure, they did bring that siliconless, plastic mockup already seen kicking around the Nets for awhile and they offered to show us a laptop-based demo of the UI if we come back tomorrow. Although even the demo is feature incomplete. Nevertheless, Meizu is confident that it will begin shipping the M8 in China in the next "half year" while remaining coy for a rest-of-world launch. Guess reverse engineering the iPhone isn't so easy, eh Jackson?

Meizu's M8 a CeBIT no show just like CES -- surprised? - Engadget

superpope53 · 03-03-2008

Yeah I just read that too..

I'm thinking the m8 might be vaporware after all...

Oh well... You know what they say about things being too good to be true...

memphis · 03-03-2008

I think thats the last straw for me. I have been hanging out for a long time now, just waiting for this phone as i love my M6.
They dont even have a working UI demo, what a joke. We were all told they would have one to show us, and this is how they treat they're fans.
Disapointed

bmob · 03-03-2008

I thaught Cebit wasn't on before tomorow....

jordanpetch · 03-03-2008

^^ It isnt, but they some reporters in before hand.

What a joke. Meh Im just gonna buy the iPhone and get it unlocked.

bmob · 03-03-2008

Well, my phone (HTC P3300) is just one year old and is running fine.
I can afford the wait. But Jack should have held his word, he said it would be here.
I'll just get a psp instead and wait

superpope53 · 03-03-2008

Originally Posted by bmob

Well, my phone (HTC P3300) is just one year old and is running fine.
I can afford the wait. But Jack should have held his word, he said it would be here.
I'll just get a psp instead and wait

ahh! don't get a psp, theyre the worst things ever..

bmob · 03-03-2008

Why? I've just sold my DS lite, don't tell me I've made a mistake...(sorry for poluting this post, modos tell us if we have to stop)

superpope53 · 03-03-2008

Originally Posted by bmob

Why? I've just sold my DS lite, don't tell me I've made a mstake...(sorry for poluting this post, modos tell us if we have to stop)

It might just be me, but i feel the DS does what it does quite well, where as the PSP always feels sluggish and crappy. That said, I've never used a slim and lite one, and I've heard they're unbelievably better. But hey, don't let me put you off buying one; I've never been a real hardcore gamer, I've sorta always been a casual dancer...

Now we should stop lol, coz this is so far Off topic it's not funny lol...

bmob · 03-03-2008

amen to that.
Anyway, Tangmu said he would be at the cebit, let's see what news he has.
I think engadget have always been against the M8

iversonjack · 03-03-2008

Is it CEBIT already wow..
but sad news ...

Dark Angel · 03-03-2008

Originally Posted by bmob

amen to that.
Anyway, Tangmu said he would be at the cebit, let's see what news he has.
I think engadget have always been against the M8

You are right, they are just a little iPhone biased.
I guess you would have to expect that from iPhone fanboys.

If (and it is still not 100% certain) this is indeed true...to me, the M8 is dead. D-E-A-D.
Dead as in "not worth waiting, not worth getting, not even worth thinking about it anymore"

To generate all this hype and speculation, with shady pictures and time to time appearances of J. Wong on the boards creating momentum and after more than a year later, still have nothing solid to show... i call FAIL on this.

Showing up with a working prototype was the acceptable.

I could have lived with a finished external casing to present the design, along with working motherboard and final specifications, finished UI running on another machine and a fairly certain timetable to mass production and shipping....but would still probably just quit and buy something else.

There is very little hope in me that this isn't the HUGE failure it seems to be.

adamL · 03-03-2008

Originally Posted by Dark Angel

You are right, they are just a little iPhone biased.
I guess you would have to expect that from iPhone fanboys.

If (and it is still not 100% certain) this is indeed true...to me, the M8 is dead. D-E-A-D.
Dead as in "not worth waiting, not worth getting, not even worth thinking about it anymore"

To generate all this hype and speculation, with shady pictures and time to time appearances of J. Wong on the boards creating momentum and after more than a year later, still have nothing solid to show... i call FAIL on this.

Showing up with a working prototype was the acceptable.

I could have lived with a finished external casing to present the design, along with working motherboard and final specifications, finished UI running on another machine and a fairly certain timetable to mass production and shipping....but would still probably just quit and buy something else.

There is very little hope in me that this isn't the HUGE failure it seems to be.

cebit start tomorow you should wait the end of cebit before say that. I don't believe rumors like this another negative thread...

Tangmu · 03-03-2008

I just read that too. I don't want to disappoint anyone but it sounds legit to me because Meizu offered a PC based demo for tomorrow which is the official launch date of CeBIT.

I will collect some infos now.

nice2know_u · 03-03-2008

Nooooo..... Ok, I rather wait until tomorrow than say something nice now

Graymalkin · 03-03-2008

Originally Posted by adamL

cebit start tomorow you should wait the end of cebit before say that. I don't believe rumors like this another negative thread...

Like one week is going to make that huge a difference after they haven't been able to roll the thing out in over one and a half years...

Don't want to appear gleeful, but... I ain't surprised. :D

And a friggin showcase of the M8's UI? PC based? That's all they got to show after all that time? What a joke!

taling hallenthur · 03-03-2008

That just got ridiculous. I hope tomorrow they will really show up with something more than a plastic mockup and a PC gui presentation. I imagine J. Wong explaining after Cebit that the phone and 2 motherboard were sent but didn't make it on time. You know what?? Teclast announced their touch screen T50 player sometime ago and the T59 (which probably has phone capabilities) is under the design phase. I think if they don't show anything at Cebit then we should go for Teclast

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Err0r · 03-03-2008

A very bad move for Meizu internationally if they don't show anything during the remainder of CeBIT. Then again, they might be satisfied with the Chinese market alone.

Graymalkin · 03-03-2008

Originally Posted by Err0r

Then again, they might be satisfied with the Chinese market alone.

Why bothering with showing up at CES and CeBIT then? Makes no sense to me.

DusL · 03-03-2008

This is pretty screwed yeah. Engadget may be heavily prejudiced, but they wouldn't lie to people in their articles. I don't give a damn for a plastic dummy and a non-complete laptop demo is even less convincing to me. What the hell have they done in the past years in terms of developing? I'm saying years, as Wong said in jan07 that they didn't rip the iPhone off because it was already months in development.