Meizu M8 miniOne Redesigned

Originally Posted by cool1525

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/like-the-...ice-261388.php

some more info to keep us all on the edge of out seats........1 thing's for sure, this definitely shows what kind of margin apple's gonna make when they sell their iPhone (which is going further and further down in my book.....)

Now if someone could confirm two things for me EGPRS and 190Mhz I would know to wait for this thing

Originally Posted by richardg

Latest report forom Gizmodo...
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/apple/mei...ice-261388.php

Yep, now if we could get just a little more details

Read the specs on Akihabara News.

http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news...+by+Meizu.html

Love the phone and all, but it's beginning to have the "too good to be true" vibes. I hope nothing changes at the last minute. <_<

(DDR? I wonder if it uses laptop SODIMMS... if it's using standard ones I could give it a RAM boost <_<)

Its not only the ''too good to be true'' factor that worries me but this device is supposed to be slightly smaller than the iphone but with remarkebly better resolution, well resolution is always good, or is it? I mean what good would it be having super great resolution on a tiny watch? meaning it might be difficult to use this res to its full potential due to its size (or should I say lack of size). Those who are familiar with PPCs knows that there has been a number of attempts to increase the res on even the VGA devices, and there are a number of good such software, but you can't read anything on it since its too small!

I think that the idea of having a 720X480 reolution on such a small screened device does seem a little awkward, most readily available internet video content (divx,xvid,wmv,mp4 etc) is nowwhere near this res anyway however it will hopefully stop the need for rencoding. Nevertheless with only flash memory you wont be able to store many films or series without further compression. The 'too good to be true factor' is a concern, however people must remember in china some of the knockoff phones come with 3 inch touchscreens, 3.2mp cameras, bluetooth and mp4 playback for under $ 200. I think the 'too good to be true factor' comes in with relation to the Price for all that connectivity (wifi, edge, wcdma etc) and 740x480 screen res plus all that flash memory on the top end models, very few phones on the europe/us markets at the moment have 8gb of flash in them let alone 16gb!

Originally Posted by sere83

I think the 'too good to be true factor' comes in with relation to the Price for all that connectivity (wifi, edge, wcdma etc) and 740x480 screen res plus all that flash memory on the top end models, very few phones on the europe/us markets at the moment have 8gb of flash in them let alone 16gb!

Not sure if I agree on the too good to be true on the price and memory, remember that this company is based out of China, not having to "feed" the "hungry father of design" as say the iPhone it is still frankly uncomprehensible to most outside Chine the difference of dost of most things in China vs. the outside world at this point. Also they have a very nice advantage, I mean any new technology released now is manufactured right there, so they are so to speak right there "in the lab". So my point is since this Meizu ins't to be released tomorrow, they know more and better what is to be available "the day after tomorrow". I mean just the other day we saw the pressrelease of an 8GB microSD, who would've expected that, say a year ago?


I do feel though there is a little of the too good to be true in the, will it really fit into that formfactor, and if it does will the battery actually last more than 2.5hours with real usage? Those are my main concerns.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

YES!!! I see it clearly now. It's completely different from the iphone. DUH...how could anyone say it's a rip-off?! I mean the touch screen, the dimensions, the cabinet and even the interface is os exactly like....sorry...I mean NOTHING like iphone.

It is somewhat funny how the vast majority of people out there are assuiming that it's Meizu doing the "rip-off" when in fact if you look at the facts it might just be the other way around just like with the very NAME of the "iPhone"...

Compare this:
http://www.meizu.com/bbs/dispbbs.asp...&skin=0&Star=1

Where you can see the ideas of the iPhone (the only ones there was for the public prior to Apple showing it not too long ago!). You can also see the Meizu idea of what it was planing to do which was shown PRIOR to the iPhone being shown, note layout on the screen and alos such details as location of the 2nd camera etc..



..ok you say but what about the appearance of it, the design outside that is a direct rip-off, well maybe you are right, but if so not from Apple and not by Meizu, but from another wellknown brand in the mobilephone industry:



Also to support the fact that the Meizu was in fact developed simultaneously and on it's own is the fact that they are not at all the same size!

meizu's first concept looks a lot better than what they have now. At least to me, the black with silver trim is not that great. I like the pure white look.

Originally Posted by m_2

meizu's first concept looks a lot better than what they have now. At least to me, the black with silver trim is not that great. I like the pure white look.

I don't care as much about the look as function, just give us a well working device

when will it be avaliable to buy .

Originally Posted by gaboor

when will it be avaliable to buy .

When you start seeing it for sale on eBay (with REAL pictures ).

There has been indications that this device (as a phone) would only be sold on the domestic (in China) market. I don't know if there has been any updates to those indications since? So if this will be the case you wouldn't see it for sale outside China, nor would it most likely have any support for the North American mobilephone frequencies. But since the European systems are the same as the GSM ones in Asia it would work just fine there.


BTW in what country do you think the iPods (and most likely the iPhone) is being manufactured?

I really want to like the m8 (i think it looks better than iphone) but i use a mac and i dont want to use a windows interfaced phone. (internet explorer? ack!!) iphone cost too much and has shitty battery life. if only the m8 also come up with a mac version....

Originally Posted by coneyisland

but i use a mac and i dont want to use a windows interfaced phone. (internet explorer? ack!!)

No need to use IE!
http://www.opera.com/products/mobile/

no offense, but i hate opera even more! lol im def a big fan of firefox (spell check, tab memory, automatically backup sessions..anyone)?

what bothers me about iphone is that it has shitty bat life, expensive as hell, completely locked to singular, low resolution for screen (though that one is forgiveable im not that big into video), no g3 support

what bothers me about meizu is that it runs on windows.. so i cannot synch with itunes like iphoen can, and it cant synch with address book (macs) and a variety of smooth iphone inteface and doesnt have multi-touch. but mostly yeah the synch bothers me.

i have hope in both apple and meizu. i think apple will make it cheaper eventutally and i think meizu will update the m8 before release to perhaps include wifi and maybe even multi-touch and or compatibility with macs.

Originally Posted by coneyisland

no offense, but i hate opera even more! lol im def a big fan of firefox (spell check, tab memory, automatically backup sessions..anyone)?

Maybe you haven't used Opera lately?
But since we aren't talking about desktops or laptops let stick to comparing the MOBILE editions shall we? When it comes to mobile browsers Opera mobile is one of the (if not THE) best with even touchscreen scrolling now.

Spell check thats what's Google is for

Originally Posted by coneyisland

what bothers me about iphone is that it has shitty bat life, expensive as hell, completely locked to singular, low resolution for screen (though that one is forgiveable im not that big into video), no g3 support

Battery time is in that range for most devices.
Price, actually that is about right, I just ordered myself the HTC X7500 since I got tired of waiting for the Meizu, and that one is in the $1000 range.

Locked to at&t as Cingular now is called yes...
Yes the resolution is merly a double QVGA res.

Originally Posted by coneyisland

what bothers me about meizu is that it runs on windows.. so i cannot synch with itunes like iphoen can, and it cant synch with address book (macs) and a variety of smooth iphone inteface and doesnt have multi-touch. but mostly yeah the synch bothers me.

Well depending upon what you want to do and add, runing windows is a big plus actually, by the way this is what my wife's WM Smartphone looks like:

Not all too bad to be Windows Mobile

For free from:
http://www.jammasoft.tk/

And thats just the NON TOUCHSCREEN Smartphones, you should see all what they've done for the PPC ones

Originally Posted by coneyisland

i have hope in both apple and meizu. i think apple will make it cheaper eventutally and i think meizu will update the m8 before release to perhaps include wifi and maybe even multi-touch and or compatibility with macs.

Have the iPods changed in price dramatically since they came out? I don't honestly know since I don't own one.

its not about the looks for the macosx its the way it functions that differs. the iphone comes with fully functional safari, just like how it would be on the normal safari, not a special mobile version. no matter how mac-ish a theme on windows can look, it will never function the same. it will not be able to sync with address book nor itunes. it will also not have a scroll album feature.

and as for the price, apple has changed the price for many other products. even ipods they have made it more affordable by introducing different models.

Originally Posted by coneyisland

its not about the looks for the macosx its the way it functions that differs. the iphone comes with fully functional safari, just like how it would be on the normal safari, not a special mobile version. no matter how mac-ish a theme on windows can look, it will never function the same. it will not be able to sync with address book nor itunes. it will also not have a scroll album feature.

Yes of course its not about looks (those DO imporve function too in fact) but my point is for WM devices there is an endless amount of software and tweaks not to mention support and help forums.

Don't be fooled by Apple's words when they showed the iPhone, there isn't really anything 'full' about eh OS or browser on the iPhone. As for the scroll function on the iPhone someone already duplicated that on the PPC platform!

well, if the m8 can sync with address book and itunes and have either a safari/ff browser and have the scroll function then im all for it.

we'll have to wait and see.

Originally Posted by coneyisland

and have the scroll function then im all for it.

we'll have to wait and see.

Here it is what I was talking about this is on a WM device (at the end of the video, starts at 2:35)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkh0sWc7JW8

The answer is pretty simple... get rid of the crappy Mac and get a PC!!! All your problems will be solved! Especially the drain on your wallet from Apple.

Originally Posted by coneyisland

no offense, but i hate opera even more! lol im def a big fan of firefox (spell check, tab memory, automatically backup sessions..anyone)?

what bothers me about iphone is that it has shitty bat life, expensive as hell, completely locked to singular, low resolution for screen (though that one is forgiveable im not that big into video), no g3 support

what bothers me about meizu is that it runs on windows.. so i cannot synch with itunes like iphoen can, and it cant synch with address book (macs) and a variety of smooth iphone inteface and doesnt have multi-touch. but mostly yeah the synch bothers me.

i have hope in both apple and meizu. i think apple will make it cheaper eventutally and i think meizu will update the m8 before release to perhaps include wifi and maybe even multi-touch and or compatibility with macs.