New Pictures of the Meizu M8 / miniOne

Job · 04-27-2007

Originally Posted by eclipsed

I'm with Cingular in the US which runs on Quadband GSM (850/900/1800/1900mhz) friends of mine have got phones from importgsm.com that work fine over here in the states so i'm hoping the same for the m8. My razr v3 will do fine until the m8 is released

That not exactely how it works...

Its the phone that determines what frequencies are supported, not the carrier
Cingular is a US carries so probably uses 850/1900
Asia/Europe etc use 900/1800

some phones support just 900/1800, some 850/1900, some 3, some all 4

To be able to use a "foreign"phone in the US you have to make sure it supports the frequency thats used in the US..which is 850/1900

If the MiniOne is only released as a phone in China(900/1800) and they dont consider other frequencies it might not work in the US(but it will in Europe)
However, they might just be smart and make it so that it takes all 4 frequencies

Your friend that use import phones all have working phones because the phones are Quadbands(or tribands) that accept all frequencies...
make sure before buying a phone that it works with your local frequency

eclipsed · 04-27-2007

That makes more sense, and i'm kicking myself for not realizing that too. Thanks mate!

Chomp · 04-28-2007

I'm kind of shocked they're not releasing the phone version for the U.S. Shocked and disappointed. A lot of people here are probably no strangers to importing phones to the U.S. Hopefully they will make the miniOne with U.S. and European frequencies as well. If they're smart they will. Instead of appealing to just the Chinese market they can appeal to the U.S. and Europe which is really good. But we just have to wait and see. Hopefully they will see that we want it in all four frequencies. ^_^

Job · 04-28-2007

Originally Posted by Chomp

I'm kind of shocked they're not releasing the phone version for the U.S. Shocked and disappointed. A lot of people here are probably no strangers to importing phones to the U.S. Hopefully they will make the miniOne with U.S. and European frequencies as well. If they're smart they will. Instead of appealing to just the Chinese market they can appeal to the U.S. and Europe which is really good. But we just have to wait and see. Hopefully they will see that we want it in all four frequencies. ^_^

The MiniOne WILL work in europe

but thats more luck than any product desicion cause Europe just happenes to use the frequency most of the world uses.

yasmina · 05-24-2007

I would like too to have one, it looks very slim ! Do you know when he will arrive in France ? In your own country ? What will be the price ?

PS : Sorry for the english, it's not my native tongue.

06-05-2007

Hello. I have been reading about this new phone and I have some questions.

Which month will it be available for sale ?
In which countries ?
Do you know anything about prices ?
I have read that it will enclude a 4-16 GB hard disk, is it true ?
Will it work in HELLAS (Greece) ??

Thank you for reading me.

Hendrik · 06-05-2007

1. It is said in the end of 2007
2. China and the rest is only a guess
3. Prices are said to range from 230-450 Dollar
4. Not a hard disk, but flash memory!
5. Greece=GSM=yes

See_Me · 06-05-2007

Dear Hendrik thank you for the answers.

As long as it has an english language support, I do not mind. (due to the absence of greek-hellenic language to every manual worldwide)

06-18-2007

does anyone know where i can buy one of these at release?? and will it be available to canada?

ecsk2 · 06-18-2007

Originally Posted by Unregistered

does anyone know where i can buy one of these at release?? and will it be available to canada?

Have you read ANY of the posts in this threa?

07-16-2007

Originally Posted by Job

of course how else will you use the phone?
mobile phones always need some sort of SIM or chip to work

FYI 95% of Korean and Japanese phones do NOT have a SIM or any other kind of removable chip. They use CDMA-based networks (that are compatible with some Quad-band GSM phones) but your name, phone number and billing info are registered and linked to the phone the day you buy it (meaning you need a local ID etc.).
(the expensive 5% phones remaining are the ones that do have mix GSM-CDMA support for rich buisnessmen in need of global roaming)

So the question was not so dumb, I'm using a really cool phone out here in Korea and I was pissed the day I realized that it just wouldn't work anywhere but here.

ecsk2 · 07-16-2007

Originally Posted by Unregistered

FYI 95% of Korean and Japanese phones do NOT have a SIM or any other kind of removable chip. They use CDMA-based networks (that are compatible with some Quad-band GSM phones) but your name, phone number and billing info are registered and linked to the phone the day you buy it (meaning you need a local ID etc.).
(the expensive 5% phones remaining are the ones that do have mix GSM-CDMA support for rich buisnessmen in need of global roaming)

While this is true to s degree there ARE indeed GSM networks in these regions and they are growing!

Japan:
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_jp.shtml

Korea (South I presume?)
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_kr.shtml

Korea (But North also has GSM!)
http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_kp.shtml

Originally Posted by Unregistered

So the question was not so dumb, I'm using a really cool phone out here in Korea and I was pissed the day I realized that it just wouldn't work anywhere but here.

While this is typically the case when attempting to use these Asia SPECIFIC phones OUTSIDE Asia, the other way around typically isn't a problem.

Yes Asia and Japan especially has a good number of great devices. This is my personal favorite as of right now:
http://www.sharp.co.jp/em/special/s01sh/

07-20-2007

Originally Posted by Xerxes

We all want to get paid for what we do and if we always go for this 'cheaper, cheaper' mentallity then where does it end?

This, my friend, is the effect of capitalism! If you dont like it, im sure Soviet Russia will accept you with open arms!

ecsk2 · 07-20-2007

Originally Posted by H4g3N

This, my friend, is the effect of capitalism! If you dont like it, im sure Soviet Russia will accept you with open arms!

H4g3N,

I suggest you educate yourself a little more about history, geography and economical systems prior to trying belittle someone like this because:

A) What exactly is 'Soviet Russia" there's never been anything like that, ever!

B) Soveitunion as such has been gone for close to TWO DECADES, that's longer than GSMs have been around. In fact there are adults that are born AFTER USSR no longer exsisted, I'm sure a number reading these forums are born after USSR no loner exsisted, FYI USSR = Sovietunion btw.

C) Russia is a capitalistic system, and far MORE capitalistic than Western Europe and North America, and as a matter of fact did you know that China is a economically capitalistic state?

D) Anything and everything was MANY MANY times cheaper in Sovietunion than it is in today's Russia.

It appears you have no comprehension at all what is capitalism!?

aegisofrime · 07-21-2007

ecsk2 he was just joking. The soviet Russia reference is one of those "In Soviet Russia" jokes.

e.g.:

In the US, you catch a cold.
In Soviet Russia, cold catches you!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_reversal

ecsk2 · 07-21-2007

Originally Posted by aegisofrime

ecsk2 he was just joking. The soviet Russia reference is one of those "In Soviet Russia" jokes.

e.g.:

In the US, you catch a cold.
In Soviet Russia, cold catches you!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_reversal

Its no secret that the post (and poster for that matter) is a joke!

08-01-2007

Originally Posted by ecsk2

H4g3N,D) Anything and everything was MANY MANY times cheaper in Sovietunion than it is in today's Russia.

It appears you have no comprehension at all what is capitalism!?

Ah yes. I remember standing in a two block long line in Russia for that cheaper than cheaper than cheap (pick a meaning, any meaning) toilet paper. Oh yeah, everything was cheaper in Russia. Everything's still cheap in Russia, only now that artificial "cheapness" laws have been relaxed, all that "cheap" stuff is actually becoming more "AVAILABLE".

Supply - Demand. Yin - Yang. They go hand in hand, and their isn't a pointy-headed moron yet that has successfully tried to control one side of it, without having a natural response from the other side of the equation -- which just...doesn't...go...away.

Don't tell me about how cheap everything used to be in Russia. Any non-capitalistic moron can dictate low prices and profits. The trick is in getting any takers to actually BUILD and SUPPLY any modicum of quality for those artificially, pathetically low prices (which have NOTHING to do with actual market competitiveness in price).

ecsk2 · 08-01-2007