Meizu M8 miniOne Details Unveiled

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Yeah, and check out the background pictures featured on the M6 at the above link: Mac OS X desktop background pictures. I'd think there's a couple graphic artists on Earth that don't work at Apple. Could they even TRY to be original?

I have to agree. There are parts you can copy and parts you can do by yourself. A wallpaper is definitely one thing they could have done their own and unique. I bet that China has thousands of great great art workers that could have made M6 more unique on that part. M6 is a wonderful product, but it would have made a deeper impression if they would have made it more unique and their "own" which I do believe they easily could have done if they trusted themselves and the ones working with the product.
Look at Asian cars. At first they copied European cars and they always got second. But today Toyota and others are trusting their own skills and they are worldwide number one. Meizu has the talent. Use it.

Originally Posted by Hendrik

The Chineses use another protocol for their high speed connection via mobile phones. In Europe and America it is UMTS, in China it's their own TD-SCDMA. Both are not compatible. So the small camera will be rather useless in Europe and America.

almost all phones are multi-band allowing you to attach to UMTS, GPRS, GSM
networks that's why you can use the same phone while traveling in multiple countries. I am pretty sure, no phone will only supports TD-SCDMA.

I only see 8 listed accessories and no links to associated partners that are developing accessories for this product....the MP3 player. How is there technical support? I can go into any Apple store and get service on my son's iPod for free (4 times so far) and have walked away satisfied each time.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Yeah, and check out the background pictures featured on the M6 at the above link: Mac OS X desktop background pictures. I'd think there's a couple graphic artists on Earth that don't work at Apple. Could they even TRY to be original?

Yes, this is one of the points I agree with. Me and many others have spoken to them about this, and the Apple-inspired background has been removed on all players produced and in new firmware versions.

They aren't so good at updating their English site, but you can see how the new firmware looks at: http://meizu.com/product/product_list_m6.asp

Originally Posted by Err0r

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ahahahahahahhaahahhaahahhahaha who in the hell knows someone called Busan Bean?
so funny... for me at least
hmmmmms i am happy with my cheapo dont need to be too frigthrned or getting lost or stoeln moby for now.
when did mobiles come tot he US big time? cos i remember beingin canada and someone saying in ameerica theire phones were not important like in UK and just made calls.. but that must have been ages ago i guess

First to buy something that has no track record, from an unproven manufacturer, built by people who don't hesitate to violate copyright and patent laws, eager to make a quick buck, confident that silly Americans will buy anything just becuase it looks nice and is $100 cheaper than one that acutally works. I could go on, but I won't.

Originally Posted by Err0r

It kinda depends on what you classify as an iPod wannabe, but judging by your post, you would probably have classified the Meizu M6 as a copy too.

And where is it now? Today, it is one of the most sought after flash players.

Um I wouldn't call being in the 1,000's on amazon's top sellers list a real hot seller. If anything I'm surprised the Zune is higher rated than that and thats a brown piece of turd.

But seriously I wouldn't be surprised if this never comes to market due to litigation. Remember how luxpro tried to mimic the original shuffle and that got canned. It takes smart people to be innovative while its easy just to copy others. If meizu ever comes up with something truly new let me know but until then I won't be holding my breath.

"get service on my son's iPod for free (4 times so far)"

Wow, 4 times, huh? Hmmmm.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

First to buy something that has no track record, from an unproven manufacturer, built by people who don't hesitate to violate copyright and patent laws, eager to make a quick buck, confident that silly Americans will buy anything just becuase it looks nice and is $100 cheaper than one that acutally works. I could go on, but I won't.

Well, except that the Meizu M6 has been tested by several review sites who claim that it's better than the iPod nano... even considering it is about as expensive as the nano.

To answer multiple ignorant comments:

Everything is made in China (including Meizu and iPod)

Meizu is not "unproven" - MeizuMe and all of its members are the proof

Meizu could and should have its own designs. No question.

Apple infringes on copyrights (iPhone name belongs to Linksys, just as an example), has questionable business practices, and is, in short, NOT PERFECT (That was directed at the mindless Apple fanboys)

Point: If it's cheaper, better, and not Apple (ie. no warranty, snooty, etc.) then why not!
(and no that was not a question )

hmmm... i wonder why there have been a lot of apple fanboys/girls coming to meizume these days. i can only come to the conclusion that meizu is starting to make a name for itself, thus challenging apple, and that scares them.

i think it's rather an immature reaction, as i would assume consumers would want more competition to drive prices down as well as to improve customer service and the product itself. if you were thinking objectively, you would welcome new comers to the dap market.

in this day and age, EVERYTHING is made in china. so construction wise, there should be no difference between products. the deciding factors would now have to be the software/firmware (whether it is user-friendly and not buggy) and the features (from entry-level to high-end). perhaps service is also included in the mix, but for myself, i have never had the need to bring any of my gadgets in for service. they all pretty much met a peaceful end through constant use by me. :D

i might be in the market for a new phone by the end of the year but the perfect minione for me would: (i haven't yet read the details from the meizu site)

• have at least one camera (it's just for fun and not for professional shots)
• have bluetooth
• have a decent battery life (it wouldn't be much fun if i had to charge it every few hours)
• include a decent screen protector
• include a decent case
• be easy to use (meaning not buggy)
• be easy on the pocket! :D

as an aside, i'm also wondering how we can have unregistered posters in the forum with n/a for the post count. anyone care to enlighten me?

While I agree that there are definite problems with iPods/Apple in general, it is two different things to be 'inspired' by a product and blatently ripping another product off. I like my iPod, I'm not going to claim it's superior because there are several great options available depending on your needs. I'm not going to claim that Apple is perfect, it is far from it, but it has just as 'shady' business practices as most companies. And BTW, the whole iPhone copyright thing is over, and at the time it wass believed that Linksys lost the rights to the iPhone trademark a few years ago. But anyways, the iPhone look-a-like isn't just being inspired, it's just riding the coat tails of another companies product. If Meizu wants the miniOne wants to be taken seriously, they should come out with a totally unique and innovative product, like Apple did with the iPod in 2001.

Originally Posted by glacier

as an aside, i'm also wondering how we can have unregistered posters in the forum with n/a for the post count. anyone care to enlighten me?

That's because meizume is now accepting comments from non-registered users on news threads :D.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

First to buy something that has no track record, from an unproven manufacturer, built by people who don't hesitate to violate copyright and patent laws, eager to make a quick buck, confident that silly Americans will buy anything just becuase it looks nice and is $100 cheaper than one that acutally works. I could go on, but I won't.

And Apple's not trying to make a quick buck? Apple is charging $600 for a should be $450 MAXIMUM phone.

Well this is an interesting debate :D there are many good points from either side...
Yes, one can argue that the minione is heavily inspired by Apple, I too condone such an act, however at the same time, I've always gone for quality over the potential of it a product being a copy... Nowadays, innovation essentially means to copy and improve upon, this is what Meizu is doing in my opinion...
This product has great potential, as does the iPhone, however, Meizu still has the ability to change their design... sure they can have a large touchscreen, but when the interface, the one button thing and more is copied, its just not something I will be going for... Meizu should keep the touchscreen, the large screen and capabilites, but come up with a new GUI and a different external design (Not largley, but enough to differentiate itself from apple...Look at all the RAZR clones, they change a few things here and there but its still similar [yet different ;P])


So please Meizu, if you ever do check around these forums, I think some slight adjustments should be made to external design and GUI, featurewise, the product is fine and very capable of penetrating the market, but it will be near impossible to garner credit and appraisal if it uses someone else's design.

Hope I made sense

There is an old English saying:

"The proof is in the pudding"

When the M6 came out every Apple fanboy dismissed it as a cheap and useless rip-off (even though it didn't look like an iPod!). Yet, here we are a few months later and the M6 is considered by everyone who knows their music to be far superior to the iPods.

I believe that will be the case with the miniOne. I, personally, think that it will turn out to be far superior to the iPhone at a price which is ultimately 1/3 of the iPhone. Do not forget that the iPhone announced prices are with a 2 year contract, while the prices for the miniOne are sim-free. Anyone care tot ake a guess how much the iPhone would cost sim-free? More like $800, in my opinion.

I have to admit, though, that Meizu need to change their design a bit. The M6 was at least a mixture of different players, the miniOne is way too much like the iPhone. The last thing I want is all the ignorants telling me I have an iPhone!

Originally Posted by Unregistered

almost all phones are multi-band allowing you to attach to UMTS, GPRS, GSM
networks that's why you can use the same phone while traveling in multiple countries. I am pretty sure, no phone will only supports TD-SCDMA.

Sure, the M8 will have GSM and TD-SCDMA. But definitely no UMTS. Because there is no UMTS in China and if you produce a mobile phone with UMTS you have to pay license fees.

And without UMTS you aren't be able to use the (second) cam for video communication in Europe and the USA.

HPDSA or whatever it is would be the better choice for 3.5g...Its extremly fast and I think America and Europe will soon use it like us Australians do

So when will we be expecting a release? never mind... just found out it's Q4 of 2007 :*(

and also will this be fully touchscreen? As in do we only use our fingers? Or will it make use of a stylus also.

I Smell Lawsuit!!! iPhone is Patent.
All they do is copy Apple. No imagination!!! Sad!!!
Create your own stuff guys!!!

Meizu is GOOD! :D