Meizu at CES 2008 - No Working M8 Prototype

sere83

no suprises here really, it was never likely to happen to be fair. With a debut at Cebit this pretty much confirms everyones worst fears......we will not be seeing the M8 till around may/june possibly even later. Very dissapointing to be fair. 5/6 monthes in tech is a very very long time. By the time this comes to market there is likely to be quite a few devices that surpass the M8. If devices such as the rumoured Nokia N99 (Nokia N99 = Cell Phone + PDA + UMPC) become a reality i'm affraid that the M8 will be out of date before it's release. Nevertheless this does not mean they won't have success in China but I don't think it will sell well in the west as there will be a new iphone and many new products from the big manafacturers like nokia and sony ericsson which will outspec and out perform the M8. I still would like to get an M8 but if something comes along in the meantime to surpass it I cannot gaurantee I won't get something else. It was a terrible miscalculation on behalf of the company IMO particularly as they are trying to gain popularity in the western market.

DusL

I knew Engadget would get all over this as soon as the news came out:
Meizu MiniOne to miss CES; Jack Wong promises it'll be at CeBIT, your next softball game - Engadget


@gavien: That's a really weard reason they're giving there. Problems because of the high resolution? As long as the GUI is build correctly i can't really see what kind of problems one can expect. Also I thought the GUI was supposed to be finalised 4 months ago??

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llcoolsave

WOOOT March 4-9 thats tooo long:O:S

sere83

yeah why is it that engadget are so against the M8? they are always so critical and biased when the present news about it. They always make constant iclone knockoff jibes and vapourware cracks. Why would they not support what will hopefully be a useful and well designed device? Obviously cosmetically it looks simliar to the iphone but specwise and component wise it is very different. I suppose they have always been very pro apple at engadget.

22lambo

so if they are only showing it to the world on in march, when is it coming out?

nice2know_u

around june/july...but that's just my guess.

22lambo

!!!!!!!!!!! why cant they stop moving the release date? we ALL have been waiting for a very long time. it better be the best phone in the world.

Unregistered

At least we now have a solid unveail date, and I think you have to consider that they don't have a lot of money like Apple for the developpement...

22lambo

ya, i guess thats true. at least they are making the phone. thats good enough for me.

ethyl

eh, that's it... I am getting something else in the meantime the M8 shows up. I am not saying I am **** off but I am at least **** :D (please insert your favorite 4 letter words). But no harsh feelings, really. I can start searching for the "second best" phone. It's not going to be iPhone for sure - don't know what all these people see in it... It has to be either windows mobile (has tons of apps) or something hackable, running on Linux . (yeah, I know, I know, I am looking for a toy, not a phone, but what the heck... I am a guy and a geek)