Meizu M8 at the Patent Office

Russarch

I agree - it is VERY confusing...

My PERSONAL opinion is that the M8 will have the 3 physical buttons looking the same as the above pics (1st page) - with the 'M' not being a button

..Guess we'll have to wait for more news

regards

sere83

well....it does seem rather strange. Mr Wong did say that the patent was pending so official pictures could not be released, so if this was the case surely they would release some proper photos if this was the patent. However......this design does look like the old design from a long time ago, yet it could also be the new design as it has what looks like 3 buttons on the front. However there is also a camera on the front and wasn't the front camera supposed to be removed from the first models to be released? and only included on later 3g models? It is all very confusing. My gut feeling is that this is an old patent and has only now become available and Meizu filed a new one for the latest design of the M8. I could be wrong though. However I also suspect with this type of device a number of other patents would be filed at the same time, for other technologies used in the phone, so where are they?

DusL

I hope the build quality will be good. The screen has to be scratch-resistant, the casing as well (iTouch!), buttons will be the weakest part of the design if they are used often, it has to be able to survive little drops off the table for example, software will have to be stable, these patents must somehow save them from Apple's lawyer attack squat......many things that could make or break the m8.
Let's hope they can produce something good in the "ever-far-too-long" span of time Meizu has used.

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Traps

I don't think that this is the final design. It wouldn't make sense, since we have already seen pictures of it long ago, and it would contradict Mr. Wong's words in that the final design can't be shown yet because it is under patent registration.

I agree with sere83.. this is probably just an old patent that has now become available.

PS: and I hope that I am right, because I hate this design... too Ipodish for me

OrOf

Did Somone Notests That There Are 2 Conectors In The Botomm?
One Is For USB And The Second Is For...
FOr What Is It? It's Look Like A SD Solt...

nice2know_u

Yeah, I thought it's a memory card slot of some sort, but after that I realized it must be the TV-out.

kyauk

I also agree. What happen to the three sensors on the top of the phone?

Yeah I notice the bottom slot too and I agree with it being the TV out.

we need some more info.

OrOf

Cant Be, I Saw A TV-OUT Solts,
THeir Are Look Like A Normal 3.5'' Holls.
This Is NOT A TV-OUT Output.
I Still Wonder If It Is A SD Solt

aznyellojersey

anyone think that what we've been told is the redone m8 may actually be the m7? it would make sense in that it borrows itouch design.

DusL

1 year has passed now since the first time we heard about the m8.....

For some reason I noticed that my initial optimism about this product has changed to dry sarcasm from time to time in the last....6 months. A year has passed, but we still have no release date whatsoever.

At least last year we were given a period in which the release would happen, now we're reduced to a date for a showoff. From a real life model last year we're all back to renders again that aren't even accurate anymore. Even after an entire year Meizu is still busy patenting their stuff. From that perspective our current information is actually degrading, half of the information we were given by Meizu isn't even correct anymore.

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