A small M8 education for those losing faith.

DusL

I agree with the misinformed comparisons and conclusions (from both sides), which give people a wrong picture of how the situation truely is.

It's not easy being Meizu/Apple/etc.

darkado

iphone is still a rumor, i know it will come out but it's a rumor until release date is officialy confirmed (m8 is a rumor too), and yes it will be at least 600$ offline and i'm sure you won't be able to buy it offline right away.

dontripmeoff

Wow, The I-Phone is a Rumor, OK then.

I will agree that until the I-Phone 2.0 is released and the M8 is released all of this is speculation at best. I do not agree with your cost structure for the phone in question as the again I have family who works for AT&T and my understanding of what is being discussed is not in correlation with your information. Yes again my understanding you actually will be able to purchase without a contract just as you could and still can with the original.

ANYWAY,
All of our arguments are moot until viable, physical, working products are delivered to the masses. Again I have and still do want an M8. I just want something else until that happens. I have gone thru 7 phones in a years time. The Prada, The N95, The HTC units reg and touch versions, the treo's 700 and 750 series and the Blackberry. I am looking for something that possess many of the functions of all of these units.
If you look at the N'Vidia designed architecture in their phone and the HTC Diamond and could merge those with many of the expectations from the M8 and the the gui of the I-Phone and business savvy of the Blackberry you would have a world domination unit in one.
When will that happen who knows.
Will I still like many others here wait to see what Meizu offers, HELL YES!!!!!
Again though if opportunity presents itself though why would I or others not give something else a chance until it happens?

At this I will leave things at bay. I will not interject any more Monetary issues or rumor mill speculation until we see what is actually delivered and when. I ask the same of some of you.

DusL

I feel overwhelmed by the factual information behind these statements.

Can someone explain the exact meaning of online/offline to me? Much appreciated.

Traps

It seems to me that it means with/without contract.

Skinny101

They haven't set a release date for the iPhone 2 but I don't think that makes it a rumour.

The iPhone 2 is definitely in development, Apple has added a new 3G on/off setting to the new 2.0 iPhone firmware which hasn't been released yet but it has been leaked (which is where the setting was found). Obviously the current iPhone doesn't have 3G so it's not for it. I'm guessing from this that the iPhone and iPhone 2 will both be using the same firmware (just as the iPod Touch and iPhone use the same firmware at the moment).

uh, just found where I read about that.
Newsflash! Firmware 2.0 hints suggest Apple might be working on a 3G iPhone - Engadget

darkado

yup, just as traps said

Traps

Well, the new setting in Firmware 2.0 is a very strong hint about a 3G iPhone 2, but was it officially announced yet? And what about an officially announced release date? Even if there's every bit evidence about the 3G iPhone, until Apple itself comes out and announces it we'll be just speculating. What do we really know about it's looks, price, features, release date, availability, etc.?

You can also say that the M8 is definitely in development, so darkado's comparison in calling both M8 and iPhone 2 rumors is not unbalanced.

darkado

btw hints about the new psp were in the fw year and a half before it was released

DusL

We'll know the facts behind a 3g-iphone within less than a month anyway.