M8 price increased，now $372 for 8GB,$440 for 16GB

Jubre

It seems strange to have public testing like this, but I can only guess that it is a marketing strategy. They need to get the word out about their product, to confirm that their product exists and to make sure people don't spend their money on the iphone or other competitors, instead of saving for the m8. They are probably pouring their money into this, so they need to get it exactly right or else they might go bust :S

tails2

I honestly dont think many, if any, people will go for the 8GB M8 unless they are really straped for cash. For and extra 50EURO/$68 you can get double the memory. I know which would I will be getting anyway,

Skinny101

Theres probably some people who know that they just don't need more than 8GB so even though 16GB is only $68 more, it would be money which is wasted, $68 is a lot of money to spend on something you know you don't need.

chengdude

Do not like to see that price creep. Hopefully those are MSRPs and street prices will drop them a bit. As it is, I think if you're a hard-core shopper, you can pick up a Nokia N95 in China for about the same price as the 16GB M8. Not being phone savvy, I have no idea if that even warrants a comparison, but it does show Meizu is playing with the big boys in pricing the M8, so they better bring a good game.

MawgiN

We all expected price rise no? And this isn´t so much, still cheaper than iPhone. But if they didn´t release retail M8 since my december. I am going to China and blow up meizu factory and office for wasting our time.

sere83

look.....at the end of the day all this alpha/beta crap is just pushing a release date even further back and will almost certainly mean the M8 will not surface till late 2008. This is very annoying and does show signs that Meizu is desperate to bring this phone to market as soon as possible, probably due to financial reasons. If there is something to be pissed off about it is definitely this continued delay.

But.....in terms of the pricing, its only gone up a tiny bit for god sake! Why are people even trying to start getting pissed off? As per usual somehow everyone on the Meizu forum seems to have some completely twisted view of how much things cost! Fair enough i'm in the uk but lets get bloody realistic!, here are some offline prices from uk shops/ebay and respected worldwide retailers for high end cell phones/PDA's >>>

HTC Diamond >> £434/$870

HTC Touch Diamond from Clove Technology

Iphone 16gb >> £300+/$600+

16gb iphone, iphone, Mobile Phone Cases Pouches, Mobile Phone Accessories items at low prices on eBay.co.uk

Eten Glofish >>> £464/$928

E-TEN Glofiish V900 (PRE-ORDER) from Clove Technology

Htc TytN II >>> £452/ $904

HTC TyTN II (P4550/KAISER) from Clove Technology

Htc Touch Dual >>> $659/ £329

Dynamism

Nokia N81 8gb >>> $529/ £264

Dynamism


ARE YOU ALL BLIND? can you not see the M8 will be cheaper than all of these phones. Even in a few monthes the spec will not be completely outdated, it just won't have 3g and GPS like some units. Phones like the sony ericcsson Xperia/£g iphone will be a huge amount of money offline and still havn't been released and only outspec the M8 in terms of 3G/GPS, nothing else.

Fair enough meizu is a lesser know manufacturer, it still doesn't make components like ARM processors/ Samsung flash / multitouch panels and all the rest any cheaper. And anyone even mentioning the 3g iphone at $199 should really get a grip and start to see the reality of the situation. This magical $199 apple has conjured up is a load of rubbish. You are investing hundreds of $$ / £££ in a huge expensive contract. As I and many others have said many times before but no one seems to use thier brains COMPARING AN OFFLINE PRICE TO AN ONLINE PRICE IS A RIDIULOUS AND COMPLETELY UNFAIR COMPARISON.

I'm not trying to stick up for Meizu, this delay is still a complete piss take and IMO the M8's progress is looking very shakey. It just annoys me the way people have all the information about how much phones offline cost available to them yet cease to even look at it, still continue to complain and then believe the rubbish that companies like apple peddle to make you believe you are getting a good deal.

Heres an idea......perhaps use Google once and a while.

will.i.am

I really like these mobile, but with these price, I take rather iPhone, 200 USD is nice price

darkado

didn't you read the previous post

M47Z

sere83, of course ur right.
Its amazing how meizu manages it to produce a high-spec phone for that (still) very low price.
But u know, as cheaper the phone is, the more people would recognice it and buy it.

Jubre

I agree with sere83- it's so annoying when people say the m8's price is too high- especially with the specs that we have been told to expect. But reading the chinese forum seems even worse, where (unless the online translator is wrong), people keep whinning about how they can't afford the price because they are students.. Wtf, if you can't afford it, then get something cheaper! J.Wong isn't going to break his back just so you can save a few dollars.. Geez, don't they realise that he can't afford to make it cheaper?