Life of A Phone Lover

iPhone wanna be Meizu M8

Take a good look at these 2 pictures, can you identify which one is iPhone from Apple and which one is China made Meizu M8?

Answer: iPhone (right), Meizu M8 (left). Have you got the answer right?

Can anyone enlighten me why is it that China likes to copy or "reproduce" the design from other phones? Lack of ideas or designers perhaps? Or maybe lack research and development?

Well, well, well.... let's not compare the phone now. Actually I don't mind imitator or "copycat" phones, however the specifications must be good or equally as good and not to disregard the quality as well.

So there you go... the specs for Meizu M8:

Dimensions: 105mm x 58mm x 11.8mm (H x W x T)
Processor: ARM11 667MHz+
Display: 3.32", 16600K, 720x480 pixel resolution, Touchscreen TFT LCD
PC Interface: USB 2.0 Ultra Fast Data Transfer
Flash Memory: 4, 8 or 16GB of built-in basic Memory (totally pawn !!)
Operating System: Windows CE for Meizu M8 (Based on Windows CE6.0)
Video Playback: AVI, MPEG-2, RM(VB), MPEG-4/H.263/H.264 at 30FPS
Camera: 0.3+ MPx camera on front, 3.0 MPx camera on back. Supports auto-focus, no flash.
Battery: 1500 mAh Li-ionSupport For:
GSM + SCDMA Networks (not sure whether it supports 3G or not)

with....
Bluetooth 2.0
Wi-Fi (This is what I want !!)
TV-out
Line-out
Video Conferencing
USB Host / OTG
GPS (Add-on)


The main screen and Menu



Dialer (Touchscreen ! WOoooo)



The music player and the playlist

At the moment, the release date for Meizu M8 remains unknown. Though from what I've read, they're in the final stages of phone production and packaging. Rumors have it that it'll be out in the market sometime in the 1st or 2nd quarter of 2008.

This phone will have 3 versions, which are 4G, 8G and 16G. OMG!! 16G !! Here's the Pricing:

4GB - 265 USD
8GB - 320 USD
16GB - 400 USD

It's kinda hard to provide a comment for this phone at this point of time as the phone has yet to be released and only previews are available. However, by looking at the specs 400 USD (rough estimation approximately RM1400) would be a good buy.

Till then, back to my catnap.... :P

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