Meizu M8

The Meizu M8 is a smartphone sporting a stylish design, touch screeen and a modfied Windows CE operating system. Its resemblance with Apple’s iPhone has led to it being labeled more as a clone than a rival of the iPhone. However, the closure of Meizu’s CeBit booth in early March had nothing, as many speculated, to do with copyright infringement. It was instead related to the lack of an MP3 Sisvel license for another of Meizu’s products. But, as Meizu’s CEO Jack Wong explained, Meizu products don’t play MP3s, just WMA.

It looks like Meizu are intending to rename this model as the miniOne. This move may be problematic due to the fact that Venzero have already bagged that name for their media players.

Since the M8 will be using GSM, which US service provider AT&T Cingular and T-Mobile use, this device will work outside of China.

According Jack Wong, the M8 will ship with QQ Client and also a customised version of Live Messenger. Here are some rough specs:

Dimensions: 105mm x 58mm x 11.8mm (H x W x T)

Processor: ARM11 667MHz+ 128MB DDR SDRAM

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 memory

Operating System: Windows CE for Meizu M8 (Based on Windows CE 6.0)

Video Playback: AVI, MPEG-2, RM(VB), MPEG-4/H.263/H.264 at 30FPS

Camera: 3.0 MPx camera on back. Auto-focus, no flash.

Battery: 1500 mAh Li-ion

Pricetag: Around $340

Support For:

• GSM + SCDMA Networks
• Bluetooth 2.0 + TV-Out
• Wi-Fi
• TV-out
• Line-out
• Video Conferencing
• USB Host / OTG
• GPS (Add-on?)

Additional Features:

• Light sensor - phone brightness adjusts according to environment.
• Screen tilts according to direction of the phone. Can also recognize shaking, could be used for games.

Do you think it looks like an iphone…?

Meizu M8 Set 1

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Meizu M8 Flash Video