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02 February 2007, 15:58
Meizu M8, the Chinese iPhone? Phone Looks Awfully Familiar.
While everyone is sitting around waiting for the acclaimed Apple iPhone to be released months from now, the Chinese company Meizu has come up with a phone that is strikingly similar in appearance to the iPhone - the Meizu M8 PMP/Phone.
No, pictured here isn’t the vaunted Apple iPhone, it’s a Meizu M8 … maybe. Meizu? Not exactly a household brand name next to Apple. But for what it's worth, this Chinese manufacturer does make some pretty decent, portable music/video players, seen here. Some have even managed to find their ways to overseas markets. But, not everyone is thrilled with their product, Meizu has caught some flak for what some had considered to be an outright ripoff of iPod's design, though this Shanghaiist wasn't entirely convinced: Just because it's a portable music/video player? Just because it comes in black and white? That was until yesterday. From the design of the phone, to the style of the user interface, the M8 just screams iPhone wannabe. I guess we shouldn't be surprised though, this was bound to happen sooner or later. Chinese companies are known for ripping of US designs, and often times there is very little that the US company can do to prevent them from profiting off their designs.
Some of the major differences the Meizu M8 has from theiPhone is a white case instead of black one, it runs off WinCE 6.0 instead of the Mac platform the iPhone runs off of, and it has a camera (which the iPhone does not). The dimensions of the Meizu M8 are 57x105x11.5mm. It includes a beautiful 3.3-inch (720x480 pixels) display, Bluetooth, a 3-megapixel camera, TV-out, line in/out, and video recording capabilities of 30fps at 720x480 resolution. The phone supports GSM networks and has the Chinese TD-SCDMA 3G radio.
| Technical Specifications | Apple iPhone | Meizu M8 | | Screen size | 3.5 inches | 3.3 inches | | Screen resolution | 320 by 480 | 720 by 480 | | Input method | Multi-touch | Touch Screen | | Operating system | Mac OS X | Win CE 6.0 | | Storage | 4GB or 8GB | ? | | GSM | Quad-band (MHz: 850, 900, 1800, 1900) | GSM+td-SCMA | | Wireless data | Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + EDGE + Bluetooth 2.0 | Bluetooth + TV-Out | | CPU | ? | ARM11+ Video CODEC | | Camera | 2.0 megapixels | 3.0 megapixels + 0.3 megapixels | | Dimensions | 115 x 61 x 11.6mm | 105 x 57 x 11.5mm | | Weight | 4.8 ounces / 135 grams | ? |
There's been no word on pricing, but I am betting that it will be the iPhone prices by a long-shot. With the more common operating system and inclusion of a digital camera, the Meizu M8 may give the Apple iPhone a run for its money. Apple lawyers and executives can't be too pleased right now.
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