Meizu M8, maybe the most legendary knockoff gadget around, maintains its “inspired” tradition with a refreshed UI that feels faintly of the Palm Pre in terms of graphical styling. I like it, even if I know, really, I’d hate it.
Do you want an iPhone but wish it ran Android instead of Apple’s mobile OS? No? Well, too bad, because Meizu might be bringing Android to its M8 iPhone clone.
Despite years of unfulfilled hype about the M8 iPhone clone, it appears that Meizu’s CEO Jack Wong is talking about a new installment that may or may not include 3G, GPS and a 5-megapixel camera.
Today in shady Chinese electronics manufacturer news, we’ve got a whopping three iPhonies vying for your (counterfeit?) dollars. iFone, which isn’t another of my clever puns but is actually a very brazenly-named company, announced the iFone 3G and the two-for-one ripoff iFone X1. Meizu, who wins the dubious title of the classiest in the bunch, has finally made its M8 official on its website.
Meizu’s fabled M8 iPhoneclone may indeed be soon on sale, but until now we’ve only seen bits and bobs of its user interface: Now Meizu is demonstrating this with a neat little animation site. And guess what? Go on, you’ll never guess! …It’s a pretty similar beast to the iPhone. There’re some tweaks and differences of course, but Meizu’s taken inspiration from Apple pretty deeply into their own design. We’ll just have to see what it looks and feels like in the flesh to see exactly how similar it ends up being. [Meizu via Engadget]
We recently mentioned that Meizu’s M8 iPhone clonephone was really coming to the shops in China at the end of the year, but according to the head of the company, things’ll be happening a bit sooner than that.
Meizu’s iPhone copycatting M8 mobile phone is to be vaporware no longer thanks to GeekITstores, who will be launching it in China then India from December onwards. The 8GB model is apparently due to cost somewhere between $US380 and $US470, and will be launched with “complete fanfare”…presumably because it’s the “iPhone killer,” or so says the press release. In fact, GeekITStores really seem to love the device, saying it was looking for a “better, cheaper alternative” to the iPhone for Indian customers. Read on for the press release.
Remember the Meizu M8? It was the iPhone clone, the one that we were all excited to see…back in 2007. Now that Apple’s added 3G to the mix, expanded storage and lowered the price with contract, the prospect of a (still unreleased) 8GB iClone has gotten a whole lot less enticing. But just for those who thought Meizu could never do it, here’s a decent walkthrough of their interface. Please note, however, that the clip contains some suggestive images of (underage?) females that you may not want to play at work. Stay classy, Meizu! [via Electronista]
Meizu will finally release the iPhone-wannabe M8 in August, according to a cryptic message board post by CEO Jack Wong. The first version will have 128MB RAM and an unspecified amount of storage, and a second version should ship in October with 256MB RAM and 8GB on-board flash. The funniest part? The M8 will cost around US$320, or US$120 more than the AT&T subsidised 8GB iPhone 3G here in the US of A. Luckily for them (and us) this probably won’t see its way outside of China. [Meizu via Electronista]
