Meizu M8 reviewed, worth the wait?

by Tim Stevens posted Dec 2nd 2008 at 11:08AM

Can you believe it? It's been over two years since we first got wind of what would become Meizu's high-end iPhone clone, the M8. Okay, we admit to being somewhat dubious at first, and won't be entirely won over until we get one to play with, but just a few days away from its Chinese release the handset seems to live up to its promises according to IT168's full review. Other than a few faults, including an "ear-piercing" integrated speaker and issues running third-party Windows CE applications, things sound surprisingly good. The 480 x 720 3.4-inch screen received high marks, performance was rated as very speedy, and the integrated 3 megapixel camera looks to be able to take great looking pics -- assuming you turn a few lights on. It does sound like a solid device, but is it a proper iPhone competitor? In China, where the iPhone still isn't officially available, we wonder if it isn't the iPhone that's the underdog now (cue raised eyebrow).

Filed under: Handsets, Reviews, Others

Tags: m8, meizu, meizu m8, MeizuM8, windows ce, windows ce 6.0, WindowsCe, WindowsCe6.0

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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bernardino @ Dec 2nd 2008 1:41PM

I'm almost positive that all the counterfeit iPhones sold on eBay is was funded the development of the M8.

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DssTrainer @ Dec 2nd 2008 2:09PM

don't forget "Lack of 3G"

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hidyslexia @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:45AM

Touch HD's screen is hard to handle by fingers, not like iphone born for fingers.
How about Meizu M8 with WM system?

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hidyslexia @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:46AM

good point. please see more unbeliebale counterfeit on www.shanzhaiji.cn

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zjnzhu @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:16PM

China is a developing country while America is a developed one.
Meizu is a developing corporation while Apple is a developed one.
Maybe they looks similar, but there are two different cellphones, totally different.
No one doubt iPhone is great, but we'd better be more tolerant to encourage such a corporation to develop.

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