Meizu M8 gets English-language video review

by Ross Miller posted Feb 4th 2009 at 7:21PM

The Meizu M8 has been caught on camera plenty of times before, but we can't recall seeing an English-language version until now. One tester at MP4 Nation has managed to get some hands-on time with the unabashed iPhone doppelganger, and calls the audio and video playback quality a disappointment, especially given the powerful Samsung ARM CPU inside. As he eloquently puts it, "cheap MP4 players can do a better job." Ouch. Video resizing also seems to be poorly implemented, cutting off the edges when it doesn't match the 3:2 aspect ratio. It's not all bad, though, as the photo viewer and phone book has been aptly copied from Apple's flagship mobile, including multi-touch zoom, and the Windows CE-masking GUI is fluid. More videos of the M8 are promised, but in the meantime, check out volume one after the break.

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

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Chris B. @ Feb 4th 2009 9:55PM

With all of the iPhone (and other OS) clones (knockoffs) in the land of "your patents are crapola here", it's a wonder why anybody does business in China. The loss of actual units would more than offset any use of cheap labor. I guess Apple didn't bribe the right Chinese officials?

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Mainomega @ Feb 5th 2009 1:19PM

I've heard about this device for about 2 years for now.

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samsonsu @ Feb 5th 2009 7:59PM

one thing i don't understand is, how is the video resizing wrong? iphone (and your tv) seems to work the same way: if the video doesn't match screen aspect ratio -- say, the video is wider -- you either have letterbox on top and bottom, or lose a few pixels on left and right. there is no way to avoid both without distorting the video, and of course the video shouldn't be distorted.