Thread: Forget the iPhone, a real treat is here.
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freeman is offline freeman
2007-02-03 , 05:40
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#8
Originally Posted by Milhouse View Post
I'm not knocking Meizu, just saying they've a long way to go before they can bring this product to market, and by then the iPhone will already have launched, and the iPhone may even be available outside of the US if Meizu don't get their product out until late 2007/early 2008. If Meizu are closer to the latter it's likely Nokia may be readying the "N900" (although I hope not - let's give the N800 time to stretch it's legs - mid to late 2008 would suit me better!)
I can careless if you knock the Meizu or not, I don't get paid either way. The reason I bring this up because. Well,
1. Apple iPhone is way overprice. The markup alone is like 50%. Considering Meizu is a Chinese company, the M8 could be a lot cheaper and probably unlock, as most cellphone in Asia are sold unlock.
2. Competition are good for consumer. Let's them duke it out. If I can get a Meizu M8 at 1/2 the price of the iPhone w/ 90% functionality of the iPhone, I'll definitely pick the M8. If somebody call me a cheap skate for that, that somebody deserve the Apple fanboy tag.

Althought the wifi is a huge consideration, but at the same time, the screen is 720x480 which they obviously intended to be a media player w/ phone functionality. By the time, if the 3G network price drop, then surfing on the 3G may not be that bad even if there is no wifi.