the three holes on the top,the three buttons design and the white+black colors really disgusting,you dont feel that ? and their working process so slow....
Three holes at the top = more volume. Guess you missed the story about people poking holes in their iPhones to increase the volume. As to the three buttons both LG and Samsung use the same layout and a lot of people prefer it.
White and black? The casing? What colour is the iPhones case?
Not really just pointing out that what you don't like about this design exists in other phones already. Did you comment on the LG Viewty or Samsung Armani phone having three buttons?
And then there is your "and their working process so slow...." comment. IT'S A PROTOTYPE!
I can make this easy for you so you wont go crazy reading some of these replies.
Apple fans, including the Engadget crew, do not wish to see competition for anything Apple does. EVERY device that is released that could be a threat against an Apple device is automatically attacked and ripped as to put the most negative spin on it before it ever hits store shelves. Look at almost every "smart phone" with a touch screen that has ever been shown on Engadget, and you will see the same responses. Either they try to claim that it is "ripoff", a "knockoff", or some such term in order to dismiss it.
In short, they are running a protection racket so that no one dares considers alternatives to the Apple product.
I'd say, though, that this is a genuine rip-off. If it were made in a country with real copyright laws, it would not have got this far. That is saying a lot seeing as it's barely off the drawing board.
Forgetting all that though, this is still quite a laughable effort. They've been touting it for so long... and to what end? I still have my doubts, based on this evidence, that they're actually going to put these things on the market.
I've been begging for an iPhone competitor to come to Sprint, and so far, nothing has. It's not that the HTC Touch is a great phone and the "crazy apple people" are running some kind of protection racket, it's just that the HTC Touch is a turd.
I see what you're saying, and there certainly are some people eager to write off any possible competition as a knock-off, but A.) this M8 is nothing but a Chinese knockoff any way you look at it, and B.) the current iPhone competitors out there really are still behind the game (or playing a different game and so not a good competitor. there are other very nice smartphones out there that DON'T compete with the iPhone on any meaningful level.)
That's funny fred. And I likely agree if it wasn't the fact this Meizu continuously copies Apple. The did it with the iPod mini's name a packaging, the did it will a whole lot of iPods at the are doing it with the touch an the iPhone. I'm surprised Apple haven't sued them long ago. The whole thing is so obvious it's funny.
I have seen that phone in HK I think. I had to search for it because I wanted one of the iphone clones that china was selling and I couldn't find the Meizu in shanghai. If its the same phone its a piece of junk. Also it doesn't work in American because the frequencies are different. I think it may work in Europe though.
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yemingXP @ Mar 4th 2008 6:13AM
a little disappointed..
Carbonize @ Mar 4th 2008 6:19AM
Disappointed in what? Which part of early prototype didn't you understand? Let me help you http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=prototype o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype
yemingXP @ Mar 4th 2008 6:30AM
the three holes on the top,the three buttons design and the white+black colors really disgusting,you dont feel that ? and their working process so slow....
Carbonize @ Mar 4th 2008 6:44AM
Three holes at the top = more volume. Guess you missed the story about people poking holes in their iPhones to increase the volume. As to the three buttons both LG and Samsung use the same layout and a lot of people prefer it.
White and black? The casing? What colour is the iPhones case?
yemingXP @ Mar 4th 2008 6:57AM
you man really indulged in the M8,so you'd like to forgive whatever the faults it gots ..
Carbonize @ Mar 4th 2008 7:00AM
Not really just pointing out that what you don't like about this design exists in other phones already. Did you comment on the LG Viewty or Samsung Armani phone having three buttons?
And then there is your "and their working process so slow...." comment. IT'S A PROTOTYPE!
fred @ Mar 4th 2008 8:03AM
@carbonize
I can make this easy for you so you wont go crazy reading some of these replies.
Apple fans, including the Engadget crew, do not wish to see competition for anything Apple does. EVERY device that is released that could be a threat against an Apple device is automatically attacked and ripped as to put the most negative spin on it before it ever hits store shelves. Look at almost every "smart phone" with a touch screen that has ever been shown on Engadget, and you will see the same responses. Either they try to claim that it is "ripoff", a "knockoff", or some such term in order to dismiss it.
In short, they are running a protection racket so that no one dares considers alternatives to the Apple product.
Liam @ Mar 4th 2008 9:20AM
I'd say, though, that this is a genuine rip-off. If it were made in a country with real copyright laws, it would not have got this far. That is saying a lot seeing as it's barely off the drawing board.
Forgetting all that though, this is still quite a laughable effort. They've been touting it for so long... and to what end? I still have my doubts, based on this evidence, that they're actually going to put these things on the market.
Jeff @ Mar 4th 2008 12:19PM
@Fred:
I've been begging for an iPhone competitor to come to Sprint, and so far, nothing has. It's not that the HTC Touch is a great phone and the "crazy apple people" are running some kind of protection racket, it's just that the HTC Touch is a turd.
I see what you're saying, and there certainly are some people eager to write off any possible competition as a knock-off, but A.) this M8 is nothing but a Chinese knockoff any way you look at it, and B.) the current iPhone competitors out there really are still behind the game (or playing a different game and so not a good competitor. there are other very nice smartphones out there that DON'T compete with the iPhone on any meaningful level.)
Brendan Sheehan @ Mar 4th 2008 1:45PM
That's funny fred. And I likely agree if it wasn't the fact this Meizu continuously copies Apple. The did it with the iPod mini's name a packaging, the did it will a whole lot of iPods at the are doing it with the touch an the iPhone. I'm surprised Apple haven't sued them long ago. The whole thing is so obvious it's funny.
Roxanne L. @ Mar 4th 2008 2:45PM
hehe, that looks gay... the digitalrise d800i looks a lot better... http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1531&HS=1 a lot cheaper too...
alegria690 @ Mar 4th 2008 4:20PM
I have seen that phone in HK I think. I had to search for it because I wanted one of the iphone clones that china was selling and I couldn't find the Meizu in shanghai. If its the same phone its a piece of junk. Also it doesn't work in American because the frequencies are different. I think it may work in Europe though.