Meizu talks M8 followup: 3G, GPS, 5-megapixel camera

The Meizu M8 may have only just recently ceased to be a figment of our collective imagination, but the always talkative J. Wong (Meizu's CEO, if he needs any introduction) is already dropping some hints about the next version of the phone, which may or may not actually be the M9. While there's no word on any changes to the design of the device just yet, it will apparently get a much-needed 3G upgrade (as earlier rumored), along with built-in GPS, a new and improved 5-megapixel camera with an LED flash and, no doubt, entirely new levels of KIRF. Still itching for more vague details?Just wait a bit, Meizu has this down to an art at this point.

[Via thegadgetsite]

[Jon Nelson @ May 15th 2009 4:01PM]

....I had just been calling it the "Meizu Mate" in my head. I didn't expect it was any kind of version number.

Huh.

[hexydes @ May 15th 2009 4:24PM]

Meizu M9 (pronounced "MINE!")

[joe23521 @ May 15th 2009 4:26PM]

Don't worry...I'm sure it's gonna be called the M8 3G.

[Schweppes @ May 15th 2009 6:57PM]

genepro,
You confuse yourself with the Chinese and your mother...

AHAHAHA!!!

[Damian @ May 15th 2009 4:02PM]

Dont you apple fanboys say what i think your going to say.

[redcard @ May 15th 2009 4:21PM]

Damian, not only if your grammar and punctuation awful, you probably fail to see the obvious irony in your idiotic post: that being that posts like yours are far more common that any fanboy post ever is

[hamza @ May 15th 2009 4:32PM]

@redcard:
Oh, the irony.

[Shinigami @ May 15th 2009 5:00PM]

3mp camera of the new iPhone will rule over 5mp crap on this stuff!
not :P

[Sean @ May 15th 2009 5:17PM]

@redcard

How in the hell are you going to talk about Damian's punctuation and grammar when yours is just as bad.

Grammar lesson #1- *if* should be *is*.

Grammar lesson #2- You sentence is missing a period. You want to get technical so lets get technical.

[Matt @ May 15th 2009 5:32PM]

Sean, yours is just as bad...

[Sean @ May 15th 2009 6:34PM]

you're indeed right matt

[Mmmm... Dohnuts. @ May 15th 2009 7:53PM]

Welcome to Engammar dot com. Can we 'correct; you're gramm'ra'?

[webon @ May 16th 2009 1:32AM]

I learned it here its called teh muphry's law

[Damian @ May 16th 2009 7:41AM]

I started this, i am sorry all.

[iphonerulez @ May 16th 2009 11:36AM]

Yes, the godalmighty fantastic Meizu. The Meizu M8 was SUPPOSED to be the original iPhone killer and the Apple haters were sure that it would just put Apple out of business. Nobody would ever buy an iPhone if they could get their greedy hands on a wonderful M8. Of course, that was over two years ago and history has already shown a clear winner. Now comes the M9 and again it will be declared as an iPhone killer just bristling with the latest and greatest hardware. No matter what specs the new iPhone has, this M9 will go it maybe 2X better and everyone, except the billion or so SUPPOSED Palm Pre buyers, will want to buy this new Meizu. Hey, the Meizu M9 might just be the greatest handset that, in reality, next to nobody will ever buy. Pffft.

[Guru @ May 15th 2009 4:03PM]

wow,looks like tight!
Question is will it kill the iPhone?

[kumquat @ May 15th 2009 4:05PM]

In my opinion this is photoshopped.

[Superevil @ May 15th 2009 4:51PM]

Did the pixels give it away?

[Maddy @ May 15th 2009 5:00PM]

@SuperEvil
I think it was the shadows. They were all wrong!

[Wankerslut @ May 15th 2009 5:11PM]

Idiot, you better be sarcastic.

This thing has been floating around for 2 yrs and is actually for sale !!
Photo shopped?


urghh

[TomTom2007 @ May 15th 2009 5:11PM]

no, it was clearly the color.

[thisisit @ May 16th 2009 12:01AM]

no, it's Windows Paint'd!

[KEROLiUKAS @ May 15th 2009 4:06PM]

It would definately crush the iPhone if they can deliver on time. Probably not. The M8 woulda killed the iPhone if it was released a month or two after iPhone release, but with this much time behind, there's no competition. They need to work faster if they want to compete, though I don't consider these guys KIRFs, even though they copy a lot, it's still quite a different product, and alternative.

[PhotoGuru @ May 15th 2009 4:08PM]

hmmm, wonder what phone this looks like. wow, 3G? didn't people have that in '07? I know I'm going to get all the Apple haters, but seriously, the cell companies need to get original and blow people away. No one can tell me it doesn't look like a copy-cat. Nice apple fonts, icons, and design.

[insky @ May 15th 2009 8:23PM]

We know it's still you. Putting "Photo" before your name isn't fooling anyone. We even know you're still Shank, and Shugg.

The syntax kind of gives it away.

[PhotoGuru @ May 15th 2009 9:23PM]

Sorry dude, I'm not Shank, Shugg, or anyone but the Photoguru- joined Engadget last year, have no hidden agenda- no conspiracy here- just adding my opinion as everyone does.

[Jordan Biffle @ May 15th 2009 4:09PM]

You know what would be a cool product from Meizu, something original. Not copied like this or all their other products.

[pika2000 @ May 15th 2009 4:30PM]

[sarcasm]Gasp! You want Meizu to be original? How dare you Apple fanboy![/sracasm]
=P

[ilh @ May 16th 2009 9:36AM]

Ever played with an M6?

[htd @ May 15th 2009 4:13PM]

they talk the talk but they dont walk the walk

[SlickD @ May 15th 2009 4:31PM]

It's not like this is coming to the states anyway. If I were to move to China, I'll definitely pick one up.

[kadajawi @ May 15th 2009 4:46PM]

Meizu should just hire some decent designers to give this thing a unique and good design. That has to be possible. And then please deliver... get the software bugfree (ok, somewhat at least), and offer it for a good price.

But anyway, no I don't think it will be better than the iPhone 3G (except for the screen), but if the price is good? Why not? The iPhone, just like any other decent smartphone, is extremely expensive (forced into a contract with free minutes etc. I don't need...).

[kadajawi @ May 15th 2009 4:47PM]

Oh, and can we have a review of that M8 Engadget received, or at least some info why no review is coming? Do you think it would be too bad for Meizu if you write a review, because the phone is too buggy? Has it died? Is it so good that iPhone sales would stop?

[substance90 @ May 15th 2009 5:00PM]

Now we`ll have to wait just another 2-3 years for it to come out.

[Frankenstein Black @ May 15th 2009 5:06PM]

MEH-ZU...

[G @ May 15th 2009 5:30PM]

I like Meizu because it's the only KIRF phone out there which is (probably) not a piece of crap and i want it to succeed. It could probably be an international success if they just used their own design so nobody could accuse them of copying.

[Sektor @ May 15th 2009 6:36PM]

Does Japan really suck that much that you don't have anything better to do all day but to post stupid sh.!t on Weblogs?

[Sektor @ May 15th 2009 6:49PM]

Only the lowly, cunning Japanese neglects spend the whole day posting lies about China on the Internet.

And they are so coward, never say the real country they are from. Tsk tsk.

[pensking @ May 15th 2009 9:01PM]

Shit,Have you ever been to China?You are talking the greatest nonsense!!!

[xconan @ May 15th 2009 10:41PM]

hmm... the 1840s and what happened? Basically the opium war and the brits forced the Chinese to buy their drugs... So technically it would be the British who would be lying, cheating, and vice versa. Since China wasn't modernized because of the Manchu's and their cronies holding down the peasants the Brits ganged up with the US, the French, and Russia to plunder China of its coffers. That's all history...

[Kelvin @ May 15th 2009 11:35PM]

This is an elecronic news website, NOT a racist historical debating-chatroom.

[s.ilence @ May 16th 2009 12:17AM]

do you know all the japanese are dogs? stupid

[webon @ May 16th 2009 1:34AM]

coming out in 2012

[American @ May 16th 2009 1:59AM]

stop all the trash talk about countries. if you want to, talk about america itself first

[RiddleMeThis7786 @ May 16th 2009 8:06PM]

Surely, there is someone monitoring your racist comments. you're gong to get banned, dumbass; I'm not even chinese and I'm offended