Keepin' it real fake, Part CCXI: MeiLi M8 is a Meizu clone, sans the drama
By Paul Miller 
posted May 18th 2009 11:16AM
posted May 18th 2009 11:16AM
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A clone of a clone?
it's all fun and games until someone decides to make a knockoff of your knockoff
Whats next? Meimei M8, a MeiLi M8 knockoff?
In China, everyday is Tuesday the 9th...
That's one hell of a ripoff. Why don't they go and ripoff a BlackBerry or something. I hope they come out with a Pre knock-off since everyone is supposed to one of those things.
this is what you get when you clone the clone.
safari = dream..?
youtube = fun & ...?
cutting off menu item's names is almost as user-unfriendly as not having them there at all.
C'mon, dude, they're happy they got at least Roman characters right...
It’s labeled “dream” for a reason. You touch it — actually, tap it with a stylus — expecting a Web browser to come up. DREAM on; enjoy your WAP.
One KIRF to far!
Wow, that was...unexpected.
Since the M8 has been KIRF'd, can we now officially call it a normal phone?
Now Meizu got a taste of their own medicine.
Not, really as their M6 mp3 player has been cloned in the past and that device isn't really a copy.
KIRF^2
I love how almost all of the application names aren't fully displayed. The ellipses make it look so ugly.
.'. Jason loves ugliness.
I enjoy that they used the old OS 9 logo for "call c..."
Or current finder icon?
Is that the MS Windows UI font?
Is that some sort of decoration on the thumbnail, or a fungal infection?
It's a little flower.
Or maybe it's a fungus infection that just happens to look like a little flower.
What's up with the fingernail?
THIS IS NOT NEWS
This isn't a news site. It's a tech blog.
FIRST!
hell yeah
I'm expecting the Apple haterz to show up any minute and claim that this looks nothing like the iPhone... :-)
Omgwtf Meizu M8 clone!!!11
Dear meizu: please sue these guys. Now that monster isn't suing people for the sake of it, I need some corporate shenanigans to laught at.
Ok, so..... Is Meizu now officially considered a first tier handset manufacturer, since both their mp3 player and their phone have been cloned? But wait, how can they be first tier if they have cloned the iPhone? I'm getting confused.
Why is Apple considered first tier if it imitated, NAY, completely ripped off the LG Prada?
@superhobo:
"Why is Apple considered first tier if it imitated, NAY, completely ripped off the LG Prada?"
Apple didn't rip off the LG Prada for the most part. The outer casing is vaguely similar to that of the Prada, but the OS and interface in general is quite different. Also, the iPhone was in development for years before the Prada came out. Apple also had some patent filings for that got out to the public that showed certain elements of the iPhone that are similar to the Prada but again, they were out before the Prada ever saw the light of day...
superhobo, would you like to design a black phone with a large touchscreen? Chances are it will look very similar to the Prada & iPhone.
A finder app would be nice.
superhobo, cloned or not, they improved on it 100%. Try have an original thought, that one is a bit worn out
I assume MeiLi is supposed to be the Chinese equivalent of 美丽 which translates to beautiful.
I woulda called it 丑机
Where can this be purchased at?