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.
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?
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.
“At a glance -- particularly as a non-Storm user -- you might say "wait a second, that's just a Storm." And in reality, you wouldn't be far off with that assessment.”
Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.
posted Feb 4th 2009 7:21PM
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?
I've heard about this device for about 2 years for now.
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.