A chinese company has apparently announced a new cellular phone that looks , according to one report. The new phone called M8 -- which is said to be designed by Chinese firm Meizu -- features touch-screen functionality and boasts a smaller footprint than Apple's iPhone with an accompanying smaller screen, but offers a higher 720x480 resolution than Apple's 320x480 iPhone. The M8 is driven by an ARM11 with video codec support, according to VR-Zone.com, and offers a built-in 3.0-megapixel digital camera on the back side with a 0.3-megapixel camera facing forward. The M8 runs Windows CE 6.0 and offers both Bluetooth as well as TV-out connectivity, catering to GSM+TD-SCMA for mobile communication. Pricing and storage capacity for the new phone are unknown, according to the source, though iPhone will initially sell for $499 and $599 in 4GB and 8GB capacities, respectively


So How Far Away Is The Meizu M8?
GenMP3 have reported that Meizu CEO, Jack Wong, has posted this image (below) of the on the Chinese Meizu BBS accompanied by the following:
Just this one for now, in A few days we will release more pictures. (translated)
This is pretty good news to hear IMO, and damn doesn't that M8 look nice? very clean! Sure it looks somewhat similar to Apple's soon to be released iPhone, ever after its but inside the two can't be more different, with the M8 trumping the iPhone in nearly every aspect.

Lets just remind ourselves of its specs:
- Display: 3.32" Touchscreen, 720 x 480 resolution (Widescreen), 16 million colors
- OS: Windows CE 6
- Processor: Samsung ARM11 533MHZ w/128MB of DDR SDRAM
- Supports AVI, MPEG-4, and WMV playback
- Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS
- DMB tuner
- Two cameras: 0.3MP on front, 3MP on back
- GSM, EDGE, and WCDM support
- Dimensions: 58 x 105 x 11.8mm
GenMP3 also reports that the estimated retail prices of the M8 are going to be:
- 4gb: ?190
- 8gb: ?240
- 16gb: ?330 unconfirmed
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Сообщение отредактировал Zloy: 06.04.2008 - 21:02










