MeizuMe forum - a new home for apple fanboys?
 

Here, here, here, and the list can continue.

Enough said. :shock:

It seems that the new meizu and other chinese branded range players are not as price-competitive as the gen1, gen2 clones in the past? Perhaps of some price drop in the ipod range.

Can't really help it though, news of the m8 started somewhere mid or 3rd quarter of 2007, but still no news of when it'll be out. Think one alternative for meizu to "win" back its supporters would be a price reduction.

If i'm gonna save $50-$100 on a player (meizu or any other chinese branded) that costs $400, i'll might as well get an ipod/creative. At least i know that there is a service centre that i could drive to the city, drop it off and pickup in a few days, if anything goes wrong with it.

It would be interesting as the m8 appears on the market and tries to grab a bite of the apple. Hopefully there would be a substantial price difference to justify a purchase in the m8.

Hopefully.

You're right, apple's price cuts are the reason why people are jumping at their products. They've been around for quite some time and have centers everywhere, people know they'll get good support if they have problems with apple products.

Meizu's problem is that their target segment is people that don't just want an average portable media player, but that also want style, functionality, good battery life and good sound. And all these translate into a higher cost. Their products are competitive in their price range, but the fact that Meizu is a small company and not well-known outside of China makes their job a lot harder.

I will buy the M8 when it comes out as i need a new phone, and an unlocked iphone is still expensive as shit here. Unlocked phone + dual SIMs sounds like a winner to me. ;)

Also, it'll be running windoze mobile. Which will make for a load of bugs (hope they'll squash most of them till the release) but also awesome extension and theming abilities.

I believe that the wait will be worth it. I hope i'm not mistaken.