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25 Feb 09 Meizu M8 reviewed by Journal du Geek

Here's another review of the recently released (in China at least) Meizu M8. It's comes to us from our French friends over at Journal du Geek. They seemed to have low expectations going in, but came out pleasantly surprised with the M8's quality. Here's an excerpt from their conclusion (translated from French):

"We expected a badly inspired clone, that was cheap and half-working. We were treated to a particularly well done, robust phone that leaves many competitors behind. Meizu M8 is one of the most successful clones in the market, if you can still call it a clone, because the similarities are ultimately not so many"


Listed below are their Pros and cons. Some of the cons, such as the lack of availability and the small community are pretty negligible to me. You can also see their long (15 mins) walk-through video of the M8:

Scoring (translated)

Positives:

  • Interface
  • Overall quality
  • UMS/no re-encoding of video
  • Price


Negatives:

  • No 3G, nor GPS
  • WiFi and Bluetooth not standard
  • Not readily available at the moment
  • Weak community





Meizu M8 review by Journal du Geek


New Firmware for Meizu M8

In related news, it looks like Meizu recently released a new firmware update that allieviates some of the phone's bugs. It also adds theme support, and SRT subtitles for videos. You can download it directly from Meizu Me.