As anyone who has followed the Optimus Maxiumus saga will know, after a while people get sick & tired of renders and want to see the real thing. Up until now, we’ve only had digitally-created images of Meizu’s range of iPhone-clones, but now there are leaked photos of the iPod Touch lookalike handset the M9 M8 to prove that it isn’t just a designers folly. Update: the device is a mockup, bizarrely not even using the final production materials.
The M9 is, predictably, the follow-up to the M8, and differs from its predecessor by virtue of a matte black plastic body as opposed to the M8′s aluminium frame. Given that the device has been confirmed a pre-production mockup, not using the official materials it eventually will be produced in, there’s no reason to presume this is a different model from the M8. It’s expected to launch in 2009 – presumably with the same non-MultiTouch touchscreen as earlier models – although it could be a China-only product due in no small part to Apple’s seething legal teams.
[via SlashPhone]
Hi, this is a fake obviously, the screen interface is a sticker and the logo behind the phone is a joke.
Engadget stated that according to Meizu CEO Jack Wong these are just final design mock-ups and not the actual product or materials.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/14/meizu-mocks-up-the-m8-minione/
Thanks for the update, guys!
Attention Mr. Wong:
Be sure to make you phone 3G, at least 8GB and retails @ $100 in the philippines and you’ll never regret it, believe me!
@Valentin.H, no this phone is for real (mostly_ worldwide, its not sold widely in america for numerous reasons, but it is for real… proof? : http://en.meizu.com/m/m8.html happy babbling!
@Valentin.H, actually this phone is for real, proof? here: http://en.meizu.com/m/m8.html
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