Based on the information disclosed by the designer and Huang Zhang’s speech on the forum, we can basically draw a conclusion: the research and development cycle of Meizu M8 overlaps with that of iPhone, and there is no possibility of direct plagiarism or copycat, but after all The M8 was released more than a year later than the iPhone (iPhone in September 2007, M8 in November 2008). The M8 received a lot of inspiration and influence from the iPhone in the later stages of its development, such as changing the design of the three primary keys. for one. I personally think that the M8’s reference to the iPhone lies more in the UE and UI aspects of the system. For example, the M8’s initially talked-about slide-to-delete text messages and other designs are original to iOS and even hold patents.
Of course, if the M8 is defined as a copycat of the iPhone, and if the copycat is defined as a poorly made product costing two to three hundred dollars, then Meizu is indeed being unfairly accused. In terms of hardware, although Meizu does not have as strong a supply chain management capability as Apple, it does not hesitate to spend money on hardware procurement. Interested friends can check out the disassembly evaluation of any Meizu product. The screens of several generations of mobile phones are all customized. , never use public model products, etc.; from a software perspective, as mentioned above, Meizu M8’s customization of WinCE imitates many elements of iOS, and even copies them in many places.