Nowadays Apple’s product is still the center of attention even if two weeks have passed since its unveiling at the MacWorld event. First everybody was thinking the product will be a hit when watching Steve Jobs presenting it on stage. But, let’s face it Apple’s mastermind could make everything look great so the skeptics started saying that the iPhone wasn’t as good as it was first thought. Then came the iPhone brand issue, problem that people were willing to overlook at first but it was followed by other important issues like the size of the screen, the inability to install 3rd party applications and the overpricing of the device when compared with the manufacturing price.

After some time, new rumors started saying Apple’s was not the first company to think of a touchscreen phone, by first finding similarities with the Onyx Concept and then continued with the LG Prada , another long awaited product. After unveiling there phone, LG representatives thought of suing Apple over the many similarities between the design of the two new mobile phones and now a new rumor rise today of a copycat of the iPhone (or the Prada phone- I’ll let the lawyers decide), the M8 by Meizu (the device in the picture).

For now the features I will present are not confirmed, but knowing this kind of rumors have became true in the past we might have an improved iPhone brought by Meizu even before June. According to the rumor the M8 design and UI are copying the iPhone but the hardware is slightly different (read it better) having a 3 MP digital camera, 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth wireless connectivity and a TV out port. If we consider the iPhone has no 3G and its camera is only 2 MP we can say the M8 is the better product. Yet we can’t estimate the result of a court battle as the winner might be decided in there if Apple will manage to block the Meizu product from reaching the customers.

Actually at first I intended to write only about the M8 rumored phone, but thinking of the iPhone I realized a lot has happened regarding this little device since it’s announcement earlier this very month and the media coverage focused on a single product seems unprecedented. Even if at first the majority of articles had a positive tone, in time authors’ attitude started shifting to the negative aspects of the device, as further details started to appear.

I know many people think there is no bad publicity, but seriously, look at the PS3 and how press turned a decent piece of hardware into a failure due to bad publicity. Apple will seriously have to bring something new to the iPhone by the time it will be available for customers as there is some dissatisfaction regarding the much anticipated device and the brand might not be enough for a sure success.

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