Meizu's M1 Note is a dirt-cheap iPhone 5c on steroids
魅族的M1 Note是十分便宜（dirt-cheap）的ihone5C增強版
While many Chinese smartphone makers have recently stepped up their efforts in delivering more original designs, we can't say that's the case with Meizu's latest offering. In fact, we already knew the cheeky company was up to something when the Chinese media received an iPhone 5c chassis in their invitations, and now we know why. As you can see above, the plastic M1 Note announced today comes in the shamelessly identical set of colors as the iPhone 5c: green, pink, white, yellow and blue. Starting at just CN¥999 (about $160) unsubsidized, this is Meizu's cheapest Android smartphone yet, as it attempts to compete directly with the likes of Xiaomi and Huawei in the sub-CN¥1,000 entry-level market.
很多的中國智能手機廠商開始在努力生產處更多具有原始創新設計的手機，這就不得不提魅族最新推出的幾款手機。當中國的媒體開始接受iPhone5C的經典設計的時候，魅族已經着手在做一些東西，現在我們知道爲什麼了。正如你說知道，魅族在今天推出了塑料外殼的M1 Note，一個和iPhone5c有着很類似設計風格的手機，有綠色，粉紅色，白色，黃色和藍色，起價爲999人民幣，大概160美元，毫無疑問，這是魅族最便宜的手機，它試圖在低端機千元市場和小米和華爲競爭。
On paper, the M1 Note is surprisingly good value. This dual-SIM phone comes with a 5.5-inch IGZO display with a generous 1080p resolution (whereas Xiaomi's slightly cheaper Redmi Note 4G only has 720p), Gorilla Glass 3, a 13-megapixel f/2.2 main camera with dual-tone flash, a 5-megapixel f/2.0 front-facing camera and a nice 3,140 mAh battery. It's powered by MediaTek's MT6752 chipset with an octa-core (Cortex-A53 1.7GHz x 8), 64-bit ready processor, a Mali T760 MP2 GPU, 2GB of RAM and FDD-LTE radio (TD-LTE also supported for the China versions). Like the higher-end MX4 Pro, the M1 Note runs on Meizu's heavily customized Flyme 4.1 based on Android 4.4.4.
在硬件上，M1 Note是令人驚喜的物美價廉的配置。雙卡雙待，5.5英寸IGZO的1080p分辨路的顯示屏，同比華爲和小米在這個價位的手機的分辨率都是720p，大猩猩三代玻璃，1300萬像素f2.2光圈的後置攝像頭和500萬像素f2.0光圈的前置攝像頭，使用的是MTK6752八核處理器，A53架構，主屏爲1.7G，64位處理器，Mali T760 MP2的GPU，2GB的RAM，FDD和TD的網絡支持，和魅族的旗艦MX4 pro一樣，運行的是魅族最新基於安卓4.4深度定製的Flyme4.1。
What this new model does lack is the fingerprint reader featured on the MX4 Pro, and likewise with the microSD expansion (so you're stuck with the built-in 16GB or 32GB). That said, at this price point, we're certain that most folks won't be complaining too much.
這款手機沒有MX4 pro的指紋識別，不支持存儲卡擴展。但是，在這個價格點，我們已經不能奢求再多了。
Despite its plastic body, the M1 Note is just 8.9mm thick and weighs just 145g. As with most recent Meizu phones, this device also seems to offer better grip comfort than the less-curvy iPhone 5c, and the ceramic finish should make a nice icing on the cake. What's less impressive is Meizu's blatant rip-off of even the tiniest things like the iPhone 5c's microphone plus loudspeaker design on the bottom side. But hey, at least Meizu did openly pay tribute to Jony Ive at last month's MX4 Pro launch event.
儘管是塑料機身，但是M1 Note僅僅8.9毫米和145g重，和所有的魅族手機一樣，這臺自己的手感比弧度較少的iPhone5C要好很多，還有它的揚聲器沒有和iPhone5C一樣放在背部。但是，至少魅族在上次的MX4 pro的發佈會上還是公開對Jony Ive表示了致敬。
Unless Apple does something about this cheekiness, Meizu's "gift to the next generation" is expected to head to the Western market in the second half of January. For now, the company's taking online pre-orders in China ahead of the local launch on December 30th, with the 16GB version going for CN¥999 (about $160) and the 32GB version for CN¥1,199 (about $190).
除非蘋果對這個這個厚臉皮的公司做點什麼東西，不然魅族這個“給下一代的禮物”將會在一月中旬登陸西方市場。現在，魅族在12月30號之前已經開啓了網上預訂，有999人民幣（大概160美元）的16GB版本和1199人民幣（大概190美元）的32GB可選。
個人點評：剛上班看到這篇文章就忍不住給翻譯了一下，只是想發上博客讓更多的人瞭解下外媒是怎麼看到我們的手機的，對於魅族M1的是非我倒不想多說，倒是Engadget的態度值得我們推敲，雖然不能說Engadget代表的所有西方的觀點，但是至少代表着一大部分。首先從措辭上說，標題就來個dirt-cheap，這個詞Engadget是想表達便宜的意思，但是詞語本身是貶義的意思，從大英詞典可以看出，除了十分便宜還有賤如糞土、毫無價值等意思，另外在文章中還多次用cheeky來形容魅族公司，這個詞在Engadget下小米的文章裏面我也多次看到過，cheeky是臉皮厚的意思，但是傾向於“無恥”的表達，Engadget當然是想表達說魅族臉皮厚無恥抄襲蘋果的設計等意思。
應該說我們國產的手機已經擺脫了山寨的帽子，創新性的設計越來越多，vivo和金立把手機做得越來越薄，華爲榮耀6plus創新性得使用平行仿生雙鏡頭設計，雖然核心技術始終把握在上游廠商手裏，但是iPhone何嘗不是呢？不說Engadget戴着有色眼睛看着我們，至少已經越來越關注中國的手機廠商和市場了，這也從側面反映一點designed in china已經不容忽視。
我們已經不是山寨了，徹底擺脫山寨的帽子尚需時日，但不會太久！
