14 DAY TRIAL // MeizuMe, an independent resource for all things Meizu, reveals via a forum post that the CEO of Meizu, Jack Wong, is feeling pressure from Apple. The portable devices company reportedly copied the design of Apple’s iPhone, including the user interface.
Identified as Err0r on the MeizuMe forums, the founder of the service notes that “In recent forum postings, Meizu CEO Jack Wong revealed that the company had been undergoing negotiations with Apple regarding the M9.”
While some of the details surrounding the quarrel are unclear, “Jack feels that Apple's lawyers have been using less than decent negotiation tactics,” the poster reveals.
The CEO also believes that “it is unreasonable for Apple to claim rights to the large touchscreen smartphone form factor, and thereby exclude other manufacturers from using it,” according to the same post.
Jack Wong reportedly continued to argue that “Chinese IP laws were vague and unpredictable, and feared the negotiations would affect future products.”
The CEO believes Meizu could reach a large demographic and help drive China's information revolution forward, whereas Apple is serving the needs of a select few, according to Err0r.
Finally, Wong also reached out to the community for support, as “he [is] having a hard time at the moment with these negotiations.”
A high-tech enterprise specializing in the R&D, manufacturing and marketing of portable multimedia devices, Meizu Technology Co., Ltd. was established in March 2003.
Between then and 2007, the company’s annual production value had reached around 50 million US dollars.
“During this time, Meizu created a name that today is now closely associated with quality and style,” the company’s about-us reads.
“Apart from immense popularity in the domestic market, Meizu products are gradually making their way into homes in major overseas markets such as Europe, US, Korea and Japan.”
Meizu claims that its business strategy is “maintaining international level quality while at the same time to a price reasonable to the Chinese public.”