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We just brought you news about the M8 (miniOne) being available through wholesale suppliers. Mere hours later, other leads on the M8’s availability have been popping up. One such lead goes straight to an online retail site, Elite-Electronix, is selling on a pre-order basis a 4GB M8 phone unlocked for $299.95. The specs given on site generally matched those given by the suppliers except for the inclusion of a VGA camera in front for video conferencing and additional 3G and even 3.5G connectivity in a future date. Elite Electronix must be in direct contact with Meizu execs as we haven’t heard fom CEO Jack Wong himself about 3G or 3.5G. A 2/ 4-year protection plan from Elite Electronix can be purchased separately for the M8. The site also says the Meizu will ship March 2008.

Meanwhile at the Meizume forum, a poster said he had it on good authority that Verizon willbe offering the M8 soon to U.S. customers. The poster went to a Verizon store asking about a Meizu M8phone and was rewarded by a suggestive reply. Verizon execs had a meeting wherein such a phone and that it will be indeed available thru Verizon.

For further details and future reference go to the links provided below:

elite-lectronix via gizmodo
meizume forum
Engadget reports on M8 availability. In short: not available yet, probably.