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new wave of phone companies is coming: they are from China, and they
offer their phones at much lower prices than Samsung and Apple, often
with no huge compromises. You've probably already heard about the most
prominent one: Xiaomi, but it's not the only one.
Meizu - a new star rising
Today, we want to focus your attention on Meizu, a brand that has pushed its design efforts and is making genuinely well-crafted and premium products. The latest flagship, the 5.5-inch Meizu MX5, has just gone on sale in China for the equivalent of just $290 off contract (less than half the price of the Apple iPhone 6 Plus), and it boasts a similarly well-designed all-metal body with a fast fingerprint scanner and fast and responsive interface.
It's not the only one,
though: Meizu's current lineup offers phones at various price points,
but they all share one thing in common: a well thought out design, and
an incredible value for the money. Let's take a look at what the fuss is
all about.
Meizu MX5
Price: $290 (å…ƒ1,799)
The
new MX5 is a 5.5-inch 1080p phone that runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop
with Meizu's custom FlyMe user interface on top, and it features a
sturdy, precisely machined slim metal body. It's not just about the good
looks, though: under the hood, there is the new MediaTek Helio X10
system chip, and on the back, a 20-megapixel camera is responsible for
the photographic part of the handset.
Meizu MX5: all the new features
Meizu MX4 Pro
Price: $320 (å…ƒ1,999)
The
Meizu MX4 Pro remains the most expensive handset of the company to day
with a starting price of some $320. With a 5.5-inch form factor, a metal
frame, and a fingerprint scanner, it carries a lot of similarities to
the newer MX5, but one area where it does stand out is support for high
fidelity audio playback thanks to more advanced audio chips. The MX4 Pro
also stands out with its higher, Quad HD resolution (the MX5 comes with
a Full HD display). The phone is powered by the Exynos 5430 system chip
and features 4G LTE connectivity.
Meizu MX4 Pro Review
Meizu MX4
Price: $240 (å…ƒ1,499)
Last
year's Meizu flagship is still an astoundingly well-made device that
runs smoothly and features a very alluring price of just $240. Back in
the day, it brought quite the breakthrough with its amazingly slim bezel
that made it much more comfortable to handle in one hand than other
devices with a similarly big, 5.4-inch display. With a fairly good
20-megapixel camera and the simplistic FlyMe skin, it's still a good
offer.
Meizu MX4 Review
Meizu M2 Note (Blue Charm Note 2)
Price: $130 (å…ƒ799)
The
Meizu Blue Charm Note 2 (aka Meizu M2 Note) is now official. It brings
Android 5.0 Lollipop, a brand new octa-core MT6753 64-bit-compatible
chip, a slightly refreshed visual style, and an even lower price tag
than the original m1 note.
Quite interestingly, rather than having that typical for Meizu round capacitive button below the screen, the M2 Note features a physical key. Contrary to expectations, it does not have a fingerprint scanner built-in, but can still differentiate between a tap and a click: clicking would bring you back to the main screen, while a tap brings you back a step.
Here is a quick run-down of the main specs of the new Meizu M2 Note:
Platform: Android 5 Lollipop with Flyme skin
Dimensions: 150.9 x 75.2 x 8.7mm, weight of 149g
Screen: 5.5-inch Sharp IGZO IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels
System chip: MediaTek MT6753 with 8 Cortex A53 cores running at up to 1.3GHz
RAM: 2GB LPDD3 800MHz
Main camera: 13-megapixel with 5-element f/2.2 lens
Front cam: 5-megapixel with f/2.0 lens
Battery: 3100mAh
Quite interestingly, rather than having that typical for Meizu round capacitive button below the screen, the M2 Note features a physical key. Contrary to expectations, it does not have a fingerprint scanner built-in, but can still differentiate between a tap and a click: clicking would bring you back to the main screen, while a tap brings you back a step.
Here is a quick run-down of the main specs of the new Meizu M2 Note:
Platform: Android 5 Lollipop with Flyme skin
Dimensions: 150.9 x 75.2 x 8.7mm, weight of 149g
Screen: 5.5-inch Sharp IGZO IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels
System chip: MediaTek MT6753 with 8 Cortex A53 cores running at up to 1.3GHz
RAM: 2GB LPDD3 800MHz
Main camera: 13-megapixel with 5-element f/2.2 lens
Front cam: 5-megapixel with f/2.0 lens
Battery: 3100mAh
Meizu M2 Note
Meizu M1 Note (Blue Charm Note 2)
Price: $160 (å…ƒ999)
The
original Meizu M1 Note might be a bit more expensive than the new M2
Note, but it features a bit more powerful specs: the M2 Note features
the Mali-T720 MP3 edition running at up to 450MHz (an 8-cluster GPU by
ARM), while the original M1 Note features the Mali-T760, a 16-cluster
graphics chip with a maximum clock speed of 700MHz and much higher
performance capabilities. The CPU on the M2 Note is also clocked at up
to 1.3GHz, while the original M1 Note could reach 1.7GHz. Another subtle
change is in the ISP that is also cut to support only 3Gbps of
bandwidth, compared with 4Gbps ISP in the original.
Meizu Blue Charm Note (M1 Note)
Meizu Blue Charm (Meizu M1)
Price: $120 (å…ƒ750)
The
Meizu Blue Charm is Meizu's smaller-screen device: with a 5-inch
display with a resolution of 768 x 1280 pixels, the MediaTek MT6732
system chip, 1GB of RAM, and a 13-megapixel camera, it's a decent
combination of specs. Where it stands out is the typically great Meizu
design and the fairly smooth FlyMe user interface.
Meizu Blue Charm
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