Meizu PRO 6 shows off its design in new slides

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A few days ago, we got confirmation that the upcoming Meizu PRO 6 smartphone will be powered by the new MediaTek Helio X25 Deca-Core processor. Now, the design of the smartphone as been revealed in leaked presentation slides.

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Meizu PRO 6 will exclusively be powered by 10-Core Helio X25 SoC

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MediaTek today officially introduced its Deca-Core Helio X20 processor at an event in China. At the event Meizu CEO, Yongxiang BAI and MediaTek Vice President & Co-COO, Jeffrey Ju confirmed that the upcoming flagship Meizu PRO 6 smartphone will be exclusively powered by a Deca-Core Helio X25 processor. The smartphone was earlier rumored to be powered by Samsung Exynos 8870 SoC. Continue reading “Meizu PRO 6 will exclusively be powered by 10-Core Helio X25 SoC”

Meizu m2 now available from Flipkart in India for Rs. 6999

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Meizu launched its budget m2 smartphone and the successor of m1 in India, back in October last year, exclusively on Snapdeal, today the company has launched the smartphone on Flipkart. It was announced back in July last year, packs a 5-inch HD screen with a screen-to-body ratio of 75.6%, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core 64-bit MediaTek processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with FlyMe OS 4.5, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Meizu m2 now available from Flipkart in India for Rs. 6999”

Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition with 5.7-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 21.6 MP camera announced

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Canonical has partnered with Meizu to introduce Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition, ahead of MWC 2016 next week. “This is the fifth Ubuntu device launched by Canonical and its partners in the last twelve months and the most sophisticated and feature-rich Ubuntu phone in the market,” said Canonical. It has similar specifications as the original Meizu PRO 5 that was introduced last year, but this comes only in 3GB RAM with 32GB storage variant. Continue reading “Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition with 5.7-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM, 21.6 MP camera announced”

Meizu MX5 Flyme OS 5.1.3 update starts rolling out in India

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Meizu launched the MX5 smartphone running Flyme OS 4.5 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) in India back in August last year, priced at Rs. 19,999. Today the company has released Flyme OS 5.1.3 stable update based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) for the Indian users finally. The Flyme OS 5.0.0.1A stable update for the Chinese users was released in October last year. Continue reading “Meizu MX5 Flyme OS 5.1.3 update starts rolling out in India”

US Mobile brings Xiaomi and Meizu phones in the US without LTE support

Xiaomi and Meizu, two popular Chinese smartphone brands are entering the US market. Both the companies have partnered with US Mobile to bring some of their devices to the country. US Mobile is a prepaid carrier that uses T-Mobile’s network for service.

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Meizu MX6 said to be powered by 10-Core Helio X20 processor

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Meizu introduced the company’s flagship MX5 smartphone with metal body and an Octa-Core Helio X10 processor back in June last year. According to AnTuTu, the successor of the smartphone, MX6 might come with a Deca-Core MediaTek Helio X20 (MT6797) processor. MediaTek annouced the Helio X20 processor as the world’s first SoC with 10 cores and a tri-cluster CPU design back in May last year. Continue reading “Meizu MX6 said to be powered by 10-Core Helio X20 processor”

Meizu PRO 6 rumored to be powered by upcoming Samsung Exynos 8870 Octa processor

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Samsung is rumored to be working on Exynos 8870, a cheaper variant of its Exynos 8 Octa 8890 14nm processor with custom CPU cores and Mali–T880 MP12 GPU. According a weibo user this processor will use the same custom designed CPU cores based on 64-bit ARMv8 architecture, but the maximum clock speed will be slightly reduced compared to the 8890. Continue reading “Meizu PRO 6 rumored to be powered by upcoming Samsung Exynos 8870 Octa processor”

Meizu m2 Review

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Ever since Meizu started operations in India, they’ve fast become a player to watch out for. While a significant market share still eludes the brand, they certainly have managed to carve out a niche for themselves by offering fantastic quality and overall experience. Indeed, the small but vocal fan following echoes exactly what we found out in our reviews. Meizu makes good phones that balance specifications versus price surprisingly well. With the launch of the Meizu m2, we really wanted to see if the company could continue it’s streak. Here’s the FoneArena review of the Meizu m2 and let’s take a look at how it fares. Continue reading “Meizu m2 Review”

Meizu MX5 Flyme OS 5.0 update starts rolling out

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Meizu introduced the MX5 smartphone running Flyme OS 4.5 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) in China back in June. It was launched in India in August priced at Rs. 19,999. Now the company has started rolling out the Flyme OS 5.0.0.1A stable update based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) for the Chinese users. Continue reading “Meizu MX5 Flyme OS 5.0 update starts rolling out”

Meizu Blue Charm Metal with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Helio X10 SoC, YunOS announced

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Meizu has announced the Blue Charm Metal, the company’s first smartphone that runs on Alibaba’s YunOS with Flyme UI on top. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with 2.5D curved glass, is powered by a 2 GHz octa-core MediaTek Helio X10 processor, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual tone LED flash and phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) that promises 0.2 seconds focus. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. As the name indicates, it has a unibody custom metal alloy build. Continue reading “Meizu Blue Charm Metal with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Helio X10 SoC, YunOS announced”

Meizu smartwatch leaks in images, could be announced on October 21

It looks like Meizu is gearing up for its foray in to the wearables market with an own smartwatch. A unnamed smartwatch from the company has surfaced in leaked images.

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New Meizu Blue Charm Metal phablet appears online – Announcement set for October 21st

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Meizu is set to announce a new phablet on the 21st of October. It will be a part of the affordable Blue Charm series of smartphone but will come with a premium metal design.

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