Meizu has announced Blue Charm Note, the company’s latest smartphone under new Blue Charm sub brand. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by a 1.7GHz 64-bit Octa-Core MediaTek processor with eight Cortex-A53 64-bit CPUs with Mali-T760 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 KitKat with Flyme OS 4 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with Samsung sensor and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 69-degree wide viewing angle.
It has 2G RAM, comes in 16GB or 32GB variants and has dual SIM support that is designed in a single SIM tray on the side. It has polycarbonate body and magnesium alloy panel.
Meizu Blue Charm Note specifications
- 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display from Sharp / AUO with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- 1.7GHz Octa-Core 64-bit MediaTek MT6752 processor with 600MHz Mali-T760 MP2 GPU
- 2GB DDR3 RAM, 16GB / 32GB internal memory
- Dual SIM
- Flyme OS 4 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat)
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, 5P lenses, Samsung sensor, f/2.2 aperture
- 5MP front-facing camera, OmniVision 5670 sensor, 4P lenses, f/2.0 aperture, 69-degree wide viewing angle
- Dimensions: 150.7×75.2 x8.9mm; Weight: 145g
- 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (dual band), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- 3140mAh battery
The Meizu Blue Charm Note comes in Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow and White and is priced at 999 yuan (US$ 160 / Rs. 10,180 approx.) for the 16GB variant. The 32GB variant costs 1199 yuan ( US$190 / Rs. 12,225 approx.). It will be available for pre-order in China later today and would go on sale on 30th December.
[Update: It is know as M1 Note for the global market.]