Meizu, another Chinese based smartphone and consumer electronics manufacturer has announced their latest high-end flagship smartphone in the company's homeland named as the new, Meizu MX4. Alike what the folks from China did the past year with their predecessor handset, the Meizu MX3, this time around too they've announced the smartphone just a day ahead of the International Franchise Association (IFA) trade show, to kick-off from Berlin, Germany. And if you guys remember, Meizu was one of those first mobile manufacturers to hold the record of announcing their phone with 128 gigabytes of built-in ROM storage option, the previous year.
So, talking about the newly unveiled smartphone from Meizu, the handset's outer body or the shell is made out of aluminum-magnesium alloy, which weighs only around 147 grams in hands. The thickness of the whole phone is also a main part of attraction, now marking it's dimensions only at 144 x 75.2 x 8.9 millimeters thick. Meizu MX4 will be coming in a number of color option to select from, which includes shades from White, Gold to Gray tint options. The phone will start it's pre-orders in China, starting today and will be available to customers by the dates of 20th September, which will set you back for 1799 Chinese Yuan, approximately 292 United States Dollars for the 16 GB model, 1999 Chinese Yuan ($323) for the 32 gigs version and 2399 Chinese Yuan ($390) for the 64 GB variant, respectively. The phone will also be available from the Chinese online retailer, oppomart for a price of 299 USD, which is unfortunately listed as "Out of stock" at the moment. You can also book you order here, officially from the company's website.
When we come to the internal specifications of the new Meizu made smartphone, we will see a, "A larger display. A better-performing processor. Increased battery-life. Faster data connectivity. Class-leading screen-to-body ratio.A thinner, lighter design.", as mentioned by the firm. Indeed, the phone will come sporting the new Octa-Core MediaTek MT6595 processor clocked at 2.2GHz, that is powered by four Cortex-A17 cores and four Cortex-A7 cores. There is also an advanced PowerVR G600 Graphics Processing Unit and introduces the new Smart CorePilot technology, that helps you switch tasks from core to core, offering you with as high as 87% improvement in performance and 30 percent increase in battery life, which is doubled from their previous model, Meizu MX3.
The screen is an advanced 5.36-inches Full High Definition Plus display of 1920 x 1152 resolution pixels, marked at 418 pixels-per-inch made in eight months and research with Sharp and JDI, where 15:9 aspect of the screen uses the new Nega Liquid Crystal technology and LED backlight module, with 1100:1 contrast ratio, 500cd/m2 New LED backlight and lastly 85% of NTSC Color gamut. The screen even features Touch on Lens or TOL attributes.
MX4 will come out of the box in 16, 32 and 64 gigabytes of internal storage options, coupled by a two gigabytes of LPDDR3 Random Access Memory. Other piece of desirability on the new Meizu is it's enhanced camera, a 20.7 megapixels primary shooter on the back, consisting of Sony's Exmor IMX220 RS sensor, also offered with decent DSLR features embracing, 0.3-second shutter speed, a 25 photo-per-second burst mode, Super high SIO light sensitivity, 100 frames-per-second video shooting and dual-tome LED flash lights for better low light photographs. The camera also enables Ultra High Definition 4K video capturing at 30 frames-per-second. On the front, there is a two megapixels, secondary snapper, with Sony's IMX208 sensor. For connectivity, the smartphone ships unlocked with GSM, WCDMA (HSUPA, HSDPA) and 4G LTE FDD network support over the hood, with 5 type network across 13 different frequency bands, six times faster 150Mbps download speeds and 802.11ac WiFi modem with up to 433Mbps wireless speeds. There are other major connection highlights along with a 3,100mAh powered battery and running Flyme 4.0 based Android's 4.4 KitKat, bringing more than 1000 customized application icons, 100 notification icons and well over 500 popular domain icons.
Source: Android Headlines, oppomart, Meizu