The successor to the Meizu
MX4 from last year has arrived and it has a few new tricks up its sleeves. The
Meizu MX5 was announced today at a special event in Beijing.
The new Meizu phablet is sporting a slightly bigger screen than
its predecessor at 5.5 inches with Full HD resolution. The screen is of the
AMOLED type and is protected by a layer of Corning’s Gorilla Glass 3 panel.
The innards is composed of a MediaTek MT6795 chip (Helio
X10) with a 2.2GHz octa-core processor, a PowerVR G6200 graphics card, 3GB of
LPDDR3 RAM and up to 64GB of built-in storage.
At the back, there’s a 20.7MP camera with dual-color LED
flash, laser-aided focus and an f/2.2 aperture. The rear camera is capable of
capturing 4k video and can shoot 100-fps slow-motion videos at 720p. The front
camera has a 5MP sensor and a brighter f/2.0 aperture enabling users to get
better selfies even in low-light conditions.
Meizu has also installed a fingerprint sensor on the MX5
with an improved software and design over that on the MX4
Pro. According to Meizu, the new mTouch reader on the handset features a
more robust module and incorporates water-proof silicon coating and a solid
screw fixture that should the sensor will last up to 300,000 presses.
On the connectivity department, the device has slots for two
SIM cards (with LTE support for both slots), dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1 and
a slew of sensors including a gravity sensor, an IR sensor, gyroscope, ambient
light sensor and a compass.
Just like other recent China phones, the MX5 features a fast
charging technology called mCharge, which can juice up the phone’s 3150mAh battery
from 0-25% in just 10 minutes.
The Meizu MX5 will be available in three colors – deep grey,
silver and champagne gold for around $290 for the base 16GB version and goes up
to $390 for the top-tier 64GB variant.
