Meizu finally announced the much talked about PRO lineup of phones earlier today. As expected, the series will consist of high-end phones from the Chinese phone maker.
Meizu’s next-in-line, the PRO 5 also gets a launch date; the phone will launch 25th September, which is about two weeks from now. Rumours point to two versions of the Meizu PRO 5; one powered with the Samsung Exynos 7420 (i.e., the chip that sails the boat for the S6 and S6 edge) along with another deca-core MediaTek MT6797 powered one.
Meizu’s Li Nan is known to be vocal, a bit too much sometimes. The company exec didn’t mince words today when he commented on the PRO series launch.
“A lot of consumer high-end smartphone OEM’s are blindly following the trend, rather than to really solve the fundamental problems. Many of the domestic flagship devices are using Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, but the user experience sucks, consumers are often being fooled, sadly, no one in the industry is ready to tell the truth, but Meizu hopes that by publishing this sub-brand ‘PRO’ they change this status” he said.
The PRO 5 has suffered innumerable leaks now. A 5.5-inch 1080p display (because Meizu thinks 2K is illogical), 21 mega-pixel rear camera, and 3/4GB RAM options are what we expect to see on the new PRO 5 phones.
The current-gen MX5 is a fairly impressive phone, especially when you take into consideration the starting price of 1799 Yuan. The PRO 5 series will, however, be more expensive with reports suggesting a starting price of 3000 Yuan.
So its basically an MX5 with a faster chip for a lot more money. Not sure I get the point of this phone at all.
they did in the past too.
the MX4 PRO was discontinued while the mediatek version is still on sale (Ubuntu version).
so yes, i don’t get the point either.
At least the PRO had a 2k screen and fingerprint scanner which differentiated it. This just has a new SoC, the X10 isn’t as powerful as Sammies, but for 99% of the people looking at these phones it is more than powerful enough.
this is a leak of their Pro model
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/97f439ff94cf09f4871f715c49858fb469245c15f3d82d08c74cffb6557857d2.jpg
I’ll take one of each!
With an dedicated DAC chip of course. Because MX5 is lack of dedicated audio chipset.
The audio in the MX5 is good, it’s not on Vivo level but its not horrible either.
oneplus2 not have good audio and cant make 60fps 1080p shame performance, but mX5 can make 60fps ?
no clue don’t use it for that.
but MX5 is not for audiophile, not like MX4 pro or MX3.
Yea but audophiles make up a very very small percentage of smartphone buyers. For most people that look at phones it doesn’t even register as one of their top needs.
MX4 Pro had dreadful Audio for an ‘audio centric’ device.
Same old boring stuff from them…
Even when they try a new idea, they manage to screw it…
Looks like an other person s idea to use Samsung soc but badly executed
Definitely needs a 8MP+ front camera.
The 5mp on the MX5 is better than 8+mp front sensors on many other phones I have used. Especially since it has a 2.0 aperture. 5mp is plenty for selfies, what is needed is better front optics.
Man we aren’t talking about vastly different branded components, many are the same series but a higher model with better resolution and features. Example Sony.
A Sony IMX 168 (5 MP) and a Sony IMX 179 (8 MP) won’t give you the major difference you seem to think. Especially on a front facing camera. On a front facing camera the aperture is much more important because of the lack of flash and the optics not being that big to begin with. More light will do a lot more than more MP’s. MP’s are a very very small part of great photos.
You’re making it sound like these component manufactures never need to release another camera matrix. Man just go for the best next release.
These component manufacturers need to spend less time with MP’s, which at this point are mostly advertising. Sensor sizes will have a much greater impact on your photos than 3 more MP’s.
I’m more interested in MP than colour trickery.
Colour trickery?? You have so little clue of what your talking about.
Looks like the Pro http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/compare/3418655?baseline=3413853
thumb up to Meizu to bring Samsung SoC to this market, the more choices the better it is.
Thus their boss omit an important aspect:
Software!
i agree with him when he mentions how user experience sucks with a specific hardware
but that’s the same with software as well.
not a surprise since their software has been object of complaints (same about TW) and the lack of documentation with a locked bootloader does the rest.
that’s one reason why some people, especially in the west, prefers a crippled snapdragon with the possibility of putting their fav software, rather than having the best hardware loaded of gimmick.
you guys sell internationally, no excuses here, unlock the bootloader, release documentation and let people have the user experience they want otherwise you are simply a cheaper version of Samsung, nothing more.
finally someone who tells it like it is thank you.
After using a Meizu for about 2 months now my biggest complaint is with the software. If you can’t read Chinese you most of Flyme is useless to you, including the customization options. I use Nova Launcher anyways so it’s not much of a bother to me, but the average user would be completely lost trying to use it. It’s a shame to because other than that (and lack of bands) it is a great phone.
it is indeed retarded especially if you consider that they sell internationally.
it happens with MIUI too, when you try their online services.
Chinese only!
Yea that was the one thing I was hoping Meizu would do better than Xiaomi. But its even worse than on MIUI. The only three complaints I have with the MX5:
1. Language
2. Center button feels very cheap, feels like its going to come loose at any moment. It always works flawlessly though.
3. I’m back in the US now so I am stuck with only 3G. It’s not bad in Boston, I get very good speeds. But when I am outside the city it can be a pain.
I’m not a fan of the button in general. my wish would be a phone completely without the lower bezel with some on-screen buttons.
i prefer the fingerprint scanner on the back.
I’m starting getting tight with 3G too, I’m paying for a service that I’m not getting.
I’m going to abandon Chinese phones until they provide LTE for the US too.
trying to drag my MI4(broken 1 month ago, replaced the screen but now i have few dead pixels) till winter and probably get the new Nexus or Moto.
I like a physical button and some bezels. Just not a fan of this one. Although I do love its multiple uses from fingeprint to home to back button all in one.
my next phone has to have the fingerprint scanner and nfc.
I want the Google Pay feature.
nothing pro….. i cant see.
yeah… NOT interested in a bank breaking phone!