Meizu decided its MX-series of phones wasn’t high-end enough, which is why the new PRO-series came into being a few weeks back. There’s only a PRO 5 for now, but as we recently reported, there will be a PRO 5 Mini in the future also.
Meizu VP Li Nan has gone on record to acknowledge the existence of a such a device, and has also commented on the timeline as to when the PRO 5 Mini can be expected.
The PRO 5 Mini, as the name suggests, is simply, a mini version of the rather large PRO 5 (it has a 5.7-inch screen). As for the specifications, it’s believed to have a MediaTek MT6797 (aka Helio X20) deca-core processor at its disposal with either 3GB or 4GB of RAM along with a 4.7-inch screen with an FHD resolution.
Meizu have always liked having high-end media features on their phones, which is why the PRO 5 Mini is purported to have a 21 mega-pixel camera. Details besides these are scarce for now.
Coming back to Li Nan’s comments, he said that the PRO 5 Mini will come in the first half of 2016, which isn’t all that far from now.
Are you going to hold out for this mini flagship phone?
It’s been very good with MX5. No software issues at all and have had 6 updates since July, basically 2 a month.
I like the way you say the release ‘it isn’t that far from now’, the first half of next year means anytime up to June, that implies the release will be in the next 7 months, that’s hardly soon! It looks like all helio x20 phones have the same release date, which is a shame as I was hoping for something this side of xmas.
actually I was curious about that, because the article here just characterizes the claim, he doesn’t provide an actual quote or src link. The VP might have said “January 1st” or “June 30th” for all we know.
It’s been very good with MX5. No software issues at all and have had 6 updates since July, basically 2 a month.
Unfortunately i have m1 note 🙁
In 6 months, i got 2 updatest really sucks 🙁