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Exynos version of Meizu Pro 6 in the making ?

Martin FabianMay 8, 2016

Latest Meizu flagship with the Mediatek Helio X25 chipset can be certainly labeled as a disappointment on many fronts and the sales are probably not so stellar either. But there is maybe a light at the end of the tunnel for the brand fans, because seems like the new version of the Meizu Pro 6 is in the making.

With just one screeshot from Weibo the discontent among the fans can be overturned, because it shows the powerful Samsung Exynos 8890 chipset inside the Meizu Pro 6. Such move would only be logical, just as the previous generation Pro 5 ran with the Samsung 7420 processor used also for example in Samsung 6/Edge. So with the same thinking the Meizu Pro 6 would get on par with the latest Samsung S7/Edge and all the Helio X25 experiment could be forgotten.

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Of course until it’s all confirmed we are still in the land of wishful thinking, but personally i believe such information to be very likely true, because it just fits. The Helio X25 equipped version would take the role of the “MX6” and the “real” Pro 6 would run with the Samsung chipset. Some price adjustment would probably be needed too, because it’s too optimistic to expect the same 2499 yuan (384$) price being slapped on the new Meizu Pro 6 version. We will definitely keep an eye on that so stay tuned.

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- - - balcobomber25
      May 8, 2016
      - xi7
        May 8, 2016
        balcobomber25
        May 8, 2016
        I have no issues holding my camera still maybe you got too many cockroaches on your hands.
        xi7
        May 8, 2016
        sorry, but you have envy, can’t take pictures cockroaches with meizu.
        balcobomber25
        May 8, 2016
        You are right I don’t think my Meizu could take pictures that terrible. I don’t even think the broken Elephone in my drawer could take pictures that bad.

balcobomber25
May 8, 2016
I believe about 1 out of ever 20 Meizu leaks, most of them turn out to be false.
- MaxPower
  May 8, 2016
  - balcobomber25
    May 8, 2016
    Most users will never notice the difference between most of that you listed. Those are for phone geeks like us. Also there is the problem of the Exnyos not working on CDMA networks in China, the original reason they didn’t use it. The majority of Meizu’s sales come from China.
    - MaxPower
      May 8, 2016
      Agree with you any differences that won’t be noticeable for the majority of the customers but then why are they making 2 versions?
      And I know you’re going to tell me that this is only a leak, buy then why did they make two different versions using two different SoCs in the past?
      - balcobomber25
        May 8, 2016
        Until this is confirmed by Meizu they aren’t making two versions. We see leaks like this everyday. How many turn out to be true? Just like the UMi Super last week with the SD820. Weibo leaks aren’t the most reliable.
        They haven’t use two different SoC’s on the same model in the past. They have had separate models like the MX4 Pro and Pro 5 which used different SoC’s. Which is what they could do here a Meizu Pro 6 Plus. But it won’t be the same exact Pro 6 with everything the same except the SoC and price.
        
        MaxPower
        May 8, 2016
        I don’t believe they will make a version with Exynos SoC after their PRO 6 with MTK.
        If they do then I don’t know what to say anymore.
        balcobomber25
        May 8, 2016
        From a business standpoint it really wouldn’t make any sense at all. Most people don’t buy a phone because of the SoC, most don’t even know what SoC is in their phone. Unless it is a completely separate model it makes little sense. But Meizu beats to their own drum, so you never know what they will do.
        If I was a betting man I would say this fake and the next Meizu phone will be an MX6 with a Helio P20.
        
        MaxPower
        May 8, 2016
        I think it’s fake too, but we are in China, when it’s about business they have a different…. let’s say “approach”
        They always surprise me!
        May 8, 2016
        Yes, yes they do.
        I was very worried when Vovlo was bought by a Chinese company, but they have actually done excellent job so far.
        
        MaxPower
        May 8, 2016
        They are between the fool with the genius if you know what I mean.
        And lately they are all over the place.
        US big names are going down and they are taking over.
        LeEcho recently bought a piece of land from Yahoo! to make their US headquarters. They might ended up hiring US technicians.
        But people still mock at China and they haven’t figure it out what’s going on yet.
        
        balcobomber25
        May 8, 2016
        People are scared of China, especially in the US. I always love reading the comments on the traditional Android sites about Chinese phones.
        
        erictheking87
        May 9, 2016
        I guess they would make real flagship with exynos, faster ram and rom, proper audio section (ESS DAC/TI amp), microsd slot, bigger screen and maybe even better camera. And they would call it Pro 6+ or something like that.
        Honestly I’d love all the above mentioned upgrades in the same 5.2″ body. I could live even with Pro 6’s present camera. But lack of hi-end audio hardware and microSD slot is just no-go for me – just like size of the phone bigger than 5.2″.
        balcobomber25
        May 9, 2016
        Meizu has never put a Micro SD slot in any of it’s MX or Pro phones so I wouldn’t expect that.
        
        erictheking87
        May 9, 2016
        Pro 5 has got microSD…
        balcobomber25
        May 9, 2016

Wolvie
May 8, 2016
I don’t have any experiences or knowledge about samsung Exynos. But i do know Qualcomm snapdragon brands is much better for selling/marketing compare to samsung. And so far from the benchmark, technically speaking exynos never beat snapdragon performance. I could be wrong btw as i am not expert.
Also i don’t think samsung will sell their SOC cheap like mediatek. So probably samsung exynos got something “better” compare to snapdragon that i don’t know.
And personally speaking, i will not believe about this 2 different kind of SOC inside same Meizu Pro 6.
- balcobomber25
  May 9, 2016
  SoC means very little for selling/marketing. Most phone consumers have no clue what a SoC is let alone which one is inside their phones. Meizu has a good relationship with Samsung and has used many Exnyos SoC’s in their phones in the past.
- Stef
  May 9, 2016
  Apart from Snapdragon 800, every other Qualcom SoC was subpar in CPU performance. Last year they were even worse than Mediatek in sustained performance.
  This year they lose badly to exynos in real time performance, here’s an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=233f0ewFWGk
  Qualcomm is a bad idea as far as perf/$ goes . They make good GPUs and good modems I must admit. Basically that’s one of the reasons that they control the market…
reggie
May 9, 2016