The smartphone Meizu M1 Note with Full HD 5,5-inch screen and a 64-bit 8-core emphasis is placed not only on the bright colorful design, but also a modern filling machine, and at a very attractive price. All the pros and cons of youth trends figured out Vesti.Hi-tech.
It seems that after the autumn announcement of the smartphone Meizu MX4 and Meizu MX4 Pro, no ads before the year is no longer in sight. However, in December, the company held another presentation, which introduced another new product, already the third year. Model, opening a new family of smartphones Meizu – M1 Note first of all positioned on the youth audience. At this time the developers have packed in a bright color body pretty productive stuffing, trying not to break with the attractiveness of the device cost. Looking at the colorful exterior, good specifications and sane price tag seems they succeeded. All the details below.
Specifications
- Model: M1 Note (M463)
- OS: Android 4.4.4 with a shell Flyme OS 4.2
- Processor: 64-bit MediaTek MT6752, architecture ARMv8, 8 cores ARM Cortex-A53 1,7 GHz
- Graphics Coprocessor: ARM Mali-T760 MP2 (700 MHz)
- RAM: 2 GB
- Data Memory: 16/32 GB
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n (2,4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 (LE), microUSB (USB 2.0) for charging / synchronization, USB-OTG, 3,5 mm Headphone
- Screen: capacitive touch, Sharp / AU Optronics, matrix Sharp IGZO, GFF (full lamination), the diagonal of 5.5 inches, the resolution of 1920×1080 pixels, pixel density per inch 401 ppi, brightness of 450 cd / sq. m, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Cameras: Home – 13 MP, Samsung S5K3L2, sensor type 1 / 3.06-inch, 5-element lens, aperture of f / 2.2, autofocus, dual two-color flash, video, 1080p @ 30fps, 4x digital zoom, a protective glass, IR cut filter; front – 5 MP, OmniVision OV5670, 4-element lens, aperture f / 2.0, shooting angle 69 degrees
- Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE (900/1800 MHz), WCDMA / HSPA + (900/2100 MHz), LTE (Cat. 4, b1 / b3 / b38 / b41)
- SIM-card: microSIM (format 3FF)
- The number of SIM-cards: 2
- Navigation: GPS / GLONASS, A-GPS
- Sensors: gyroscope, compass, Hall sensor, accelerometer, light sensor and proximity (infrared)
- Battery: removable, Li-Ion 3140 mAh (11.93 Wh, 3.8 V)
- Colors: white, blue, yellow, green, pink
- Dimensions: mm 150,7h75,2,0h8,9
- Weight: 145 grams
Design and Ergonomics
The new smartphone with a bright appearance kept the recognizable shape of the case the previous devices Meizu. In this case, the frame is used for its durable magnesium alloy, giving the whole structure the necessary rigidity and design unibody (rear panel covers the ends and side edges) combined with brightly colored plastic.
However, it seems that the main source of inspiration for the M1 Note was “budget” iPhone 5c. This is indicated not only the above mentioned unibody-design and glossy polycarbonate, but also the shape and location of the control buttons, grids “multimedia” and “conversational” speakers, dual flash, and even two-tone color options Corps (white, blue, yellow, green, pink ).
No weight or thickness M1 Note (145 g, 8.9 mm) does not claim to leadership among its 5.5-inch “classmates”, where a special grace and harmony stands out, perhaps, “metalhead” Samsung Galaxy A7 (141 g, 6.3 mm), but not so already, such as the Lenovo Vibe Z (145 g, 7.9 mm) or Huawei Honor 6 Plus (165 g, 7.5 mm).
The whole front surface M1 Note, including the screen is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass glass 3, onto which a oleophobic coating.
Above the display, which occupies about 73% of the total, are located grille “conversational” speaker, light sensor and proximity, as well as the front camera lens. The side frame on the right and left of the screen are traditionally narrow, so the body width M1 Note (75 mm) is not too large. For comparison, this parameter in “classmates”: Lenovo Vibe Z – 77 mm, Huawei Honor 6 Plus – 75,6 mm, Samsung Galaxy A7 – 76,2 mm.
Below the display, as usual, is familiar from other smartphones Meizu, round multifunction button “Home “also serve as an indicator of events. Recall that in contrast to the “style icons” touch this button, rather than mechanical.
On the left edge instead of the volume rocker placed two separate buttons, like the iPhone (one for increasing and one for decreasing).
The right edge of the slot occupied indoor dual tray for two subscriber identity modules format microSIM. To open the lock will require a special key-clip.
The power button / lock together with a hole for a second microphone (for noise reduction) and a 3.5-mm jack for audiogarnitury carried on the upper end.
At the lower end of the body took place under the” conversational “microphone, microUSB connector for charging and PC connection, as well as grating ring, “multimedia” speakers (four round holes).
On the “form of the back” at M1 Note – holes for the main camera lens and dual LED flash two-tone.
There is also emblazoned with the logo of the manufacturer explanatory inscription Designed by Meizu Made in China.
Based on the diagonal of the screen (5.5 inches) M1 Note is, Essentially, a full planshetofonom. However, he does not look too bulky though to use such device with one hand, not all may seem convenient. However, as practice shows, get used to the peculiarities of treatment with smartphones Meizu pretty easy.
However, the glossy polycarbonate body feels pretty slippery and it seems that at every opportunity the device could slip out of hands. But the build quality and materials M1 Note does not cause problems.
screen, camera, sound
In contrast to the models MX4 and MX4 Pro received a new smartphone screen with a diagonal of 5.5 inches, but the traditional resolution of 1920×1080 pixels (Full HD) and “widescreen” aspect ratio of 16: 9. The density of pixels per inch in this case is theoretically 400,5 ppi (in performance – 403 ppi). As the manufacturer of the display contains the Japanese company Sharp and Taiwanese AU Optronics. As you know, these leading manufacturers of LCD panels in the world after long litigation entered into cross-licensing agreements, allowing the application of three-dimensional patent “portfolio” of each other. Thus, in the IPS-matrix technology is used Sharp IGZO (Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide – Indium gallium zinc oxide), wherein said material having a higher conductivity replaces silicon thin film transistor (TFT), serving for the control points of the LCD panel. Ultimately, this enables a higher density of pixels in combination with low power consumption. Another technology – Panel Self Refresh (PSR) is designed to increase the energy efficiency of the display through the organization of the frame buffer. The screen should be noted a good contrast, color saturation, and, of course, wide viewing angles.
The stated brightness is 450 cd / sq. m, while the level of uniform illumination (with a large margin of the minimum) can be set either manually or rely on the testimony of the light sensor, which performed its automatic adjustment (option “Auto”). Multitouch technology can handle up to ten simultaneous keystrokes on a capacitive screen, which is confirmed by the results of programs and AntTuTu Tester MultiTouch Test. This opens the way for recognition of multi-point gestures.
According to the manufacturer, thanks to technology full lamination GFF (Glass-to-Film-to-Film), which is a budget option OGS (One Glass Solution), manages to achieve good anti-reflection properties and reduce the effect of reflection of 75%. With minor contamination of the screen, including fat fingerprints allows you to fight an oleophobic coating on the protective glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
The new smartphone, as usual, equipped with two PV modules. In this case, the main camera was a 13-megapixel BSI-sensor (Samsung S5K3L2, Type 1 / 3.06 “), as well as two-color dual LED flash. The linear pixel size of 1.12 microns. The camera lens with a 5-lens optics and aperture f / 2.2 Corilla Glass closed glass 3, and the matrix is used near-infrared filter frequency range. Supports 4x digital zoom and panorama shooting (300 degrees). The maximum resolution of the pictures is 4192h3104 point (13 MP) at a ratio of 4: 3. Examples of photo can be seen here (Dropbox).
At the front camera of 5 megapixel sensor (OmniVision OV5670 Pure Cel, type 1/5 “) with a size of 1.12 microns point. This photo module is equipped with a wide-angle (69 degrees) 4-lens lens with aperture f / 2.0, as well as IR filter. Autofocus and flash is not available. The maximum size of a picture in the classical aspect ratio (4: 3) – 2576h1936 points (5 MP). Both cameras are able to record video as Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) at a frame rate of 30 fps, thus, the content is stored in the container file MP4 (AVC – video, AAC – sound).
The application interface “Camera” is familiar from previous smartphones – Meizu MX4 and Meizu MX4 Pro. However, in the set of modes (“Auto”, “Manual”, “Portrait”, “Panorama”, “Change focus”, “Scanner”, “Slow Motion”), which is convenient to change the horizontal swipe, somehow excluded “Night “and” Macro “. Otherwise, the opportunities for setting up camera and video settings are preserved, including various filters and options to edit the Self.
As already noted,” multimedia “speaker is traditionally placed on the bottom of the housing. The sound may not be as loud as his musical colleague Meizu MX4 Pro, but also quite clean. Standard tools allow your smartphone to listen to audio files with APE and FLAC, by codecs for audio data compression without loss of quality. After connecting audiogarnitury has a 5-band equalizer with presets and manual adjustment, as well as better sound technology Dirac HD Sound Headphone with profiles of different types. FM-tuner function of the machine is missing.
The ability to record phone conversations is a useful option smartphone Meizu. And M1 Note this is not an exception, since it is also a full-time function. Settings allow you to assign automatic recording of all calls or only conversations with your contacts.
Filling performance
When choosing a hardware platform as in the model MX4, developers once again turned to the company’s products MediaTek, this time focusing on the 8-core processor MT6752, one of the “chips” which is the built-LTE-modem.
In addition to the 64-bit processor core ARM Cortex-A53 (1,7 GHz ) and multi-mode 4G-modem, this chip made in compliance with the design rule 28 nm architecture ARMv8-A, are also integrated: accelerator ARM Mali-T760 MP2 (700 MHz) with two execution units (support API Open GL ES 3.0 and Open CL 1.2), Wi-Fi modules and Bluetooth, single-channel memory controller, etc. Note that on board M1 Note has 2 GB of RAM.
The company MediaTek has positioned its platform primarily for top-level smartphones in the middle class. In this segment MT6752 serves as a direct competitor of the first 64-bit 8-core chip Qualcomm Snapdragon 615. In this case, it is argued that the performance of chips from MediaTek is 50% higher.
Of synthetic tests AnTuTu Benchmark follows that M1 Note smartphone is only slightly outperformed last year’s flagship Samsung Galaxy S5. Besides, honestly earned 39,436 “virtual parrot,” he was ahead of his “fellow countryman” – Xiaomi MI3.
On Vellamo benchmark success was changeable – on multi-core tests (Multicore) M1 Note was ahead of Samsung Galaxy S5, but the measurement of” horsepower “to the processor tests (Metal) he has conceded, behind even the “benchmark” Google Nexus 5.
With variable settings High Performance and High Quality (performance at the expense of quality and vice versa) on the visual test Epic Citadel average frame rate at a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels was – 54.3 and 51.4 fps, respectively. But that’s when you change settings on Ultra High Quality this parameter has decreased almost doubled to 25,6 fps.
A good result M1 Note4 shown on the universal gaming benchmarks 3DMark (recommended tests Ice Storm Unlimited). Although the family has a gaming smartphone Meizu, filling capacity of the test apparatus is enough to run, including “heavy” applications, such as, Asphalt 8: On the rise.
Of the 16 GB of internal memory stated in the test model okolo11,9 GB available and free – 11.5 GB. Unfortunately, its expansion slot for microSD cards in the new smartphone, as well as in previous models Meizu, is not provided. For this reason, in some cases, pay attention to the model M1 Note with 32 GB of memory. With the support of technology USB-OTG, to M1 Pro with a special cable (not included) is easy to connect, such as a USB flash drive or an external drive.
A set of wireless communications in the new smartphone includes a 2-band Wi-Fi module 802.11 a / b / g / n (2,4 and 5 GHz) and Bluetooth 4.0 (LE). Furthermore, one radio channel unit when two microSIM-cards (format 3FF) operates with them in Dual SIM Dual Standby, in other words, both the SIM-card active, but when one is busy, and other available. Note that M1 Note – this is the first smartphone Meizu with two SIM-cards. Moreover, one of the subscriber identification module (tray SIM1) in the networks 2G / 3G / 4G, and the other (the tray SIM2) – only 2G. As for networks LTE, before buying a smartphone should inquire with your mobile operator for support of one of the bands – b1, b3, b38 and b41. For example, in the Moscow region, MTS uses, including, and b38 (LTE-TDD, 2570-2620 MHz). Unfortunately, the device is not able to work with well-developed in the Russian Band b7 and b20.
To determine the location and navigation is provided in the smartphone and GPS-receiver mode support A-GPS. This is confirmed by the testimony of the test program AndroiTS GPS Test.
Note Model M1 equipped quite capacious lithium-ion battery capacity of 3140 mAh (11.93 Wh, 3.8 V). Based on published information, typically for this unit uses batteries made by Sony or ATL (Ampered Technology Limited).
On battery test AnTuTu Tester 2.5 new smartphone earned 6,239 points. Recall that Meizu MX4 (3100 mAh) and Meizu MX4 Pro (3350 mAh) gathered here “harvest” in 6182 and 6812 points, respectively. According to the manufacturer, on a single battery charge M1 Note you can surf the internet – 12 hours of video playback – 15 hours, talk on the phone (2G) – 40 hours or 60 hours just listening to music. The test set of videos in MP4 format and Full HD-quality at full brightness spun continuously for just over 6 hours. In the Settings section, “The Battery”, depending on the expected load, you can force the smartphone from “Balanced” in “Power Save” or “performance”.
Software
M1 Note smartphone running the operating system (OS) Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) with firm shell Flyme OS, which at the time of testing was version 4.2. In more detail with the possibilities of this launcher can be found in our reviews smartphones Meizu (here and here).
As you know, in Flyme OS application shortcuts and widgets fall only on the desktop. At the same time, pre-installed software on the M1 Note – at least, including, perhaps, the most necessary.
As before, the current version of the launcher much attention is paid gestures to control your smartphone. In addition, the settings are also easy to organize a guest mode of access to the machine.
Buy conclusions
Smartphone Meizu M1 Note c 16 GB of internal memory in our online store offer 15 990 rubles, and complete with 32 GB – 17 990 rubles (when ordering currently available only model white and blue colors). As for the “classmates”, then, according to the data “of Yandex.Market”, on average, the price of the configuration with 16 GB have the following: Lenovo Vibe Z – 20,990 rubles, Huawei Honor 6 Plus – 26 490 rubles, Samsung Galaxy A7 – 27 490 rubles. Thus, among the well-known brands at a price competitors at Meizu M1 Note until just do not have.
In addition to a very attractive price tag, the benefits of the new smartphone is attributed quite a powerful 64-bit platform, the excellent 5.5-inch screen, good autonomy, and of support for two SIM-cards, of course.
