Content
- video review and unpacking
- Design and Procurement
- Software
- Camera
- Benchmarks and Performance
- Conclusions
financial support from Alibaba has benefited the company Meizu, that instead of releasing one model year, introduced just four devices in a row – MX4, MX4 Pro, M1 Note and M1 Mini. There were fears that the number can not develop into a quality, but it is no cause for concern. Before the M1 Note fell into my hands, I was more worried about the issue – whether the company will be able to keep the level of quality in the development of affordable models. Interest is the fact that M1 Note is offered in a bunch of different colors, it supports two SIM-cards based on the new 64-bit chip MediaTek MT6752. In general, it is nice to take up the study of the device, which is intriguing and raises many questions. Let’s understand what and how.
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Specifications Meizu M1 Note:
- Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE (900/1800 MHz), WCDMA / HSPA (900/2100), FDD-LTE (1, 3, 38, 41)
- The platform (at the time of the announcement): Flyme 4.1
- Display: 5.5 “, 1920 x 1080 points, Sharp / AUO, IGZO, 403 ppi, contrast ratio of 1000: 1, brightness of 450 cd / m2, Gorilla Glass 3
- Camera: 13 megapixel, autofocus, dual LED-flash different colors, f / 2.2, the sensor Samsung
- Front camera: 5 megapixel, OmniVision 5670, f / 2.0
- Processor: 8 cores Cortex-A53, 1,7 GHz, 64-bit, MediaTek MT6752
- Graphics chip: Mali-T760MP2, 700 MHz
- RAM: 2GB
- The internal memory of 16/32 GB
- Memory Card: No
- Navigation: GPS, GLONASS
- Wi-Fi (802.11a / b / g / n)
- Bluetooth 4.0
- microUSB
- 3,5-mm jack
- Two slots SIM
- audio chip Wolfson WM8281
- Battery: removable, 3140 mAh
- Dimensions: 150.7 x 75.2 x 8.9 mm
- Weight: 145 g
video review and unpacking
Design and Procurement
Meizu never spoiled rich set of customer deliveries. And it would be strange if available for M1 Note made an exception. In the box, in addition to the phone (battery built-in, 3140 mAh), embedded documentation cable microUSB, charging (2 A) and a needle to extract a cool tray SIM-cards. No you headset, no protective case. The absence of headphones, I do not regret it one bit, as they sounded, I think bad (as is almost always the case with fully complete “ears”), but would not prevent cheholchik (of course, no one stops to buy separately, but the company and the gift – is at least pleasant).
five colors: white, blue, green, yellow, pink. Front end in all cases black, but are different covers. And attentive readers will be right, if we remember that iPhone 5C offered in similar colors. However, no one does this secret. Meizu even openly said that the material of the body is the same quality as that of products from Apple, that is not shy about oppositions. Cover with metal frame glossy and in some cases can be slippery, so be careful with interceptions PHABLET (and dropping M1 Note easier than dwarf ayfonchik). Small scratches will inevitably appear on the back side, and if you do not take care of the protection immediately after purchase, you probably think about it after a while just want to hide the frightening you and others worn.
The design M1 Note close to MX4 and MX4 Pro, although the nuances are taking place. Above the display is a light sensor and distance earpiece, front 5-megapixel camera and a screen placed touch key in the form of a circle. On the left handed separate volume buttons on the right – the tray with two micro-SIM. At the bottom – microUSB, microphone and four holes loud multimedia speaker. On the upper side of the posted audio jack, microphone, and the physical power button (the location for it is not the best, but because of hardware and software solutions Meizu, inconvenience does not feel). On the back of the eye looking at us 13-megapixel camera, which is provided by a dual LED-flash different colors.
The round button has a white backlight for alarms, and flashes when you touch because the phosphor layer glows green in the dark some time after the transfer of the space with light. In the darkness it looks cool. As you know, if this item was notable only of its kind, it would not have been so fond of smartphone users Meizu (MX2, MX3, MX4), protesting against the rectangular button MX4 Pro. Multi-function key has the following functions: “home” (single tap), “back” (swipe from bottom to top) and “lock” (short-term retention of a finger). Simplify life of the device owner called and gestures on the display is off: double tap to wake up, swipe to unlock the bottom up, swipe downward to lower the curtain, patterns to run any applications. On the lock screen, you can move the camera (right to left) and run any program (from left to right).
The touchpad on the Sharp / AUO made on IGZO technology, with the glass Gorilla Glass 3. When diagonally 5.5 “and a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels (it happened, 16: 9!), the density of pixels per inch of sturdy 403 ppi. Contrast – 1000: 1, brightness – 450 cd / m2. Visually, the screen gives a magnificent panels MX4 and MX4 Pro, that expected. However, by itself it is very high-quality – bright, juicy, with good viewing angles. In general, Meizu true to itself on the display.
The monolithic design Meizu M1 Note gives no hint of squeaks and backlash.
Software
At the time of writing the device is based on Android 4.4.4 KitKat with proprietary firmware Flyme OS 4.2.0.3I (letter I indicated at the international software) and not fully completed transfer (you can see all the English words, the text does not fit completely in some places). The software functions as a whole, correspond to the models MX.
En shell Meizu has little to do with the stock Android, but it does not make it worse. All programs on the desktop (by the way, vertical scrolling long ago been removed from Flyme 4), the notification panel opens on swipe from any height, swipe up from the bottom launches the search, and the list of active applications appear on swipe from the bottom edge (there flapping closes up concrete program down – closed all hold the finger adds an application to the white list).
In the settings you can change the order of items. “Personalization” has a switch icons of popular applications under the style Flyme, threads with the transition to the store with paid and free offerings (still in Chinese). In the “Account” be sure to register an account Flyme, to be able to make one-touch Ruth and implement locking device in case of loss. Dvuhsimochny set in the relevant paragraph. “The Battery” contains three power mode (power saving, balanced and productive) and not very intuitive menu with customers charge. Keyboard three – branded by Meizu, Fleksy and TouchPal X – can use one of them, and if you do not like, then welcome to the Play Store. The “special capabilities” setting made gestures at the button turns off the backlight is activated and hides smartbara (the strip with virtual buttons at the bottom) in applications that are not optimized for it.
pre-installed software is not very much, even a package of Google services presented in an abridged version.
The music player supports five-band equalizer with several presets and software solution Dirac HD Sound for different plugs and droplets. In conjunction with good headphones neither one nor the other is not required, as the Wolfson WM8281 audio chip is implemented by programmers Meizu was very nice – much better than the Lenovo revealed potential Vibe X2 with the same DAC (review of X2). I will say more – sound M1 Note in conjunction with headphones Denon D600 I like more than the MX4. It is a little more detail and lower frequency had more balanced. By the way, after a series of updates MX4 become sound better and louder – the difference with MX4 Pro has become more difficult to grasp (if on the same volume), and with cheap headphones and did not realistic. So do not be confused that WM8281 integrated chipset MediaTek, but is not selected. Judging by the result, and it is necessary to the specific implementation.
In the “Gallery” integrated photo editor and editor persons (automatically detects the face in the frame and then proposes to hold all sorts of manipulation).
Omnivore video player is capable of running in a window.
File Manipulation is supposed to do in the “Explorer».
AppCenter – a Chinese company store, where you can find out a method spear.
«Notebook” with a list of tasks.
«Risovalka”, according to the examples, can be a great tool for creating small masterpieces.
«Security Center” includes cleaning unnecessary data utility to list of heavy files, antivirus function to control the permissions for programs that traffic management.
The calculator contains different converters and is able to work in the window.
Calendar sharpened by a smart bar.
dvuhsimochny implemented as follows: in the settings we can select the active SIM-card, point card to the default settings, and on-screen dialing or sending SMS, you can choose which cards to carry out the action.
Camera
The main camera with 13-megapixel sensor, Samsung has aperture f / 2.2, auto focus, dual LED-flash different colors. There are 13 filters and 7 shooting modes, including manual adjustable shutter speed, ISO, exposure and focus. The camera copes equally well with the near and far distances, and making acceptable pictures in low light. Noise can not escape, but due skill they can be swept away the wave.
The front 5-megapixel camera with OmniVision sensor aperture 5670 and f / 2.0 in portrait mode can apply real-time effects. Detailing at sebyashek high, so that the integrity of the claimed resolution no reason to doubt (very often takes place interpolation). Focus at frontalki not, and at the touch occurs exposure setting.
The maximum resolution for video – 1080p. Tracking AF not, the user is prompted to make a touch-focus, and the focus in restructuring audible clicks (captured by the microphone). The sound is recorded with a bit rate of 128 kbit / s – the voice is captured well, loud music, too, more or less. Electronic stabilization is ineffective and there is a problem with the fps when shooting at night. With enough light, if you shoot with one point, the result pleases.
tests and performance
Meizu M1 Note – one of the first phones on the market chipset MediaTek MT6752. This 64-bit development with 8 cores Cortex-A53 with a maximum frequency of 1.7 GHz and a graphics accelerator Mali-T760MP2 with a frequency of 700 MHz. 2 GB of RAM and the internal memory can be 16 or 32 GB, microSD there.
This is not the filling hardware basis for the top-end flagship, so that some revelations from her, I was not expecting. But the fact of MT6752 is not much inferior to the powerful MT6595 / 6595M, and in some synthetic tests even surpasses it. Needless to say that with the games, both heavy and light, there is no problem? With comfortable fps values are GTA San Andreas, Modern Combat 5, Dead Trigger 2, Asphalt 8, Overkill 3, World of Tanks. Results benchmakah: AnTuTu 5.6.1 – 40111, Geekbench 3 – 812/4122, 3DMark Unlimited – 10,732, GFXBench 1080p – 5,8 / 16 fps (Manhattan / T-Rex), Epic Citadel Ultra – 40,1 fps , Basemark OS 2 – 917. As you can see, MT6752 some indicators are not only better MT6595, and Snapdragon 801.
said above that there are three settings, battery power mode – power saving, balanced and productive (benchmarks tested therein). With them comes the CPU frequency control, ie there is no effect on wireless features or limitation of applications in the background. The interface works smoothly even with the energy-saving mode, so if you are not playing at all or play, preferring not resource-intensive 3D-titles (even though they are passable, except that the uneven fps), you can include it for continuous operation. Operating frequencies in different modes are identified by a 30-minute run and Stability Test CPU Spy. In the Performance mode frequency popular distributed as follows: 1.6 (37% of time), 1.7 (32%) 1.4 (18%) 1.3 (7%), and 1.2 (4%) GHz. That is, the high 1.6 GHz and 1.7 had a total 69% of the time, and weak 1.2 GHz and 1.3 – 11%. In a balanced mode, the picture is as follows: 1.6 (27%) 1.7 (25%) 1.3 (23%) 1.4 (13%) and 1.2 (9%) GHz. It turns out that high 1.6 and 1.7 GHz have held 52% of the time, and the low of 1.2 and 1.3 GHz occupied 32% of the time of half an hour. In power saving mode, the CPU does not go on the 1.6 and 1.7 GHz (or rather could not be determined due to the problems with the Stability Test). In other words, throttling is common to all modes of performance Meizu M1 Note. The interface is different smoothness in all of them, too, can play in all but for 3D-games include the best or the optimal performance mode (the difference between them is small, and in a game with a long heat disappears altogether).
MediaTek MT6752 good suitable for modern games, providing a high level of performance. And not at the cost of high power consumption or heat. In the history of testing smartphone Meizu model M1 Note dolgorabotayuschey is the most and least warming! Hours of video playback with maximum display brightness and active wireless modules, the device lasted almost 6 hours, an hour better than the result for half an hour and MX4 superior results MX4 Pro. The game GTA San Andreas mobile phone with a comfortable eye brightness sat for half an hour by 9%, while in the game Modern Combat 5 – only 8%. Energy consumption was estimated at optimum mode of the processor. The maximum recorded temperature of the battery I was only 41 degrees – the heat under load in games and felt his hands, but without discomfort. In everyday life you can expect from the device 2-3 days of 4-6 hours at the screen.
The work of wireless connections has not caused censures. Regarding 4G LTE, common in the Russian Band Band 7 and 20 in the list of supported M1 Note not available. However, the Band 3 indicates the ability to connect to LTE in several regions of MTS (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ufa), Tele2 (Tula) and “Megaphone” (the south and south-west of Moscow region (excluding Moscow)). I think, M1 Note should be seen as 3G-device.
Conclusion
It’s not often a It occurs when the middle peasants in the model number in all of its qualities are looked better than the high-end demand. Meizu M1 Note – surprisingly pleasant and well-balanced machine. Plus a lot: high speed, good uptime, quality camera, a nice display, fun software tokens Flyme, stylish look with a brand circle. Specific disadvantages could not be found, but there are some roughness. Among them: the localization needs some work, the lack of continuous AF and poor stabilization in camcorders, slurred Russian support frequencies LTE, as well as a glossy plastic, which not everyone will tactilely pleasant. In my opinion, the positive aspects far outweighed the negative, turning Meizu M1 Note one of the best smartphones on the market. In the segment PHABLET up to 20 thousand. Rubles (M1 Note is available with 16 and 32 GB of memory in 16 and 18 thousand. Rubles) it is difficult to find something more interesting.
