Currency fluctuations have forced most of the we have to revise their preferences when buying a new device. In 2015, we increasingly look toward the mid-range devices, and dreams of a flagship 60 000 reserve for later. This state of affairs could not go unnoticed among the producers and, as usual, the demand has generated an offer. As a result, this year we can observe the dominance of a very suitable device in the middle segment. Just about this budget and, dare I say it, a decent device today and we’ll talk in our video review.
The company Meizu quickly prosekla chip , and against the backdrop of increased demand for low-cost but high-quality devices for the year released a version 2 M Note. The first device of this line had not yet become obsolete as just six months saw the light of the second model – M2 Note. Update brought with it support for memory cards, expanding the list of supported frequencies LTE, more ergonomic placement of the power button / lock (now it is on the left side) . However, it was not without controversial moments: for example, in the M2 Note is a new processor MT6753, which is sort of like a new one, but in synthetic tests is slightly inferior predecessor. In fact, the gap significantly on paper, in real life, you simply did not feel it.
The rest of the second version of the M Note Meizu – still as solidly assembled from quality materials smartphone. Housing fine knocked , the plastic looks solid and is somewhat similar to those solutions, which are used in their devices, Nokia or Apple. By the way, M2 Note was cool Gray; he, unlike other variants of colors, glossy and will not longer maintain a presentable appearance. Of the features worth noting the unusual placement of the power button. At first it was strange to see her on the left side, but for such a placement button quickly get used to and in a few days quietly razblokiruesh phone forefinger. By the way, the place where you expect to see the power button is a tray for SIM cards. The device can take a two-card microSIM, but by necessity one of them can be replaced by memory cards microSD. Incidentally, the two SIM cards can operate in LTE-networks. However, they do it may not be at the same time.
Not without pitfalls: there are a few revisions M2 Note for different markets. For example, version M2, acquired in the official Russian retail will be guaranteed to work with our LTE-networks, but the device ordered from China – a lottery. Meizu produces devices with the modem for the Chinese market is the risk neillyuzorno order the device to be properly friends with our operators. The test sample came to us from China, the store sends EverBuying.net Russian international version of the device, and it works perfectly in the Russian networks. Therefore, if you decide to save money and will be ordered M2 Note from China – make sure you arrive it is the international version.
And if you still find the international version and are ready to order – you need to know more one not very nice feature. Smartphone from China, probably will not have the Google Play and the Russian language, to be exact – Russification fly off after the first update. So digging Meizu decided to fight gray supplies and support the sale of official sellers in Russia. And if the problem is with the installation of Google Play is easily solved – it can be installed with all Google services from the built-in machine shop Meizu, then to Russify smartphone, you have what is called, to dance with a tambourine .
In general, speaking about the first impressions of the Meizu M2 Note – does not leave the obsessive sense of what still is a device for geeks, to be exact – is not quite so. M2 Note perfect even very advanced user, but to truly reveal its potential can only zapravsky boom. Around the smartphone already formed a significant community of enthusiasts who tirelessly every way dopilivat M2 Note. For example, in specialized forums, you can find a sufficiently detailed instructions for configuring and optimizing device. By turning off unnecessary China’s software, which is pre-installed with an excess in the shell Flyme 4.5, from a smartphone, you can achieve almost double battery life gains. Without shamanism M2 Note lives by 3100 mAh battery on a day in pretty heavy duty use; and you can talk about 4.5-5 hours of screen. If you use recipes with forums and horoshenechko optimize consumption charge, the smartphone safely live 2 days with 7-8 hours of operation of the screen.
Well, times Speaking of the screen, then it is worth noting that the display M2 Note is one of the trump card unit is a 5.5-inch FullHD-matrix from the company Sharp, made on technology IGZO. To hide behind the screen glass, low-cost analogue Gorila Glass – Dragontrail-X.
The maximum viewing angle, excellent color reproduction, a wide range of brightness and good pixel density – 403 per inch – do their work and create a very favorable impression of the display. But there are some small flaws. For example, to erase the fingerprints from the glass, have to work hard, even though it is more nitpicking, protective film coated with oleophobic easily solve this defect.
Speaking of performance, do not want to go into dry benchmark numbers and characteristics of iron, but still many of our viewers will not be enough of our applications that M2 Note runs smoothly and perfectly smooth. Modern mobile processors, even inexpensive their representatives have reached such high levels of performance that 5-10 thousand Parrot does not solve anything, and we honestly do not understand why you need 60 thousand balls in AnTuTu, if all games applications work even QHD-resolution smartphones with much more modest results in synthetics. Yet let’s not far away from our test subject.
M2 Note received an eight-chip Mediatek MT6753, it works in conjunction with a video accelerator Mali-T720MP3 and two gigabytes of RAM. The combination of these characteristics to normal, not excessive screen resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, allows smartphone drag all the latest games and applications with the highest graphics settings without any brakes and lags. Well … – finally benchmarks, where do without them? In AnTuTu unit receives more than 31 thousand points, and in the test GeekBench smartphone gaining more than 2,500 points in the MultiCore-mode and more than 580 points in SingleCore. Satisfied?
But the successful combination of technical specifications – not one hundred percent guarantee of success. For smooth operation, and “bug-free” devices to a greater extent responsible firmware smartphone. And here at M2 Note in order. Flyme OS – is the name of the firmware Meizu – based on Android 5.1. Firmware beautiful and quite original. It is not like naked Android , and is closer to the ideology of his Chinese brethren from Huawei and Xiaomi. The katabatic launcher has a lot of controversial things that someone may seem convenient and fun. However, most people are accustomed to the pure Android-environment in which applications are not piled a heap on the Home screen, and are located in the Applications menu will likely want to put Google Ctart or Nova Launcher.
Also this, there are other not particularly intuitive and obvious design decisions. For example, the menu of running applications called swipe from the bottom edge of the screen, and to understand it, had to google. The decision is ambiguous (not google and svaypat) , since it is not very intuitive, but once you tell them you start to use it, you realize how much it is convenient and practical genius.
Also, questions caused blind notifications, to be exact – the icons in it, they can not adjust, add or change, you can only change their location. Yes, and can not be changed in the system settings menu Flyme OS: it is organized in a special way and to such an organization would have to get used, and when this happens, navigate it even begins to give pleasure. I liked both unusual and seemingly inconvenient solution engineers.
to abandon the traditional set of control buttons, replacing it with only one hardware button with touch-sensitive surface. This approach allows you to assign 3 different actions to a single control. Touch – a step back, pressing the – go to your home screen, long press can cause the Chinese analog of Google Now or provide a command to lock the screen. As shown, this management option is quite convenient and does not require much time to get used to it.
Well, to get the absolutely complete picture of the M2 Note, let’s talk about the cameras: they are, as usual in modern smartphones, two.
Front – 5 megapixels from OmniVision, the diaphragm 2.0. All these beautiful figures in the specifications of the module hides the rather mediocre quality of the images, but nothing extraordinary, we, frankly, from frontalki did not expect. For video calls on Skype or in self Instagram it would be enough. Yes, there is no super-wide angle and high detail, but do not forget about the low price Meizu M2 Note.
The primary camera module 13 Mn from Samsung is a very contradictory impressions. On the one hand, the pictures in good light are obtained very interesting and even pretty good, but when it comes to shooting in low-light conditions, the camera begins to exhibit very long exposure, and get fit picture without a tripod – not an easy task.
But it is worth making a discount on the price of a smartphone, which is the official Russian retail is around 15 thousand rubles, and if you order the phone from Chinese online store, the same EverBuying.net, the delivery smartphone will cost you slightly less than 10 000 rubles. However, for this discount you have to read a little specialized forums and teach Chinese great and mighty. Verdict our editorial: Meizu M2 Note – a chic version of the bailout. Save money wisely!
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