Having to replace the popular M2 Note, Meizu M3 Note has replaced the plastic casing on the metal, got normal oleophobic coating and bleed the battery. In appearance, almost as good as iPhone 6s Plus, the device retains an attractive price, but that does not prevent us to find flaws.
new smartphone Presentation Meizu M3 Note, which is held under the slogan “Time to leave the polycarbonate in the past” (It’s time to leave polycarbonate behind), held in Beijing in early April. In Moscow the device, along with other products from the range in 2016, presented a month later. New replaces the rather successful model M2 Note, the sale of which, according to the manufacturer, since the summer of last year amounted to more than twenty million units. In the Meizu, obviously counting on the fact that the smartphone M3 Note, if not surpass, at least repeat the success of its predecessor.
Specifications
- Model: M3 Note (M681H)
- OS: Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with a shell Flyme OS 5.1.3.1G
- Processor: 64-bit MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755), architecture ARMv8, 8 cores ARM Cortex-A53 (4×1,8 + 4×1,0 GHz GHz)
- The graphic co-processor: ARM Mali-T860 MP2 (550 MHz)
- RAM: 2GB / 3GB LPDDR3 (933 MHz, single channel)
- Memory storage: 16 GB / 32 GB, eMMC 5.1, support for memory cards microSD / HC / XC (up to 128 GB)
- Interfaces: Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n (2,4 GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 (LE), microUSB (USB 2.0) for charging / synchronization, USB-OTG, 3,5 mm Headphone
- Screen: capacitive touch, the matrix IPS LTPS (Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon), GFF (full lamination), the diagonal of 5.5 inches, the resolution of 1920×1080 pixels, pixel density per inch 403-ppi, brightness of 450 cd / m². m, contrast ratio of 1000: 1, protective glass NEG 2.5D T2X-1
- Main Camera: 13 MP matrix PureCel, OmniVision OV13853, optical size of 1 / 3.06-inch, 1.12 micron pixel size, the protective glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3, 5-element lens, aperture f / 2.2, phase (PDAF) autofocus, dual two-color flash, video 1080p @ 30fps
- Front Camera: 5 MP, the BSI-matrix, Samsung S5K5E8 or OmniVision OV5670 PureCel, optical size (1/5 inch), the pixel size of 1.12 microns, a 4-element lens, aperture f / 2.0
- Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz), WCDMA / HSPA + (900/2100 MHz), 4G FDD-LTE (1800/2100/2600 MHz)
- SIM-card format: nanoSIM (4FF)
- slot trays configuration: nanoSIM + nanoSIM, or nanoSIM + microSD / HD / XC
- Navigation: GPS / GLONASS, A-GPS
- sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, Hall sensor, ambient light sensor and proximity (infrared), fingerprint scanner
- Battery: removable Li-Polymer, 4100 mAh
- The colors: dark gray, silver, gold
- Dimensions: 153,6h75,5h8,2 mm
- Weight: 163 grams
Design and Ergonomics
When you create M3 Note designers seem to have got their inspiration from the older models Meizu last year, particularly in smartphones and MX5 Pro 5.
So, for the production of all-metal housing trends, also known as unibody, choose aviation aluminum-magnesium alloy of 6000 series.
To antenna smartphone is not shielded metal, provided two inserts from radio transparent material, separated from the aluminum strips in relief. Dimensions of new items, compared with M2 Note have not changed very much – 153,6h75,5h8,2 mm against 150,7h75,2h8,7 mm. But the weight for a more capacious battery predictably grew – 163 g versus 149 g
Recall that in the precursor to the body content with glossy colored plastic, and only for the gray color used matte polycarbonate
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at the time of testing in the sale were offered two choices of color anodized housings M3 Note:. silver (with black or white front panel) and gray (with black or white front panel)
The entire front surface M2 Note, including the screen is covered with protective glass, which is chosen as Dinorex 2.5D T2X-1 from the company Nippon Electric glass ( NEG).
effect 2.5 D is a smooth “rounding” of the glass on the front of the perimeter.
Above the display, with the traditionally narrow side frames,
located grille” conversational “dynamics, surrounded by the front camera lens (left), light sensor and proximity, as well as LED (right). Last regular means a smartphone, it seems, is not being used.
Below the display is a mechanical key with integrated fingerprint reader mTouch 2.1, it looks a lot like mBack, which first appeared in the smartphone M2 Note. From the latter, it has inherited and its core functionality. Thus, the conventional touch (tap) this button activates the “Back”, short press hardware “click” returns to the main screen ( “Home”), as long as pressing (and holding) extinguishes the backlight. But the “recent apps” replaces swipe up from the bottom edge of the display. After some getting used to this control scheme becomes very convenient.
On the right edge of the small deepening settled volume control and on / lock button.
The left edge of the slot takes indoor dual tray that can accommodate either two modules identify nanoSIM format subscriber or second place takes microSD memory expansion card. To open the lock combination tray need a special tool. As it continues, it can be used a thin paper clip. Unfortunately, the production of the device (at least in our test sample), the tray size and slot winged not ideal for him, resulting in a slight rattling tray, if you shake the smartphone.
The opening of the second microphone (for noise reduction and sound recording) and 3.5-mm connector audiogarnitury stayed on the top.
microUSB connector between the two fixing screws on the bottom frame decorative lattice (four round holes in each). At the same time, hidden under the left “Elementary” microphone, and under the right – “multimedia” speaker
on the back of the first catch the eye relief strips separating the metal from radio transparent plastic,
and just as in Pro 5, the transfer of a stylized logo Meizu closer to the main camera lens and dual two-tone LED flash.
Despite the 5.5-inch diagonal screen, a new smartphone, however, as the M2 Note, comfortable and easy to hold in your hand.
In addition, slightly rough surface of the metal rear panel is pleasant to the touch.
screen, camera, sound
to screen M3 Note uses a 5.5-inch IPS-matrix, which, at a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels (Full HD) and widescreen aspect ratio of 16: 9, the density pixels per inch on the passport is 403 ppi. For its manufacturing technology uses LTPS (Low Temperature Poly Silicon), as a replacement of amorphous silicon polycrystalline allows, ultimately, to achieve wider viewing angles (up to 178 degrees), better color palette, lower power consumption and response time. In turn, the full lamination technology GFF (Glass-to-Film-to-Film) eliminates the air layer between the display layer that serves as a basis for anti-reflective properties and a good reflection reducing effect. Recall that the entire front panel, including the screen is covered with protective glass NEG 2.5D Dinorex T2X-1. For he did not forget to put an oleophobic coating, which, unlike used for M2 Note, more efficient (the glass is cleaned very easily and the finger slides over the surface without problems).
With the support of technology MiraVision 2.0, which provides the best balance between power consumption and display, screen brightness and color, depending on the lighting conditions are regulated dynamically. By the way, claimed contrast ratio of 1000: 1 and a maximum brightness – 450 cd / m². At the same time, the level of illumination over a fairly wide range of handling, or according to their understanding, manually or automatically (option “Auto Tuning”), based on information from the light sensor. multitouch technology allows to process up to ten simultaneous keystrokes on a capacitive screen, which is confirmed by the results of the program AntTuTu Tester. The settings also adds the ability to adjust the color temperature so that the colors on your taste, you can make a warm or, conversely, cool. In addition to the large viewing angles achieved fairly high-quality anti-reflective coating, so that even in the bright summer sun picture remains readable.
The main camera M3 Note found 13-megapixel BSI-matrix (OmniVision OV13853 PureCel, optical size of 1 / 3.06 inches), as well as two-color dual LED flash with different color temperatures. Camera lens with 5-element optics, indoor glass Corilla Glass 3, received aperture f / 2.2 and faster (0,2 c) phase detection autofocus. The maximum photo resolution is achieved at a ratio of 4: 3 and is 4208h3120 points (13 MP). Examples of the photo can be seen here.
At the front camera 5-megapixel BSI-sensor (Samsung S5K5E8 or OmniVision OV5670 PureCel, optical size 1/5 inch) is equipped with a wide-angle lens 4 lens with f / 2.0 aperture. But autofocus and flash are not available. Maximum image size classic aspect ratio (4: 3) -. 2592×1944 points (5 megapixel)
Both cameras are able to record video as Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) at a frame rate of 30 fps to, in this case, the content is saved in MP4-container files. (AVC – video, AAC – sound)
The application interface is the” Camera “in the M3 Note, compared to the same of its predecessor, a little” ennobled “, but the main features have changed little. At the site remained “Auto”, “Manual”, “Portrait”, “Panorama”, “Focus Shift” and “Slow Motion” (4 times the resolution of 640×480 pixels, up to 60 minutes). At the same time, removing the “Scanner”, added the “Macro” and “GIF” (up to 6 minutes of animation). In the settings you can select the HDR mode, as well as determine the size of the photo and video quality. Shooting in manual mode (M) assumes the alignment shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation, saturation, white balance, etc. By activating the appropriate option, measurement focus and exposure can be performed separately. Furthermore, disposal is almost filters dozen images. Switch the viewfinder with the main camera on the front and back vertical convenient swipe. But the volume rocker (both increase and decrease) are also invited to use the shutter. Make notes the role of ISP TrueBright image processor that allows to take a picture with a lack of lighting more vivid and clear. However, the special quality of shooting in such conditions, even the main chamber boast difficult.
not only the placement of the lattice” multimedia “speaker, but also their acoustic abilities, M3 Note is virtually identical to its predecessor. Established means all smartphone also allows to listen to audio files, for example, with extensions FLAC, by codecs for audio data compression without loss of quality. Once connected, the audio headset has a 5-band equalizer with presets and a manual setting. Built-in FM-tuner in the vehicle, alas, no. A simple “Recorder” makes a pretty high-quality monaural recording (44.1 kHz), which stores the files in MP3
But with music playback through Bluetooth discovered a small problem -. Clicks that occur when you take a smartphone in hand or move around the table. Apparently, the reason is the lack of screening of the audio section of the static electricity on the body.
Filling, performance
If the M2 Note bet on the 64-bit platform MediaTek MT6753 eight-core ARM Cortex-A53 (1,3 GHz), for M3 Note firstborn chosen from the family of middle-class chipsets MediaTek Helio P10 (he also MT6755), intended, according to the manufacturer for thin smartphone.
At the heart of this crystal – 8-core processor, where the four core ARM Cortex-A53 clocked at up to 1.8 GHz, and four more – up to 1.0 GHz. In this case, 2-core architecture ARM Mali-T860 MP2 (550 MHz) with support for OpenGL ES 3.2 and OpenCL 1.2 is used as a graphics accelerator. MT6755 chip is made on the new process technology TSMC 28HPC + (28 nm), which, according to the manufacturer, provided the reduction of energy consumption by 30-35% compared to chips produced in compliance with the “old” design rules 28HPC. In addition, energy efficiency while maintaining sufficient processing power is achieved by automatic adjustment of processor frequency and video accelerator. Helio P10 can work in networks of LTE-TDD, LTE-FDD Cat. 6 (300/50 Mbit / s), HSPA +, TD-SCDMA, EDGE, etc., and also provided with a Bluetooth 4.0 LE interfaces 2-band and Wi-Fi. Among other branded “highlights” MediaTek MT6755, in addition MiraVision 2.0, it is worth noting the load optimizer processor cores CorePilot and heart rate monitoring system (using the built-in camera smartphone) Heart Rate Monitoring.
The basic configuration M3 Note supplemented RAM type LPDDR3 (933 MHz), which is controlled by a single-channel controller. Note that in versions of the smartphone with 16 GB or 32 GB of internal storage (eMMC 5.1) installed 2 GB or 3 GB of RAM, respectively. We went for a test device with a combination of 2 GB / 16 GB. Based on published data, Helio P10 performance competes with the chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 615/616, which is consistent with the results of tests performed
The number of” virtual parrots “obtained on synthetic benchmark AnTuTu benchmark, obviously predetermined selected hardware platform.
The efficiency of processor cores (Geekbench 3, Vellamo) new smartphone looks pretty optimistic, but the assessment of the amount of” horsepower “is not such a major .
In the visual test settings Epic Citadel (High Performance, High Quality and Ultra High Quality) average frame rate changed as follows: – 60,1 fps, 59,8 fps and 41,5 fps, respectively
at the universal 3DMark gaming benchmark, where the Meizu M3 Note tested in the recommended set Sling Shot (ES 3.1) recorded a rather modest result in 326 points. If the simple games of the problem is unlikely to arise, at the “heavy” (Asphalt 8: At take off, World of Tanks Blitz) better to restrict medium settings
In turn, the total number of points,” knocked “on the cross-platform smartphone benchmark Base Mark OS II, was 986.
Of the 16 GB of internal memory claimed in the tested model is available about 14.56 GB, and 9.6 GB of free about. In this case, as in M2 Note, for the expansion of existing storage capacity for memory cards microSD / HC / XC maximum capacity up to 128 GB. However, a dual tray, which is inserted into a memory card, universal, and, taking it one place, it is necessary to sacrifice the installation of the second SIM-card (nanoSIM format). By the way, to extend the built-in memory can also be due to support USB-OTG technology, by connecting an external drive.
Similarly predecessor set of wireless communications in M3 Note also includes a 2-band 802.11 Wi-Fi-module a / b / g / n (2,4 and 5GHz) and Bluetooth 4.0 (LE).
one radio unit with the installation of two nanoSIM-cards (4FF format) operates with them in the Dual SIM Dual Standby mode, in other words, both SIM-card active, but when one is busy, and other available. Both tray support work with slot 4G, thus, SIM-card data, as well as network priority mode is selected in the menu. Unfortunately, available are only two “Russian” FDD-LTE Band – b3 (1800 MHz) and b7 (2600 MHz). But the most “disruptive”, the low-frequency b20 (800 MHz), as before, was “behind.” Manufacturer emphasizes support for promising technology VoLTE (Voice over LTE).
Built-in multi-system receiver uses the GPS and GLONASS satellite constellations for positioning and navigation, which is confirmed by the results AndroiTS GPS Test and the Test GPS programs. Also provided technology support for A-GPS (coordination via Wi-Fi and cellular networks).
The amount of the lithium-polymer battery, which was equipped M3 Note (4100 mAh), compared with its predecessor (3 100 mAh) increased quite significantly – by about 32% (1000 mAh). Despite this margin of capacity, the new smartphone housing became 0.5 mm thinner.
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