So i've had my phone for about 2 weeks now and i thought i would put up a mini review. Before Reading this review you have to take into account the price it cost which was only £106 including DHL 3-5 day shipping and all taxes!
Meizu M2 Note
Spec
Design
The phone looks and feels like a premium phone. It feels nice and comfortable in the hand and has some weight to it. The only slight downside is that the back is pretty slippy. But as it fits in your hand so nice this isn't much of a issue. There are no on screen buttons or capacative buttons, just one button in the centre. You click this to go Home and you slide your finger to the left over the button to go back and slide your finger up onto the screen to bring up all the apps which are running. It works really well and you get used to it very quick.
Skin
The phone actually comes Android 5.1 and Flyme 4.5. I personally think its the best Android skin ive used compared to the LG G2 , Samsung S4, and Sony z3. It is very good looking and consistent. It is also very smooth and deffo reminds me of iOS.
Performance
Processor and RAM
MTK MT6753 processor
ARM® Cortex®-A53™ 1.3GHz octa-core
Mali T720 MP3/450MHz GPU
2GB LPDDR3 800MHz RAM
Dual-channel ISP chip
Day to day usage is great. There is no lag with its 64 bit Octocore processor and 2GB of ram. Looking at Antutu below you can see that it gets a better CPU score than the Snapdragon 800 but the graphics is about 50% of the Andreno 330 in the LG. This is confirmed when running demanding games. On a DS emulator the LG will get 60fps while the Meizu gets 30fps. The same 50% happens using the Unreal and 3dmark benchmarks. However your regular games play very smooth.
VS LG G Pro 2 ( Snapdragon 800)
Camera
13 megapixel camera
4X digital zoom, 300° panoramic lens
Blue glass IR filter
Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
5-element lens, ƒ/2.2
30 photos per second
I think for the money it is pretty good. The following pictures of my puppies were took in my living room with the blinds half closed and no flash. Low light performance isn't so great but acceptable for the price.
DISPLAY
Dimensions
5.5-inch
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Brightness
450cd/m2, 2,048 adjustable brightness levels
Material
AGC Dragontrail/NEG T2X-1
Display technology
IGZO (SHARP)
Manufacturing technology
GFF fully laminated
The screen is great and i think it is better then my mums sony Z3 which i compared it with. The colors are vibrant and sharp. ( maybe not the best comparison picture but i was in a rush! )
BATTERY
Sony 3100mah
The battery is amazing. For my quick test today i tested for 5 hours and 11 with a screen on time of 3 hours and 21 which was browsing the internet over wifi. This only used 41% of the battery with the screen at 50% brightness. Another time i used 5 Hours screen on time and around 5 days standby without needing to charge. When it does need to charge it charges very quick with the supplied 2amp charger.
SCORE OUT OF 10
I give this phone 10/10 and think for the money it is amazing! I cant think of 1 real negative to give the phone other than the back is a little slippy and the gaming performance isn't amazing although still plays the majority of games perfect. As said before it only cost £106 all in and i would happily pay £250 for one!
I've probably missed a lot of things so if you want me to do anything or have any questions let me know.
I would recommend turning the volume down on this video as its pretty loud. (I don't talk anyway). Its worth noting that the phone is on battery saver mode. Performance would have been better if i had realized before i took the video and put it into performance mode but tbh its fast enough without it being on.
For detailed specs check out the meizu site as i only skimmed over them. http://www.meizu.com/en/products/m2note/spec.html
Meizu M2 Note
Spec
Design
The phone looks and feels like a premium phone. It feels nice and comfortable in the hand and has some weight to it. The only slight downside is that the back is pretty slippy. But as it fits in your hand so nice this isn't much of a issue. There are no on screen buttons or capacative buttons, just one button in the centre. You click this to go Home and you slide your finger to the left over the button to go back and slide your finger up onto the screen to bring up all the apps which are running. It works really well and you get used to it very quick.
Skin
The phone actually comes Android 5.1 and Flyme 4.5. I personally think its the best Android skin ive used compared to the LG G2 , Samsung S4, and Sony z3. It is very good looking and consistent. It is also very smooth and deffo reminds me of iOS.
Performance
Processor and RAM
MTK MT6753 processor
ARM® Cortex®-A53™ 1.3GHz octa-core
Mali T720 MP3/450MHz GPU
2GB LPDDR3 800MHz RAM
Dual-channel ISP chip
Day to day usage is great. There is no lag with its 64 bit Octocore processor and 2GB of ram. Looking at Antutu below you can see that it gets a better CPU score than the Snapdragon 800 but the graphics is about 50% of the Andreno 330 in the LG. This is confirmed when running demanding games. On a DS emulator the LG will get 60fps while the Meizu gets 30fps. The same 50% happens using the Unreal and 3dmark benchmarks. However your regular games play very smooth.
Camera
13 megapixel camera
4X digital zoom, 300° panoramic lens
Blue glass IR filter
Corning® Gorilla® Glass 3
5-element lens, ƒ/2.2
30 photos per second
I think for the money it is pretty good. The following pictures of my puppies were took in my living room with the blinds half closed and no flash. Low light performance isn't so great but acceptable for the price.
DISPLAY
Dimensions
5.5-inch
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Brightness
450cd/m2, 2,048 adjustable brightness levels
Material
AGC Dragontrail/NEG T2X-1
Display technology
IGZO (SHARP)
Manufacturing technology
GFF fully laminated
The screen is great and i think it is better then my mums sony Z3 which i compared it with. The colors are vibrant and sharp. ( maybe not the best comparison picture but i was in a rush! )
BATTERY
Sony 3100mah
The battery is amazing. For my quick test today i tested for 5 hours and 11 with a screen on time of 3 hours and 21 which was browsing the internet over wifi. This only used 41% of the battery with the screen at 50% brightness. Another time i used 5 Hours screen on time and around 5 days standby without needing to charge. When it does need to charge it charges very quick with the supplied 2amp charger.
SCORE OUT OF 10
I give this phone 10/10 and think for the money it is amazing! I cant think of 1 real negative to give the phone other than the back is a little slippy and the gaming performance isn't amazing although still plays the majority of games perfect. As said before it only cost £106 all in and i would happily pay £250 for one!
I've probably missed a lot of things so if you want me to do anything or have any questions let me know.
I would recommend turning the volume down on this video as its pretty loud. (I don't talk anyway). Its worth noting that the phone is on battery saver mode. Performance would have been better if i had realized before i took the video and put it into performance mode but tbh its fast enough without it being on.
For detailed specs check out the meizu site as i only skimmed over them. http://www.meizu.com/en/products/m2note/spec.html
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