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Meizu MX Reviews
Meizu MX 4-core review: Twice the power
Make a stronghold of your home market and prepare for worldwide expansion. Meizu didn't invent the wheel with this strategy but is using it to great success. One would think a market as vast as China - and with huge potential for growth at that - would be enough to keep Meizu busy but they're keen on making a name for themselves globally. And what better way to do that than being in the top 4 of quad-core smartphone manufacturers? The partnership with Samsung was the key to bringing a quad-core phone to the market. Meizu didn't quite beat the big names with LG, HTC and, naturally, Samsung getting there first, but it secured a precious advantage over local rivals Huawei and that should be a big win for them. We're about to start exploring a phone we've already seen. The Meizu MX 4-core is virtually the same as the original dual-core Meizu MX, if you don't count the two extra cores. But who are we fooling here? We know you do. Now here's the cheat sheet to get you started. If you've been paying attention, you'd notice that the lists are quite similar - the original Meizu MX has been there, done that.
Meizu MX 4-core review
We recently reviewed the Meizu MX handset. Because of the two devices' similar construction and features, applicable portions of that review will be used in this evaluation of the Meizu MX 4-core. The Chinese company Meizu has turned copycatting Apple's iPhone style into an art, first with its iPod-like music players, and then by creating a whole Android smartphone line that mimicked the superpopular handset right down to masking the OS in an iOS-flavored skin. The manufacturer's most recent product evolution is the $530 (4,099 HKD) Meizu MX 4-core. This latest addition to the MX line now boasts speedy quad-core power, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), and a roomy 32GB of internal storage. That makes the Meizu MX 4-core a powerful little number, that is, if you can find it outside of mainland China or Hong Kong. Don't be surprised if the Meizu MX 4-core looks familiar. That's because it's the spitting image of its predecessor, the Meizu MX. This trim and polished handset could also be a twin, or certainly close relative, of the iPhone 3G or an iPod music player. The phone's front face is all black and is sculpted in the rounded curves that Apple loves.
Meizu MX Review
This review is based on a quad-core Meizu MX unit, with an Exynos 4412 processor, 32GB of storage, and 1,700mAh battery. The dual-core Meizu MX version has an Exynos 4210 processor, 16GB of storage, and a 1,600mAh battery. Can a Chinese smartphone manufacturer deliver a product that is not your run-of-the-mill slab of plastic, but a decent Android handset really worth getting? That is quite possible, it seems. The Meizu MX Android 4.0 smartphone is equipped with a high resolution display and inside it runs the with four cores of awesome. Care to learn more about the device? Then let's check it out in detail. So, we open up the fancy box that the Meizu MX comes in and we find an okay-looking smartphone that, strangely, yet not all that surprisingly, resembles a somewhat bigger iPhone. That is only when looking at its front, however, as the back is made out of glossy plastic – probably one of the glossiest kinds you will ever see on a cell phone. Size Visualization Tool Overall, the Meizu MX looks acceptable and fits well in the palm, but more than a few things could have been executed better.
Meizu MX Review
While the Meizu electronics brand isn't that well known outside of China at the moment, they're certainly a brand to be reckoned with in the smartphone market, and if the Meizu MX is any indication, they'll be a whole lot more well known in the very near future. The device you see before you is a high-end Android device made for release in China only, but because of its 2G and 3G network bands, we're able to use it here in the USA with a micro SIM card from T-Mobile or AT&T, whichever we so choose to pop in. Because of this, the review of this device makes for a rather interesting exercise in testing Meizu on a global scale: can this MX smartphone stand up to the rest of the Android devices here in the USA? This device is currently available in China and can readily be purchased through carriers and resellers of hardware if you're in the area. Should you want to use this device in the United States, you'll want to make sure it's set for English right out of the box or you may have a bit of trouble (provided you aren't able to read Mandarin) working with this device's many interfaces - each of them available in several languages, thus is the power of Android.
Meizu MX
When I first learned about the Meizu MX, I admit my knee-jerk reaction was to dismiss it as yet another cheap iPhone knockoff. Boy was I wrong. This is one sophisticated device, which while no doubt would be banned immediately if it came stateside, offers plenty for old Android hands and smartphone newbies alike to appreciate. When you first see the Meizu MX, don't be alarmed if you do a double take--I certainly did. Really, this trim and polished handset could be a splitting image of an iPhone 3G or perhaps an iPod music player . The phone's front face is all-black and is sculpted in the familiar rounded curves that Apple loves to employ. Also similar to Apple's uberphone, is the MX's big 960x640-pixel resolution screen that boasts the same pixel count as the iPhone's hallowed Retina display. The Meizu's larger 4-inch real estate though, compared to 3.7 inches, means its pixel density is lower. That said, I found the MX's screen sharp and pleasing to view with text, pictures, and wallpapers crisply rendered. Contrast was high but nowhere as saturated as AMOLED phones I've used. Plus, like typical LCDs, viewing angles deteriorate quickly when the display is tilted off-center. Despite its blatant mimicry of a late-model iPhone, the Meizu MX's design is subtle, dare I say elegant.
Meizu MX review: Amaze U
This is easily a phone you can pretend doesn't exist. And you don't have to try too hard either. The Meizu MX is something of a chimera. An iPhone body and a droid mind. It's not where you take things from - it's where you take them to. For a phone coming from China, the Meizu MX has no qualms with imitation. But it's not a characterless low-cost replica either. Strictly speaking, the Meizu MX is an Android smartphone, but it goes to great lengths to emulate the Apple iPhone in its strengths and even some of its failings. The result is a unique Android experience that differs from iOS as well - it's a very curious device, the Meizu MX. It's hard to deny that the Chinese company went all out loading up the MX for a fight. The phone packs a 4.0" ASV LCD screen of 640 x 960 pixel resolution (the same res as the iPhone 4/4S) and an Exynos chipset straight from the Samsung Galaxy Note (a tad faster than the one in the Galaxy S II). Impressive stuff for sure, at least when you read the features off the specs sheet. Here are the rest of them, plus the disadvantages we found: It's not all perfect, but the Meizu MX can certainly go against a lot of Android flagships and show them a thing or two.
Prices
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Meizu MX 4-core 64GB Black QUAD CORE ANDROID GSM QUAD 2G PENTA BAND 3G HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 | $675 | See it |
