Meizu
has released its new flagship smartphone, the Pro 5, at an event on Wednesday
in Beijing, China. The smartphone is part of the new Pro series of handsets,
which come with Pro accessories and services.
The Meizu Pro 5 will be available in two versions -
3GB of LPDDR4 RAM with 32GB storage priced at CNY 2,799 (roughly Rs. 29,000)
and 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM with 64GB of storage priced at CNY 3,000 (roughly Rs.
32,000). The smartphone will go up for reservation starting Wednesday and will
hit the market on October 12 in China. It will be available in Silver, Grey,
Golden and Silver Black colours.
Meizu said it is trying to bring the Pro 5
to India as soon as the end of this year, but added certification and other
issues may delay it till early next year.
The
company has assured that the Meizu Pro 5 will be getting "VIP
services" containing M Support - a remote support system, which will mean
that Meizu experts can go through the phone like TeamViewer. Meizu says users
can be assured if privacy during this process, with SSL and AES encryption, and
can end the session at any time.
The
company said it will dawn testing its M Support service in October, and the
service can be hoped to launch in November. Onsite service will be granted for
those problems that cannot be resolved remotely.
The
Pro 5 features an all metal body and much like some previously launched Meizu
handsets, sports a physical home button that doubles as a fingerprint scanner.
The company alleged that the Pro 5 smartphone sports "the fastest fingerprint
recognition on a Meizu device yet." The physical home button is surrounded
by a metal ring made of stainless steel. The Chinese company at the launch
claimed that the new button finish will ensure a better tactile feel.
The
handset comes with a 5.7-inch (1080x1920 pixels) Super Amoled display with
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protection and 2.5D glass. The display sfeatures a
pixel density of 387ppi. Under the hood, the Pro 5 is backed by a Samsung
Exynos 7420 octa-core processor (quad-core 2.1GHz + quad-core 1.5GHz) coupled
with Mali T760 MP8 GPU.
Running
Flyme 5 runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop, the smartphone features
dual Nano-SIMs and also support 4G LTE on both the SIM cards. The Pro 5
features LTE Cat. 6 standard offering download speed of up to 300Mbps in the
TDD LTE 4G frequency band. The company is also promoting a brand new baseband
modem, which also offers improved call quality.
The
Pro 5 smartphone features a 21.16-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX 230,
dual-tone flash and f/2.2 aperture. The rear camera includes a Blue glass
filter and sports Panorama, burst mode and packs both phase detection laser
focusing and autofocus focusing. There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera
also on board.
The
handset is backed by 3050mAh battery and sports mCharge 2.0 technology that is
claimed to offer up to 65 percent charge in just 30 minutes. Another main
feature of the Meizu Pro 5 is it comes packed with USB Type-C port. It measures
156.7x78x7.5mm and weighs 166 grams.
The
Chinese company is also promoting the audio capabilities of the Pro 5,
containing an ESS ES9018K2M DSP and NXP chips, calling Hi-Fi 2.0. It also
announced some accessories with the Pro 5 including the Harman Kardon Sound
Sticks III which can be bundled with the smartphone at CNY 3798 (approximately
Rs. 39,250) for the 32GB/ 3GB of RAM and CNY 4,098 (approximately Rs. 42,350)
for the 64GB/ 4GB of RAM models.
The
Meizu EP-31 earphones were also declared at the same event and can be bundled
with Pro 5 package at an additional overall price of CNY 3398 (roughly Rs.
35,000) for the 32GB/ 3GB RAM and CNY 3698 (roughly Rs. 38,000) for the 64GB/
4GB RAM. They can be bought separately at CNY 199.
The
Flyme 5 operating system sports several additions over and above Flyme 4.5, and
is said to be simpler, fatser and cleaner. It also brings 'split screen'
functionality, including for incoming calls. Also, with the additional display
real estate, users have more icon rows (from 4 to 5).
The
firm said Flyme 5 is faster than MIUI for app loading, and offers 11 percent
better battery life than Flyme 4.5. It is releasing on Friday for the MX5, but will be released in beta for
the Pro 5 on October 15, and the final build on November 15.
SPECIFICATIONS
Display:
5.70-inch
Resolution:
1080x1920 pixels
Processor:
1.5GHz
RAM:
3GB
Rear
Camera: 21.16-megapixels
Front
Camera: 5-megapixels
OS:
Android 5.1
Storage:
32GB
Battery
Capacity: 3050mAh
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