Throughout 2015, the domestic mobile phone market has hardly been silent and hot. In October, China ushered in another round of new product release. The crazy Meizu did not stop, but released a new Meilan metal. Unlike most manufacturers who do subtraction on the 1000 yuan machine, metal does complete addition operations, which also greatly increases the positioning of Meilan as a sub brand.

There are two main reasons for the launch of Meilan Metal. One is There is a price gap of nearly 1000 yuan between Meilan and Meizu MX. Moreover, Xiaomi has launched the "little prince of Android" Xiaomi 4C, a big killer, and the overall configuration has increased by leaps and bounds. The final reason is that although Meizu's sales have been growing, in today's increasingly fierce competition, the biggest profit point is Meilan. So Meizu continues to pull Ma Yun's leg this time. After releasing the high-end flagship PRO 5, which does not count costs and does not need urgent sales, Meizu will add a new breed of Meilan.

parameter

Meilan Metal uses the same MT6795 processor as Meizu MX5. The configuration of the two processors is roughly the same, but when you look closely, the difference is still large. First of all, although both are MT6795 processors, Meizu MX5 uses the high-frequency version of MT6795T, operating at 2.2GHz, and Meilan metal uses MT6795M. Other parts, such as memory, camera, screen material, etc., are obviously inferior to Meizu MX5, followed by the addition of fast charging, which clearly separates the price difference between the MX5 and Meilan metal. So overall, the hardware configuration of Meilan Metal is still at a reasonable level in Meizu's product line.

Meilan metal adopts a 5.5 inch 1080P display screen, equipped with a 2.0GHz MT6795 (Helio X10) eight core processor, 2GB mobile phone memory, eMMC5.0 high-speed flash memory, support for TF card expansion, 13 million pixel rear camera+5 million front camera, rear camera supports dual color temperature flash, phase focusing, f/2.2 aperture, built-in 3140mAh battery, support for fingerprint recognition, Flyme 5.1 based on YunOS system is pre installed. In addition, the machine also supports the mTouch 2.1 fingerprint recognition function, which claims a recognition speed of 0.48s.

appearance

This time, the packaging box of Meilan Metal did not use the book style of mx series or the gift box of PRO series, but also met its pricing. A new sealing film ensures shaking during transportation.

After the launch of Meilan metal, many people complained that Meizu's mobile phones are the same. This sentence really applies to Meizu MX5 and Meilan metal. Regardless of the back cover of the body, from the front, Meizu MX5 and Meilan metal are almost the same. They are both 5.5 inch 1080P screens. Above the screen is the earpiece, and below the screen is the mTouch key, The layout of keys and openings at the bottom and side of the fuselage is the same. Meilan metal also introduces fingerprint recognition. It is the latest mTouch 2.1, capacitive touch sensor, with a response speed of 0.48 seconds and a recognition angle of 360. It can save up to five sets of fingerprints and also get through to Alipay.

It is still a long process from putting together configuration at all costs to putting together product design. Meizu may not be the first, but it is the loudest slogan. The slogan of Meilan Metal is "metal trend democratization". Admittedly, Meilan metal is the first metal machine of 1000 yuan launched by mainstream manufacturers. Maybe you think that the cost of a thousand yuan machine plus a metal body will not increase much in today's metal flooding, but Meilan metal is the first to achieve such elements as fingerprint identification+metal body+2.5D curved glass.

Metal means metal, so Meilan metal adopts a metal integrated back shell. The upper and lower parts of the back cover are both injection molded, and then sprayed with metal baking paint. This layer of paint is very thick, and the disadvantage is that there is no unspeakable feel of metal; The advantage is that the vision is unified, avoiding the sense of fragmentation on the MX5 and the extremely poor hand feel. 2.5D glass design is also a highlight of Meilan metal. Unfortunately, the metal trimming of Meilan Metal is two-stage, which is more spacious than the MX5, which also makes its feel cut into the abyss. There is no other mobile phone's amazing feel after passing through 2.5D glass.

Meilan metal has a built-in 3140mAh battery, and the charger uses 5v 1.5A, giving up the MTK fast charging technology that has been advertised before. Maybe it is cost considerations, or it is to make way for the MX5.

screen

mx5

Meilan metal

Having said these obvious similarities, there are still differences between the two mobile phones in terms of screen materials, screen parameters, etc. First of all, the MX5 uses the Super AMOLED panel provided by Samsung for the first time. Corning's third-generation gorilla glass has a measured brightness of 416nits and 401PPI. Meilan Metal uses full fit LCD, electrical glass T2X-1, brightness 343nits, PPI 403. In the actual experience, the MX5 is naturally more dominant. Surprisingly, Meilan metal Equipped with 2.5D curved glass that Meizu MX5 does not have, the visual effect should be more rounded.

Upper: MX5 Lower: Meilan metal

On the whole, the screen quality of Meilan Metal is poor, and the grayscale performance is not as arbitrary. The performance of three primary colors: the blue-green color of the MX5 is more prominent and has obvious oversaturation, while the Meilan metal is not accurate in reduction. The red and blue colors are relatively flat and tasteless. In terms of brightness, the MX5 is higher, which can effectively show the dark details of the scene, while the Magic Blue metal is still unsatisfactory.

system

Unlike the high-end product PRO 5, Meilan metal has the first mover advantage in the speed of Flyme 5.1. Although the underlying is based on YunOS, the UI of Flyme is the same as that of the Android based version. This new system retains the material design of the Android native system, which is somewhat different from the previous appearance of Flyme, but reduces the learning costs of different Android users.

Meilan metal is equipped with YunOS's Flyme 5.1. Although the underlying is based on YunOS, the UI of Flyme is the same as that of the Android based version, and the learning cost is almost zero. In addition to some small functions, the biggest feature of YunOS's Flyme 5.1 is the system security upgrade. Flyme 5.1 also adds Flyme maps and most practical small functions. This time Flyme is also in The map application is added to the system, and the style of the screen and Flyme itself is more unified, so the data comes from Gaode and belongs to the Ali family. It supports bus query, car navigation, subway route query, surrounding information query, live navigation, etc., and also supports offline map download.

Since the difference between the Flyme 5.1 version of YunOS and the Android 5.1 version is very small, I won't say much here. For more detailed evaluation of flyme5, see《》。

performance

Meilan metal is an enhanced version of Meilan Note 2. The processor is upgraded from the 1.3GHz MT6573 eight core processor to the 2.0GHz MT6795 eight core processor, which is consistent with Meizu MX5. The only difference is that Meizu MX5 uses the 2.2GHz high-frequency version of MT6795T, while Meilan metal uses the shrunk version of MT6595m, which does not degrade the performance significantly, The use of light applications in daily life is still not stressful, but when running some large games, such as NBA 2K15, the frame drop is obvious.

Metal built-in consistent with Meilan note2 2GB LPDDR3 memory, while Meizu MX5 uses 3GB dual channel LPDDR3 memory, so it is impossible for metal to catch up with MX5, and Meizu will not let this happen.

photograph

In terms of camera, the combination of 5 million pixels in front and 13 million pixels in rear is adopted, but the difference is that the rear camera adds phase focus. After testing, the CMOS is Samsung S5K3M2, which is obviously not the Sony IMX220 stack CMOS on the MX5. Finally, let's take a look at the actual sample.

Left: MX5 Right: Meilan metal

Because there is a huge gap between the two in terms of pixels, the MX5 is better than Meilan Metal in terms of details even in the case of sufficient light in the daytime.

Left: MX5 Right: Meilan metal

Night white balance is a very important reference value to consider whether the white balance of mobile phones is accurate or not. First, look at the color restoration of the lights in the grass. It can be seen that the color restoration of the MX5 lights is more accurate and close to the performance of the human eye. The control of glare is also slightly better than the charm blue metal, which is better than the control of purple edges. It can also be seen in the indoor sample sheet that all day long flower boards will be more bright in the magic blue metal. The short point is that the noise control of night shot samples is weak, and obvious noise can be seen in the night scene samples. However, considering the Meilan metal positioning, what kind of bicycle is needed.

other

In terms of endurance, Meilan Metal still showed considerable strength, especially in terms of power control of large games, which was very satisfactory, and there was no major fluctuation on the whole, The performance was quite excellent. Keep wifi on and power down at about 2% after 8 hours of standby. The battery is very durable in daily use. If it is heavy for one day, it will not be a problem to use it as a standby machine for 2 to 3 days.

Because of the positioning and price difference, Meilan metal does not support fast charging technology, and the actual test can only reach 5V 1.45A. However, compared with the MX5's 9.3V 1.86A, and the difference between the two batteries is only 10mAh, the charging time of Meilan metal is still too impressive.

It seems that the size of Meilan metal is the same as that of the MX5, but this time it reached 159g. The reason is that this thick metal paint can actually feel the weight on the hand.

Meilan metal

MX5

The room temperature was about 20 degrees. After running NBA 2K15 for one hour, the measured temperature was unexpectedly higher than that of the MX5. It should be the thick metal paint on the metal that affected the internal heat dissipation.

summary

After such a long practical experience, I can still feel that metal is different from the MX5 not only in details but also in configuration. However, after all, it was 700 yuan cheaper. Maybe it is just because of this small defect that Meilan Metal has a higher cost performance. The addition of YunOS can be said to give Meizu more capital to make mobile phones, or it can be said to give Meizu another way. However, Meilan Metal, we care not only about its hardware configuration and price, but also about the difference between different products through scoring. It can never afford consumers' desire to buy. The change that Qianyuan needs may be the leap capability of Meilan Metal, but whether Meilan Metal has really achieved it still needs to draw a big question mark.

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