On December 23, 2014, Meizu officially launched a new sub brand - "Meilan", and also launched its first product, Meilan note mobile phone. Meilan brand is targeted at young users, that is, "Quality For Young" That is, the brand concept of "youth good products", which aims to provide high-quality low-cost high-quality mobile phones for young people. Therefore, Meizu controls the design, R&D and production of Meilan. Less than a year later, Meizu launched three new models of Meilan series, with excellent workmanship, excellent configuration and low prices, Meilan series has won the favor of thousands of young people and made great contributions to the popularization of Meizu brand and the improvement of total sales volume.

As time went by, Meizu held a new Meilan product launch at Beijing National Convention Center on October 21, 2015, and Meizu's new model Meilan metal was officially released. Compared with the previous Meilan phones, Meilan metal has made rapid progress in hardware configuration: 5.5 inch 1080p2.5D glass screen; MediaTek Helio X10 eight core processor; Mali-T720 GPU； 2GB RAM； 16G/32G ROM memory+expandable; Mobile Unicom dual card dual standby dual 4G; 3140mAh battery; 5 million front+13 million rear lens combination, supporting phase focusing; The integrated all metal body is equipped with mTouch 2.1 fingerprint recognition.

The configuration comparable to the flagship machine, together with the minimum price of 1099 yuan, makes Meilan Metal, which carries the brand concept of "youth good products" to the end, the absolute focus of the mobile phone market as soon as it is released. So, what is the actual experience of Meilan Metal? Is the title of "Good Youth" true or false? Today, the author will bring you the real experience of Meilan Metal.

The packaging box of Meilan metal is not only different from the previous Meilan mobile phones, but also different from the book style packaging of MX series. The narrow and long heaven and earth cover packaging box is more compact, with a large area of white space on the front and back, only the words "Meilan metal" on the front, and the detailed information sticker on the back below. There is nothing else, continuing Meizu's consistent and concise style.

Open the upper cover, you can see the frosted plastic paper that covers the phone tightly. There are simple operation tips on it. This design can ensure that the phone will not be knocked due to impact during long-distance transportation. It is a very intimate little detail.

Below the mobile phone is the accessories area, where card picking pins, instructions, data cables, chargers and warranty cards are all concentrated. All accessories are placed in an orderly manner. From these details, we can see that Meizu is still not careless and continues its meticulous style, even though it is positioned as a 1000 yuan mobile phone.

The front layout of Meilan Metal is quite similar to that of its fellow apprentice MX5: both are 5.5 inch screens, and the waist button at the bottom has fingerprint recognition function, even the top earpiece, hidden breathing light, light distance sensor, and front camera layout are the same. If you don't look carefully, you really can't see the difference between the two.

The back of Meilan metal is made of all metal, and its surface has been painted, which makes it feel very delicate, but it lacks a bit of metal texture in visual perception; The camera camera with 13 million pixels in the upper center is below the dual color temperature LED flash, and the new logo of Meizu is below.

Next, let's take a closer look at the appearance of Meilan Metal through several detailed pictures.

Meilan Meta's screen resolution is 1920x1080. It uses LTPS display technology and full fit process. It is particularly worth mentioning that Meilan Meta's screen uses 2.5D curved glass panel similar to its flagship model PRO5, which improves the quality of the mobile phone. It will feel smoother and more integrated.

Compared with the MX5, the touch of the On/Off key and the volume key on the right side of the fuselage has been greatly improved, and there is no sense of looseness.

The waist round key at the bottom supports front press fingerprint identification, and is equipped with the latest mTouch 2.1 fingerprint identification module. It has 0.48 second fast fingerprint identification, and also supports the mBack press return function. After the experience, the author feels that the experience is much better than the MX5, but there is still a gap compared with the PRO5.

The rear camera of Meilan metal is 13 million pixels, 2.2 aperture, supports PDAF phase focusing, and the maximum focusing speed can reach 0.2 seconds. Compared with the prominent rear cameras of MX5 and PRO5, the rear camera of Meilan metal is flat with the body, and the appearance is better. At least, there is no need to worry too much about the abrasion of the lens glass.

The front camera of Meilan Metal is 5 million pixels, with a f/2.0 aperture. It also supports FotoNation 2.0 intelligent beauty algorithm, which can beautify in real time. Press the shutter to get the photos after automatic beauty. This small function is of course the favorite of girls who like taking selfies.

The bottom layout of Meilan metal is the same as that of MX5/pro5, which is followed by microphone, USB port and external loudspeaker. Of course, PRO5 is a Type C USB interface, and Meilan metal is the same micro USB data interface as the MX5, which is more versatile.

There is a headphone jack on the top of Meilan metal. I think this jack is the roughest place on the body of Meilan metal. The distance between the inner tube of the headphone jack and the body is obviously too large.

screen

Meilan Metal's screen resolution is the mainstream 1080P resolution. It uses LTPS display technology and full fitting process, and performs well in color performance and anti reflection. The display effect of the screen is more delicate and transparent, and it still has good visibility even in strong light. From the above pictures of the actual display effect of the Meilan metal screen, we can see that the image displayed on the Meilan metal screen is more saturated, the color is more sharp, the color transition is more natural, and more pleasing to the eye. This kind of screen is a surprise in the thousand yuan machine.

system

Meilan metal is equipped with the latest Flyme 5.1 OS. On the surface, compared with Flyme 4.5, the interface of Flyme 5.1 does not change significantly. For example, the system icon, desktop layout, notice bar, etc. are still simple and flat. But with the deepening of experience, you will find that, In fact, Flyme 5.1 has changed a lot in many details. For example, the card type multitask menu and the setting menu are more intuitive and easy to use. The scanning function in the camera is independent of the more functional "scanning" APP. A more gratifying experience is that the operating smoothness of Flyme 5.1 has been greatly improved. Even if it is used for a long time, it rarely feels stuck.

The classification function of the system's own image library has been further strengthened. In addition to the general screening by time and album, the latest intelligent classification function based on photo scenes has been added, allowing users to classify photos more intelligently.

In addition, Flyme 4.5's "security center" has been upgraded to a new "mobile phone butler". The interface has been redesigned and the functions are more powerful and easy to use. For example, the "payment security" option has also been added to protect the hand hunters.

performance

Although Boss Huang Zhang said that "Losers are the ones who only look at scoring", as an ordinary user, scoring is the most simple and rude way to understand the mobile phone that they first come into contact with. In addition, scoring can also reflect the high quality of mobile phone hardware configuration and the level of system optimization from one side. Therefore, the author decided to run on Meilan Metal. Meilan metal uses a CPU similar to the MX5. Specifically, the MX5 is MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795T) eight core 2.2GHz, Meilan metal is MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795M) eight core 2.0GHz, the MX5 storage is 3GB RAM, and Meilan metal is 2GB RAM. So, put these two brothers together to run a score, which is higher or lower?

The above figure is the result of the scores of the two in the high-performance mode. It can be seen that the scores of the two are very close. When the CPU frequency and RAM are not dominant, it is commendable that Meilan Metal can score as high as the MX5. After all, the MX5 is 700 oceans more expensive than Meilan Metal.

In the actual experience, Meilan meal and MX5 are both very smooth when running the software. The author has downloaded and installed two large games, "Fantastic Flying Car" and "Street Fighter". The actual experience of playing these two games on Meilan Metal is very smooth, and there is no "Stuck" phenomenon. After all, mobile phones have entered the era of excess performance, and even the performance of 1000 yuan mobile phones can not be underestimated, plus the optimization of Meizu Flyme5.1 system, It is reasonable that the overall performance of Meilan Metal is satisfactory.

photograph

As mentioned earlier, the rear camera of Meilan Metal is 13 million pixels, 2.2 aperture, supports PDAF phase focusing, and the fastest focusing speed can reach 0.2 seconds. In addition, the operating interface of the camera in the Flyme 5.1 system equipped by Meilan Metal has changed greatly compared with Flyme 4.5, and the playability has also been further enhanced. After practical experience, the author found that the focusing speed and camera starting speed of Meilan Metal were both ideal.

Here are some samples taken with the rear camera of Meilan Metal. There is no post image, only compression processing. In recent days, due to the continuous rainy days and haze weather in the area where the author is located, the outdoor photography conditions are not very ideal. In addition, the author's photography level is limited, and the following samples do not fully represent the imaging quality of Magic Blue Metal.

Thanks to the PDAF phase focusing technology, the focusing speed of Meilan Metal's camera is really fast when there is sufficient light. Even if it captures dynamic objects, the imaging effect is also very ideal.

There is also a certain depth of field effect during macro shooting. With the addition of HDR function, even shooting scenes with strong light and dark contrast has a good experience. However, after HDR is turned on, the camera's imaging speed is significantly reduced, and the film rate is significantly reduced.

Heat dissipation and endurance

Meilan Metal uses the Helio X10 eight core processor of MediaTek, and the processor of MediaTek has always had a good performance in heat control. In addition to Meizu's rich mobile phone research and development experience and solid materials accumulated over the years, Meilan Metal has done a good job in heat control. In the following figure, the first figure is the temperature measured after Meilan Metal started up and operated normally for a period of time, The second one is the temperature (indoor ambient temperature is about 10 ℃) measured after running points with rabbits in high-performance mode. After testing, the author found that the high temperature area of Meilan Metal was concentrated near the camera.

In terms of endurance, Meilan metal has a battery capacity of 3140mAh. Its endurance performance is standard. Daily use can easily achieve a day's standby time. If it is heavily used, it is necessary to charge twice a day. This is also a common sore point of large screen mobile phones. Unfortunately, Meilan metal is not equipped with the quick charging function of MX5 and PRO5, Therefore, the charging time is long. If you have ever used the MX5 or PRO5, you will definitely be dissatisfied with the charging speed of Meilan metal. However, considering the price of Meilan metal, if you add the fast charging function, the MX5 with a similar configuration will really cry in the toilet.

Today's mobile phone market has long been a red sea, and the competition among mobile phone manufacturers has already reached a white hot degree. Although Meizu has made great strides in the past year and its market share has continued to expand, Meizu does not dare to take it lightly. In order to consolidate its hard won market share, the launch of Meilan metal is an inevitable choice among the reasonable, not losing the flagship configuration, The low price of 1099 endows Meilan Metal with an inherently high cost performance ratio. As a result, it has just been released and received great attention. Meizu is also full of confidence in it and vows to win the sales championship of Double 11 in 2015.

Of course, how can other mobile phone manufacturers wait to be killed and let Meilan Metal enjoy unlimited popularity in the 1000 yuan mobile phone market? It is bound to quickly launch mobile phones with similar or even higher configurations to deal with it. Whether Meilan's brand "Youth Good Product" can continue to fly high remains to be tested by the market.