preface

Since Meizu launched the Meilan sub brand, the launch of the new machine has been out of control. Meilan metal is the sixth conference this year. At present, Meizu's product line has high-end PRO5, mid tier MX MX pro、 The low-end Meilan and Meilan notes have now been released in such a small price range. It seems Meizu is going further and further in the air sea tactics. However, the company can still have a good experience when the price is kept to the minimum. Meilan Metal is Meizu's helpless work against the attack of other manufacturers or the killer of the thousand dollar machine market. Let's find out.

first impression

For the first time, I saw the packaging of mobile phones made into a hardcover book. Although the MX series has always had problems of one kind or another, Meizu is one of the few manufacturers that can spend their minds on packaging. Later, after the release of Meilan, the packaging was not page turning design, but still flat packaging. Meilan notes also used this packaging style. Meilan Metal has changed its flat packaging design from the previous one to the current popular compact packaging with the style of the sky and the earth cover. I wonder if this packaging style will extend to MX.

The front is very simple, with only the words "Meilan metal" and no mobile phone display.

On the side of the package is the latest Meizu logo. Huang Zhang, CEO of Meizu, said that the Meizu logo should be calm and stable like a mirror, which can represent the kind of real pursuit of dreams in the heart. Even if the spirit of pushing to the limit, the next decade will be her.

The front panel of the mobile phone is white. Looking back, the white version of the iPhone 4 was released later than the black version due to technology problems. Now even the 1000 yuan version uses a white panel, including the nuts that were just launched before. Thanks to the unremitting efforts of the technical experts.

This time, the factory protective film of Meilan Metal was not covered on the phone glass, but pasted on the packaging box. Tear off the protective film for the first time.

In addition to the data cable, the charging plug and the manual, there is no such thing in the package. Now even the flagship is no longer equipped with earphones. What kind of bicycle does a thousand yuan machine need.

The sim card slot is still an and/or card slot, which supports Unicom mobile dual card dual 4G, but 4G can only work with a single card. Micro SD card (TF card) supports a maximum of 128GB expansion.

The output of the charging head is 5V-1.5A, which does not seem to support fast charging.

Appearance appreciation

The front is very clean and tidy, the screen is 5.5 inches, 1080P, the upper and lower forehead are not wide, and the proportion of the screen is relatively high. It is rare to configure the front of the 1000 yuan machine is press fingerprint recognition.

13 million cameras with phase focusing, dual color temperature flash lights and Meizu logo on the back. The one-piece aluminum alloy rear shell on the back doesn't have a strong sense of metal. A thick layer of paint on the rear shell doesn't feel cold and metallic. No wonder LeTV said don't make metal into plastic. The white is not pure white, but milky white and even some yellowing. The paint on the back shell is not firm. After playing for a while, you will see some small scars.

Although there are only two holes on the panel, it is still equipped with a hidden breathing light, and Meizu is still careful.

The 2.5D arc screen has a beautiful sense, but because the metal frame adopts CNC process highlight chamfer, there is no feel of seamless transition from the screen edge to the frame edge. It is worth mentioning that the 2.5D curved surface is also used around m-Touch. You may not really appreciate the 2.5D touch enhancement at the screen edge, but the curved surface processing of m-Touch is felt every time the screen is lit. The touch of keys is improved compared with the magic blue note, and the keys are short and powerful.

The left side of the fuselage is a sim card slot, which is made of plastic and has a certain gap with the fuselage.

The right side of the fuselage is the power button and volume up/down. The keys are also CNC cut, with moderate soft and hard feel and clear feedback. However, it is hard to understand Meizu's practice of putting the key on the right side of the mx5, on the left side of the Meilan note, and on the right side of the metal.

The bottom of the fuselage is equipped with speakers, microphones and charging ports. It is worth mentioning that the charging port is hidden deeply and will not be exposed, which has a certain protective effect on the charging port.

On the whole, the appearance of Meilan Metal is satisfactory. The integrated metal back shell and 2.5D arc screen have added a lot of points to their appearance.

UI experience

The system that Meilan metal carries this time is Flyme 5.1 based on YunOS, and there is a system update when it is started. The latest system is Flyme OS 5.1.0.1Y. This upgrade of Flyme5 has mainly solved the problem of fever and collapse of Flyme4, which has been criticized by many people, and further improved the smoothness and stability. It is smooth and stable to use.

Flyme 5.1 carries relatively few built-in software, and Weibo, Gaode Map, Taobao, Meituan, Jumeiyoupin, etc. are also commonly used software, eliminating the tedious installation. The usable capacity is 10.47GB. There is also no YunOS card like life service A screen on the left side of the home page. In addition, the Flyme5.1 setup interface has changed from the previous design of displaying the secondary menu directly to the secondary menu only by clicking. It is not too much to say that this is a step backward for the UI.

This time, the background of Flyme5.1 has changed the design of small icons in the past to the background effect of native Android 5.0. You can clean the background with one button, and long press the background card to lock the application so as not to clear it with one button. In addition, this version of Flyme supports split screen. In the background switch interface, applications that support split screen will display split screen in the upper right corner. Click to select another application that supports split screen. At present, common qq and WeChat support split screen.

Because of the relationship between Ali and Meizu and the reason of the system, the system's operations related to shopping and life services can be purchased by one click of Taobao, which can be said to be very fast and convenient.

Flyme also supports the extreme power saving mode. When 18% of the remaining power is turned on, the display can still take 18 hours, but only calls and text messages can be used.

performance testing

Compared with the previous generations of Meilan products, Meilan metal has significantly improved in configuration, and is equipped with a 28 nanometer process 64 bit Helio X10 eight core processor. Although both are Helio X10 series, Meizu MX5 was equipped with MT6595T before, and Meilan metal is a performance shrunk version of MT6595m. GPU PowerVR G6200, 2GB running memory and 16GB/32GB body storage space. The measured score of Anthare v5.7.3 was 50791 points, firmly biting behind the MX5, and the Geekbench3 multi-core score reached 4946. It should not feel stuck in general medium and large games, and the fever was also acceptable. Except for some heat in the camera part during large games, there was no obvious fever in daily use.

fingerprint identification

At present, the 1000 yuan level is equipped with the back fingerprint identification module. Meilan Metal directly applies the front press fingerprint identification to the 1000 yuan machine, and how does it behave.

The fingerprint entry is relatively fast and does not delay, and up to 5 fingerprints can be entered. Fingerprints can not only be used to unlock, but also encrypt documents and applications. In addition, select whether to allow the voice assistant to make calls and send SMS messages under the lock screen.

The fingerprint unlocking speed is also relatively fast, which is comparable to that of the iPhone 6p in the black screen state, but when the screen is lit, Meilan metal is even a little faster than the iPhone 6P, because when the finger is close to the touch ID phone in the black screen state, it will make a prediction to try to understand the difference in the lock time. Meilan metal can only unlock when the finger is pressed, It proves that Meilan metal fingerprint recognition is still commendable. It should be noted that fingerprint recognition will become insensitive when the hand is wet or dipped in water.

Camera evaluation

The interface of Flyme5.1 camera has changed from the original sliding selection of camera mode to clicking to enter the secondary menu. Personally, it is a step backwards in the experience, but different people have different opinions. The camera has beauty, light field, macro and panorama modes to choose from. There are also general settings such as HDR and gridlines. The overall interface is relatively simple.

The left side is Charming Blue Metal, and the right side is iPhone5s, so the restoration of the sky color of Charming Blue Metal is almost the same as that of the leaves and iPhone5s. In the case of sufficient outdoor light, Charming Blue Metal performs well.

In the environment of large backlight, the light spot of Magic Blue Metal inevitably appears.

Sometimes we inevitably want to take pictures of some micro things. How useful can the macro in the Meilan metal camera be.

The left is AUTO, and the right is macro. It can be seen that the vein of petals in macro mode is clear, which is very useful in some extreme conditions.

On the left is Meilan Metal, and on the right is iPhone5s. In such a close distance, Meilan Metal has no pressure.

Meilan metal is equipped with phase focusing, which basically completes the focusing process at one go and is very fast.

Screen experience

The screen brightness of Meilan Metal is quite powerful, and it can still be seen clearly in the sun.

The backlight distribution of methylene blue metal is not particularly uniform, but there is no very serious light leakage.

There is nothing wrong with the screen display of Meilan metal, but it is not transparent compared with the iPhone 6P. The brightness drops at a certain deflection angle, and the color is slightly white.

Power consumption and endurance

Meilan Metal 100% tested the power consumption of one hour of large-scale games, one hour of microblog, one hour of online video, and one hour of music. The power consumption of one hour of large-scale games, one hour of microblog, one hour of online video, one hour of online video, and one hour of music was 21%, 11%, 16%, and 6% respectively. The remaining power was 46%. The 100% power consumption of the 8-hour standby has not been eliminated. It seems that Flyme5.1 has made a lot of efforts to optimize the power consumption.

summary

With an integrated metal back shell, 2.5D curved screen and press fingerprint identification, Meilan Metal is a big killer in the market of thousand yuan machine. Compared with the current thousand yuan mobile phones in the market, Meilan Metal gives the flagship experience of the thousand yuan mobile phones. Compared with Xiaomi 4c, the light flagship of mobile phone X, because of cost control, Meilan Metal still has a series of problems such as no fast charging, quality control, etc., but the price is the advantage of Meilan Metal.