Part 1 | Preface

Today's mobile phone market, especially the domestic mobile phone market, can be said to be extremely competitive. This competition is reflected in the full range of high, middle and low-end products. In 2016, the competition in the low-end market became more intense. Many mobile phone manufacturers launched low-end mobile phones (1000 yuan and below), which not only moved closer to the middle and high-end in appearance, but also significantly improved in performance.

The author was lucky to get Meizu's new Meilan series product Meilan note3 from Leifeng.com. This kind of mobile phone is very popular nowadays, and the supply is in short supply. How did it perform? The author will bring a comprehensive and objective evaluation! OK，les go！

Part 2 | Appearance

In this face oriented society, the appearance of mobile phones is one of the most important factors. Meilan note3, as a low-end mobile phone of Meizu, originally I thought it might be the same as the previous generation product, Meilan note2, which had no bright spot, but it was shocked after its release! OK， Let's start with appearance!

The outer packaging is always simple. The white packaging box has only the words "Meilan note3" on the front, and even the appearance of the mobile phone is not printed. This is also Meizu's consistent impression on me: minimalism.

On one side of the box, there is Meizu's standard English logo. At the bottom, there are basic parameters of the product. This time, the author got the white standard version.

Package list: instruction manual * 1, mobile phone * 1, charging head * 1, charging cable * 1. Just at a glance, the author was attracted by the white front panel of the mobile phone, which looks really beautiful!

This time, although Meilan note3 is not equipped with fast charging, the 5V/2A output still gives the author some expectations for charging speed. After all, a high-capacity lithium battery is built in, so the charging time is still important.

It is totally different from the style of Meilan note2! Charming blue note2, the most impressive is the black front panel, slightly stiff. The Meilan note3 uses a pure white front panel, which is more lively and beautiful!

Speaking of Meizu, I'm afraid the most attractive design is the design of mback.

However, in addition to the touch of mack to return and press the home key, the round waist key of Meilan note3 also has the function of fingerprint identification, which is very powerful! This is also the first time Meizu has added fingerprint recognition technology to models below 1000 yuan (the price is subject to the selling price).

Not only the white panel, this time, Meilan note3 also carries out the beauty of symmetry to the end. The front camera and sensor on the top of the phone are symmetrically distributed beside the earpiece, with the same size and appearance, which is acceptable even for Virgo.

The keys of the mobile phone are concentrated on the right side of the mobile phone, including the volume increase/decrease keys and the switch on/off keys; The long bar type key design is adopted, with longer key stroke and moderate feedback strength.

The SIM card slot is designed on the left side of the phone. This time, Meilan note3 is configured with all Netcom+dual card and dual standby, which greatly improves its practicability and adapts to more people.

Of course, the card slot still supports SD card expansion.

The bottom of the mobile phone adopts a double-sided 4-hole design, which is symmetrically distributed on both sides of the micro USB interface of the mobile phone. However, the speaker is actually a one-sided design. The right side is the speaker, and the left side is only an opening for aesthetic design.

3.5mm headphone interface, designed on the top of the phone; Next to the headphone connector is a noise reducing microphone. The design is conventional and traditional.

However, the design of 2.5D screen is more attractive to the author; At present, 2.5D screen has almost become the standard configuration of high-end mobile phones, but low-end mobile phones are rarely equipped. This time, this design was added to Meilan note3, almost adding all the mainstream elements to the appearance design of Meilan note3, almost smoothing the gap between low-end computers and high-end computers.

Seeing the back of the phone, the first feeling is that it is so handsome! Slowly the MX5's instant vision!

It also adopts the three-stage design of the metal back shell, with the silver metal back shell in the middle and the logo of MEIZU printed in English.

The top and bottom are signal bands, which are heavier silver and should be made of plastic. At the junction of the signal belt and the fuselage, silver metal bright strips are also designed for decoration, which is very beautiful!

The rear camera of Meilan note3 is 13 million pixels and equipped with LED fill light with dual color temperature.

As you can see from the back, the Charming Blue note 3 adopts an arc shaped rear shell design. The edge transition is smooth and the edges and corners are not clear, so it is comfortable to hold.

At the bottom of the phone, there is a line in English that says that the product is made by Meizu, full of Apple style.

PART 3 | UI

Meilan note3 runs the Flyme5.1 system, which is deeply customized based on Android 5.1. Its system interface is known for its simplicity.

Turn on your phone, and the familiar interface returns.

It can be said that Flyme should be one of the first OS to use flattening, and it will be concise to the end; Even the background pattern of the desktop is dark blue, which makes the overall feeling very neat.

The notice bar is still a two column design, with shortcut keys on the top, and you can see more shortcut settings when you come down again; In the notification area, corresponding icons are displayed in front of different messages, which can be ignored with one click.

The setting options are simple. The color matching engineer is white+gray, simple and generous.

Storage space: 16G ROM, total capacity: 14.56G, usable capacity: about 9G; Built in the latest Flyme 5.1.3A system. It is worth noting here that all third-party built-in apps of Flyme can be uninstalled freely, which is great! In fact, there are not many built-in APPs.

What is more distinctive is the fingerprint identification of mobile phones. In terms of experience, it has the same feeling as Meilan Metal. It can unlock quickly, and can also encrypt documents and applications.

In addition, mobile phones also support numerous gesture recognition, as well as rest screen gestures, which can greatly improve daily efficiency. The most commonly used operation by the author is to double click the bright screen, which is also a popular function now.

Flyme， As always excellent.

PART 4 | Performance

Since it is a mobile phone, we cannot avoid talking about performance.

In fact, since Meilan note3 is positioned as a low-end model, the author does not expect much in terms of configuration.

Anthare runs for 44 thousand yuan, which is basically the general level of the thousand yuan machine. This level is enough to smooth almost all mainstream applications.

Flyme 5.1， It is still based on Android 5.1 system. It is worth noting that the CPU uses the new Helio P10 processor, which is famous for its low power consumption and is much better than the previous X10 in terms of power consumption.

GPU， The Mail 860 using ARM is also one of the mainstream GPUs, and its performance is relatively guaranteed. With 1080P screen and 480dpi pixel density, the display effect is expected.

In fact, since the price is less than 1000 yuan, the performance will not be the focus, and Meilan note3 is qualified.

PART 5 | Power consumption

Since we mentioned the power consumption and performance price balance of P10 processor, let's actually test it.

We test the power consumption and heat generation of the product with the most popular "CF Crossing the Line of Fire" as the test game.

It runs very fast and smoothly, and can run this game with a capacity of up to 600M perfectly.

After half an hour of testing, the screen temperature rose by about 3.6 ℃, and the back cover of the phone rose by about 2.6 ℃, which was very excellent. In the actual experience, the temperature change was almost not felt.

The half hour game consumes 7% of the electricity; In other words, in theory, you can play games for up to 7 hours, which is excellent!

In addition to excellent standby and power consumption, how about charging the P10 processor?

Since it does not support fast charging, the total charging time reaches 145 minutes.

The author records the time with a limit of 10 minutes. Every 10 minutes, the power will increase by 8%. After 92%, it will enter the slow charging stage, and finally it will be fully charged in 145 minutes.

As for the charging time, I think it is acceptable. After all, the 4100ma battery is built in, so the charging time is a little long.

PART 6 | Screen effect

The resolution and pixel density of the screen mentioned above are relatively mainstream. Let's take a look at the performance of the screen!

The first feeling is that the screen is a little green, and you will see the difference when compared with the original picture.

This one is more obvious. The control of yellow and blue is not good.

Not only is it green, but also the shading of colors is not good enough.

In this chapter, the original blue sky appears to blend green; For the grassland with concentrated green, the green is a bit too green.

Let's take a look at the display angle of the screen.

In my opinion, it is still excellent. But the angle is very high. Although it is not A screen, this performance is still very good!

PART 7 | Camera test

Today, the camera of mobile phone has become one of the most important functions. To a large extent, the camera function of mobile phone can replace the camera of ordinary users. So let's take a look at the camera performance of Meilan note3!

On the open coastal highway, the magic blue note3 performs well. You can see green grass, roads, and distant mountains, which are well organized and have clear imaging effects.

Golden beach, beautiful coastline.

You can clearly feel the beautiful scenery of the sea and the sky.

In the direct sunlight, the author feels that the light of the camera is white.

The macro imaging effect is excellent and the operation is simple.

In the room with good lighting effect, the focusing speed is fast, the imaging effect is good, you can see the second picture, and the depth of field effect is also very good.

The imaging effect at night is very good, which is unexpected to the author! Very little noise, little color deviation, excellent performance.

In addition, Meilan note3 has also built in some more abundant and expanded functions, and built in some filters, which can be watermarked with time, suitable for different scene needs.

It also has a built-in panoramic camera mode, which can easily take panoramic pictures.

However, in general, the photo options of Meilan note3 are not rich, and the focusing speed is also average; Daily use is enough, but if you want to achieve more functions, you need to download third-party apps to expand implementation.

PART 8 | Summary

The author believes that Meilan note3 is a relatively balanced 1000 yuan mobile phone. Although there is no surprise in the performance, it is outstanding in the power consumption. With a large capacity battery, it is the most outstanding advantage of mobile phones. The color display of the screen is general, but it has no effect on daily use. Compared with the price of 799 mobile phones, it can be said that it still has a big advantage in the thousand yuan mobile phones.

Finally, thanks for the quality products provided by Lei Feng.com!