Meizu has no doubt become the first manufacturer to launch a press conference in the Year of the Rooster. On February 15, Meizu officially released Meilan 5s, this time with the theme of "the era of fast charging for thousands of yuan". After the price was increased by 100 yuan, Meizu brought an integrated metal body and 3G starting memory for Meilan, as well as the only 18W fast charge at this price. We Love to play computer games (Search for the public account Ainong machine) also got the new machine at the first time. Now let's take a look at the parameter table:

Packaging and accessories

Meilan 5s packaging box Meilan 5 is almost identical. The inside is simpler and thinner than the Meilan Note series. There are detailed product information on the back.

Accessories include card pick-up pin, manual, warranty, data cable, and the most important selling point this time. The model of U0920 MediaTek PE standard fast charging head is also used by Melanie X and Melanie E. It supports 5V/2A and 9V/2A outputs, with a maximum output power of 18W.

Appearance and workmanship

The front of the Meilan 5s is the classic shape of Meizu and most domestic mobile phones now. It has 2.5D glass+round waist home button. There is no logo at the top, but the parts are slightly higher.

The back is upgraded to an integrated metal material, with a three-stage structure. The top and bottom are made of plastic. The structure is similar to the MX5 of the year, and the joint has bright metal trimming. The machine we got is the new rose gold version of Meilan series, but the color difference of this color is more difficult to control than silver and black, and the color difference is obvious.

The top part is a 3.5mm headphone connector, and the bottom part has been greatly changed. Viewed from the front, the microphone on the left and the speaker on the right are symmetrically placed, and the opening becomes quite large, with the micro USB connector centered.

The sim card slot on the left side, all Netcom, supports two nano SIM cards, or SIM card+TF card, and the volume and power buttons on the right side, where there is also a bright groove.

The Meilan 5s uses a 5.2 inch screen. Although the frame control is general, the body is small, and the edges are round. With 2.5D glass, the grip will feel good.

In terms of workmanship, the gap and void of keys are small, the pressing feel is hard, and the feedback is clear; The sim card slot is tightly combined, and the card holder is made of metal; The home button will not make a clatter like the old Magic Blue, and the workmanship is better than expected.

Peer comparison

Meilan 5, Meilan 5s and Meilan Note5

It can be seen that these machines with a time difference of less than half a year have begun to show obvious design changes on the back cover, the body edges have become more rigid, and the back cover has begun to show a certain radian.

After upgrading the metal fuselage of the Meilan 5s, the fuselage size is slightly larger than that of the Meilan 5, but the frame thickness is close. Compared with the same door a few months ago, Meilan 5s puts the headphone connector on top, making the top opening completely symmetrical and more beautiful in design.

The side layout is similar, but the key position is slightly different.

System, performance and fast charging

What we got is the high configuration Meilan 5s with 3G memory+32G storage, the actual capacity is about 29G, and the factory usable capacity is about 24G. The Meilan 5s test machine is still equipped with Flyme 5.2.13 based on Android 6.0, rather than Flyme6 as mentioned in the press conference. It is estimated that the system will not be upgraded until the eve of the launch on February 20.

The system and life applications are familiar. In addition to the speed of application installation, the new machine is smooth.

Meilan 5s is equipped with MediaTek MT6753, 28nm process, which is an 8-core A53 architecture with a maximum dominant frequency of 1.3G. GPU is Mali-T720 MP3@700MHz ， 3G memory+16/32G memory+3000mAh battery.

GeekBench CPU run and storage performance test

RAR multi-core and single core performance test

In a simple performance test, the CPU score of Meilan 5s is close to that of Xiaomi 2 four years ago, and the performance is sufficient.

The official fast charging head of Meilan 5s is UP0920, which is the same as that of Meilan X and Meilan E. It supports 9V/2A output, but is not compatible with Qualcomm QC standards. Incompatible models can only be charged with 5V/2A output. In the actual test, Meilan 5s can be charged at the speed of 9.4V/1.4A at 77% power, and the power is still 13.5W.

Please wait for the detailed evaluation to be completed.

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