Meizu, which has turned on the "Auntie" mode, once again ushered in its home court on October 21, and released the first thousand-yuan metal mobile phone branded with the "Ali" elements after cooperation with Alibaba - Meilan Metal. Meizu President Bai Yongxiang said at the press conference that Meizu's blue metal will be the final work of Meizu in 2015. Although this is just a mobile phone worth more than a thousand yuan, since this phone is engraved with Alibaba's imprint, both the media and Meizu themselves attach no less importance to this product than any Meizu phone released before.
Meilan metal, this is a brand new naming method. Metal means metal in English, which can allow Meizu to adopt a brand new naming method, which is enough to show the importance of this Meilan metal. In a year, the sales of Meilan series mobile phones exceeded 13 million units, and consumers' love for Meizu 1,000 yuan phones remained the same. At the same time, this machine is also a high-end model of the Meizu series. It is distinguished by the metal body and fingerprint recognition, which looks quite illusion of Meizu PRO 5. So as the mobile phone with the highest specifications in the Meilan series, how is the performance of Meilan metal? Let's get into the evaluation session right away.
Meilan metal is the high-end model of Meilan series
As a thousand yuan mobile phone, the biggest highlight of this new product is the creative integration of die casting and CNC to create a brand new metal body, with five exquisite colors: white, blue, gray, pink and gold. In addition, Meilan Metal realizes the front pressing fingerprint recognition of 1,000 yuan machine, and completes fingerprint unlocking as fast as 0.48 seconds. The three major functions of touch return, fingerprint unlocking, and fingerprint payment are integrated into the same physical button.
| Meizu Meilan metal (dual 4G) | |
| home screen size | 5.5 inch |
| home screen resolution | 1920x1080 pixels |
| other screen parameters | 2.5D curved glass |
| network type | dual card, dual 4G |
| 4G network | mobile TD-LTE, Unicom TD-LTE, Unicom FDD-LTE, Unicom FDD-LTE |
| core number | true octa-core |
| CPU frequency | 2.0GHz |
| processor bit count | 64 bit |
| ROM capacity | 16GB/32GB |
| Extended Capacity | 128GB |
| Battery Capacity | 3140mAh |
| Rear Camera | 13Mpixel |
| Front Camera | 5Mpixel |
| Front Camera | 5Mpixel |
| body color | white, gray, blue, pink, gold |
| body material | metal body |
configuration, Meilan metal supports dual-sIM dual standby dual 4G, equipped with a 13-megapixel main camera, 5.5-inch 1080P full-fit screen is equipped with 2.5D curved glass, equipped with SONY/ATL and other safety batteries with a capacity of up to 3140mAh, built-in Flyme 5 YunOS has a new system interface and more easy-to-use interactive design for relatives, and reconstructs the underlying memory compression technology, introduces intelligent early warning mechanisms, and specializes in developing scenario-based energy savings, etc.
all-metal body design Five-color shell
At the beginning, we mentioned that the "metal" in Meilan metal means metal in English. As the name suggests, Meilan metal adds a metal aluminum body, which has improved the texture and feels better than the note. Crystal Metal, a brand new alloy material developed by Meizu, injects a variety of rare earths, precious metal trace elements such as cobalt and titanium into traditional aluminum, and re-modifies the element ratio, greatly improving ductility.
Meilan metal has added a metal aluminum body, which has a better feel
combined with exclusive paint and spraying technology to achieve five different fashionable colors: gold, gray, pink, blue and white, and make the appearance texture of pure metal and nano injection molding parts completely the same, maintaining the high-integrated and colorful body style that Meilan is commonly used.
The biggest change of Meilan metal is that it uses a 2.5D curved screen
Meilan metal is equipped with a 5.5-inch large screen. Because it is a thousand yuan phone, it still maintains a resolution of 1920 x 1080, and uses a fully-fit LCD, which is slightly better than before in terms of color display. Compared with the existing Meilan series, the biggest change is that it uses a 2.5D curved screen, which looks more beautiful through the visual extension brought by the curve.
network support for mobile China Unicom dual-sec dual 4G
Volume/power key is placed on the upper middle position on the right side of the body
The top of the body is 3.5mm headphone jack / the bottom is micro USB data interface
has a power key and a volume adjustment key on the right side of the body. Its key design allows one hand to operate completely, and is the most comfortable and best-feeling design. There is a SIM card slot on the left side of the body, which can place two SIM cards in, and supports dual-stop dual-standby dual 4G functions. There is a 3.5MM headphone jack and noise-cancelling microphone on the top of the body, while the bottom of the body is a microphone, speaker and Micro USB port.
Faster fingerprint recognition
After talking about the screen, let’s talk about this Home button. Since the introduction of fingerprint recognition mTouch and removing the classic small dot design, Meizu still used the oval button design on the Home button on the front of Meilan Metal. However, it is not the simple mBack button of the past. It is the first Meilan phone to use mTouch 2.1 fingerprint recognition function, and it has achieved front-pressure fingerprint recognition in the 1,000-yuan Android camp.
This time, the Home button of Meilan metal perfectly solves the "squeak" sound of Meilan Note2 in the past, and the touch feels slightly soft when pressed. Home button outer ring stainless steel metal ring, capacitive touch sensor. During the experience, the process of entering fingerprints is no different from other fingerprint-enabled models. The lock screen password must be turned on by default. Judging from the fingerprint speed that can be fully entered by 8 or 9 times, Meilan Metal's fingerprint solution is the same as the previous Meizu models.
What is surprising is the speed of mTouch fingerprint recognition. Meizu gave the recognition time at the press conference to 0.48 seconds, "not inferior to Apple." I specifically experienced it on Meizu metal, and the speed is really satisfactory, comparable to my fingerprint recognition experience on iPhone 6s Plus.
In addition, due to the Android system, Meizu official stated that in addition to built-in payments such as flyme system themes, Meizu's fingerprint recognition also supports Alipay wallet. For a thousand-yuan phone, fingerprint recognition is a very luxurious configuration. It can be seen that Meizu spared no effort when creating Meizu metal.
YunOS makes Flyme 5.1 better use
an off-topic sentence. As a warm-up guest at this Meilan metal press conference, G.E.M. sang two songs live, one of which is called "I Like You". Behind this song, perhaps the other protagonist at the press conference - Alibaba. As the first joint customized product after the marriage between the two, in Meilan Metal, we not only see Meizu's new masterpiece in the field of machine making, but also vaguely see the game between it and its own strategic investors.
Meizu and Alibaba strategic cooperation
From the perspective of hardware configuration, Meilan metal has enough sincerity for consumers. But in the eyes of Zhidongxi, its greater "sincerity" seems to come from the software level, and this is obviously aimed at Alibaba.
Meilan metal is equipped with the Flyme 5.1 operating system developed based on YunOS 3.1.6 system
Flyme 5.1 retains the classic user interface of Meizu
Flyme 5.1 used by Meilan metal is based on YunOS 3.1.6 system development - it replaced Android with YunOS from the bottom of the system, and while retaining the Flyme user interface, it introduced typical card elements, input methods and other applications of YunOS and related security support. Compared with Flyme 5.0, Flyme 5.1 has made certain improvements. Of course, this also has the same tradition as the Meilan series models, or an optimized version launched by Meizu specifically for Meilan.At least we see that Meilan metal is equipped with Flyme 5.1, which is even "a little ahead of the curve" than Meizu Pro 5.
Flyme5.1 brings the new Flyme map
At the same time, the new Flyme5.1 brings many new functions, including powerful image recognition technology, newly upgraded scan, etc. Flyme 5.1's new payment security function can convert payment-related processes into stealth processes, making third-party programs unable to monitor, and achieve the purpose of making transactions safer; Flyme 5.1's power management function has also been updated, which will clearly show the overall power usage of the system in the form of a curve chart; in conjunction with Alibaba, Flyme 5.1 has upgraded the search capabilities of the entire system; in conjunction with Gaode, Flyme 5.1 brings a new Flyme map; Flyme 5.1 also brings a new Flyme reading application.
It needs a special reminder that it is not only Meilan metal that is connected to the above applications and services, but Meizu's upcoming Flyme 5.1. This means that Meizu's full range of smartphone products will be fully integrated into Alibaba's ecosystem, including YunOS and other Alibaba's applications and services.
Users can bind Taobao accounts through Flyme accounts to shop on Taobao and Tmall
In Meilan metal, Meizu has carried out structured data connection. Users can choose to bind Flyme account with Taobao account. After binding, Flyme users can log in to Taobao or Tmall without an account to buy things. In this way, the mobile phone shopping function has been moved up one layer in terms of attributes, becoming a subsystem-level function. I believe it will bring more convenience to everyone when using it.
Flyme 5.1 has added a safer payment security model
. The security improvement is the biggest improvement of Flyme 5.1 developed based on YunOS's underlying layer. In addition to providing functions such as garbage cleaning, harassment and interception, permission management, and virus detection, the brand new mobile phone housekeeper also adds support for payment security. When users need to make mobile payments, the system will automatically enter the payment security mode to ensure the safety of users' property in all aspects.
is equipped with phase focus. The top-notch one-yuan phone is
In terms of photography, Meilan metal has a 13-megapixel lens on the back, with an aperture of F/2.2, supports dual-color temperature LED flash, supports continuous shooting mode, macro mode, GIF photography, etc.; the front lens is 5-megapixel, supports FotoNation 2.0 smart beauty, and Face AE facial exposure enhancement function.
photo interface
It is worth mentioning that Meilan metal is equipped with PDAF phase focus mode, which is believed to be familiar to everyone. Many mid-to-high-end flagship products this year are equipped with, and Meizu's own MX5 and PRO also support it. The biggest feature of this focus mode is its fast, but on the other hand, since the phase detection is required by using the masked pixel points on CMOS, phase focus requires relatively high light intensity, and it is easy to not meet the focus in a low-light environment.
Focus length: 4mm Aperture: f/2.2 ISO sensitivity: 118
Exposure time: 1/108 Exposure compensation: 0EV White balance: Automatic
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Mickey blue metal sample as above. When it needs to be pointed out, the sample was taken in a cloudy environment and sunny environment. We still don’t know what the imaging performance of the machine has in a sunny environment. Judging from the existing sample, Meilan metal white balance is relatively accurate, and the imaging performance is good both during the day and indoors, but the picture sharpness is slightly lacking. In terms of macro, it has a softer background bokeh. As for night shooting, noise control is average and glare control is pretty good for mobile phones.
Overall, the performance of Meilan Metal, which costs 1,099 yuan, can be ranked well in the range of around 2,000 yuan.As for the price range of around 1,000 yuan, there is nothing to say. Everyone is familiar with products in this price range, such as Redmi Note2, Nut Mobile, and Meizu's own. I think the Meilan Metal equipped with phase focus should be considered a top-notch product.
MediaTek MTK6795m has a running score of nearly 50,000
When Redmi Note2 was equipped with MediaTek's Helio X10, it really stimulated many netizens; compared with Redmi Note2, this time Meilan metal is not much inferior. It is also equipped with MediaTek's Helio X10 processor. The specific model is MTK6795m with a 2.0GHz main frequency, and it is the same model processor as MX5, but the main frequency of MX5 is 2.2GHz.
Antutu running score screenshot
In addition to being equipped with a conscientious processor in the thousand yuan price range, Meilan metal is also equipped with mainstream 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM, which is also a sincere memory combination. Judging from the running scores of Antutu V5.7.3, no surprise, the running score of the machine reached a high score of 49681, which is as high as 50,000, with excellent performance!
GeekBench 3 test screenshot
And in the GeekBench 3 test, we can also see that its single-core performance is somewhat interesting, but the performance of multi-core is still good. It should be pointed out that this chip uses a 28nm process, and its power consumption will only be a conventional performance. In short, as in the summary of the photo part, the price of 1,099 yuan has such hardware specifications, what other bicycle is needed?
Summary:
When Meizu launched the first Meilan product, I was more optimistic about the appearance of the phone. To be honest, at that time, it was difficult for you to find a product with a appearance that could be comparable to Meilan. This time, Meilan metal is still leading the shape and workmanship of the thousand-yuan phone. After adding metal material, the feel of the phone has been greatly improved compared to the previous Meilan series phones made of pure plastic material. It really doesn’t look like a mobile phone worth more than a thousand yuan in hand.
and the experience of Flyeme system, the addition of YunOS elements this time is actually a highlight, and the system stability and fluency are very good. In terms of photography and performance, it also adds phase focus and MediaTek Helio X10 that are only equipped with mid-priced products, which are full of sincerity. If the phone is stocked in sufficient stock and becomes a popular phone on Double 11, it would not be surprising at all!
