Sunday, September 6, 2015

Meizu M2 Note, a smartphone high performance at an affordable price

Shown with a trendy design, Meizu has released a new smartphone product. Meizu M2 Note, an affordable smartphone with a high specification. Broadly speaking, Meizu M2 Note and Meizu M1 Note  is a smartphone that is similar but not identical. For the screen, still measuring 5.5 inch full HD, 4G network support and display between the two smartphones are also similar.


Meizu M2 Note
Meizu M2 Note

But when viewed in detail, there is a difference. The difference is Meize M2 Note already using Lollipop android operating system and equipped with a MicroSD slot. For specifications, there is a difference in processor. Although both use octa-core processor from Mediatek, a clock brought by Meizu M2 Note lower.

Design
Meizu M2 Note has a body dimension almost identical to its predecessor, namely M1 Note. Meizu M2 Note has dimension of 150.9 x 75.2 x 8.9 mm. While M1 Note has dimension of 150.7 x 75.2 x 8.9 mm. For weighing, Meizu M2 Note weighs 149 grams.

At first glance, there's probably no fundamental difference regarding the body design between M2 Note and M1 Note. Which can be realized, which is now the Home button design into an oval shape. For The power button, Meizu M2 Note is now more easily accessible. Because the M2 Note, the power button located on the left, Just below the volume buttons.

Colors of Meizu M2 Note

Plastic material is also still an option. But for color of the back cover into fewer, namely gray, white, blue and pink. The body design is also still unibody, this means that the battery is not removable. Back cover also looks similar to M1 Note, that the position of the main camera and flash is the same. On the right side, there is a slot for a microSD card and NanoSIM. Note M2 supports dual-standby function, with 3G and 4G networks are available on SIM 1. While in SIM 2 supports only 2G networks only. Then, at the top there is a 3.5mm audio jack and a second microphone. While on the lower side there are a MicroUSB port, microphone, and speaker holes.
meizu m2 note button and ports
Meizu M2 Note button and ports

Full HD screen
Meizu M2 Note has a screen size of 5.5 inches with full HD 1080p resolution. IGZO screen panel is made by sharp and has a Gorilla Glass protective layer 3 is 403 ppi pixel density, which makes viewing content on the screen looks sharp. Production color looks bright and wide angle of view as well.
But compared with Note M1, Meizu M2 Note has a brightness level lower. Because the brightness level is lower, it is automatically taken out of the room when the display content difficult to read, unless you bring it to the place that is shady.

Android Lollipop
Due to be released in 2015, then used the android version is 5.1 and Lollipop's UI has been overhauled by Meizu, namely Flyme OS version 4.5. Same concept as belonging iOS interface, where no app drawer. So that all the application shortcuts are displayed in the home screen. You can group shortcuts inside the folder in order to look more presentable home screen. Other components are also design is similar to iOS interface, the notification bar which has a transparent background.
meizu m2 note specification
Meizu M2 Note Specification
On the home screen, there are some quick access to certain functions. Drag up to unlock the screen, drag it right or left to run the application (for the left and right cameras can choose the application from the list). However Meizu also has an interesting feature. Namely Wake-up Gesture, where you can run a specific application of the condition of the dead screen. You simply draw like the letter Z, M, U and W use a finger. You can specify any application from the list.

Some gestures are available also similar to iOS. Such as switching between applications (task manager) were done by sweeping the screen from the bottom upwards. Meizu M2 looks like iOS 6, but it works differently. Where you have to pull the application up or down in the list to remove it from the task manager.
Display of M2 Note with blue back cover
Display of M2 Note with blue back cover
To create a more attractive appearance, Flyme OS provides a variety of themes to be used. Most are already available, but you can find much more on the app center. Some are free and some paid. Another useful feature is the Do Not Disturb mode, whose function is to block notifications and incoming telephone calls in a given period of time. Then there are also features scheduled power on and off, where you can set the smartphone to die or live in a certain time.

Performance
For specifications, Meizu M2 Note still using octa-core processor from MediaTek, it's just a different series. Meizu M2 Note using MT6753 series, while the M1 Note is MT6752. The difference lies on the clock, which for M2 Note is a 1.3 GHz, while the M1 Note is 1.8 GHz.

At Antutu benchmark, the score obtained by Meizu M2 Note is 32,054 points. Processor that is accompanied by 2GB of RAM that make multi-tasking becomes lighter, and Mali GPU-powered T720MP3 to need heavy graphics tasks. Then, for the available internal memory is 16GB, but there are also models with 32GB of internal memory.

Camera
Cameras owned M2 Note Meizu has the same specs as the M1 Note. Resolution is 13 MP main camera with autofocus and dual-LED flash. While the front camera has a resolution of 5 MP.
The images produced by the main camera include a good, though not comparable with the flagship smartphone. The resulting color is a little cooler (bluish), but this is not an issue. Due to the resulting contrast is also good.

To take pictures there are two modes that can be done, auto mode and manual mode. Where to manual mode, we can set various parameters. Such as shutter speed, ISO, and exposure compensation. Then to edit the photo feature is also available with the name of beauty, where with this option you can edit the facial images. You can make the eyes become wider, more gaunt jaw and brighter skin.

To capture another image, available are the panorama, HDR, Light field, scan and slow motion. In the HDR mode, the camera intelligently can display highlight and shadow detail with good, sometimes even capable of producing color accurate than auto mode.

In the video recording mode, the camera can record with a resolution up to full HD 1080p resolution at 30 fps that can run constantly. Unfortunately, there is no option of recording video with framerate of 60 fps, but there is a slow motion recording option in framerate 100 fps in 720p HD resolution images. For the video will be recorded in MP4 format with stereo format.

Battery
The capacity of the battery used Meizu M2 Note is 3,100 mAH. With normal use, the battery can last for 10 to 11 hours. There are three battery modes that can be customized. There are power saving (four active cores), balanced (six active cores), and performance (eight active cores). You can use to save battery power saving, balanced for normal use and performance for heavy needs such as gaming. For the price of a smartphone Meizu M2 Note ranged $.176.

Specification
Meizu M2 Note specification
Network
Technology : GSM / HSPA / LTE
Launch
Launch : 2015, June
Body
Dimensions : 150.9 x 75.2 x 8.7 mm (5.94 x 2.96 x 0.34 in)
Weight : 149 g (5.26 oz)
SIM : Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display
Type : IGZO capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size : 5.5 inches (~72.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution : 1080 x 1920 pixels (~403 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch : Yes
Protection : Gorilla Glass 3
Platform
Operating System : Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Chipset : Mediatek MT6753
CPU : Octa-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU : Mali-T720MP3
Memory
Card Slot microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal : 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Camera
Primary : 13 MP, 4208 x 3120 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Features : 1/3.06'' sensor size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video : 1080p, 1080p@30fps
Secondary : 5 MP, 1080p
Sound
Alerts type : Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker : Yes
3,5mm jack : Yes
Comms
WLAN : Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth : v4.0, A2DP, LE
GPS : Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BeidouYes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC : -
Radio : No
USB : microUSB v2.0, USB Host
Features
Sensor : Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging : SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser : HTML5
Java : No
Others : - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Document editor
- Photo/video editor
Battery
Type : Non-removable 3100 mAh battery
Standby :
Colors
Colors : Gray, White, Blue, Pink

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Anonymous
January 29, 2017 at 6:35 PM delete

Good phone, good design, good performance, good camera, little poor speaker. I love meizu m2 note

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