Generosity in Chinese. Review Meizu M2 Note - smartphone with a larger screen

Meizu M2 Note

Chinese brands pushed the leading manufacturers of smartphones from the territory of the available devices, and every attempt to regain the position of giants meet all the more fancy gadgets. At this time, we see how to reserve Meizu has written an eight PHABLET with Full HD display in the "psychological barrier" of 15 thousand rubles. Suspicious generosity? Appr.

The development of smart phones has slowed so much that talking aloud about it, no one hesitates. Despite the fact that mobile phones are still  sold "a plus" , without technical break this device class mutates rapidly in the category of household appliances. This is when the "do not see the difference between the new devices will not change the old, until it breaks." If not curve hands of programmers who are porting to last year's flagship Android Lollipop, owners of old Galaxy, One, Xperia and others like them could safely remain with older devices, instead of spending money on a new season.

But if you ran into a steep smartphones ceiling features, the low-cost model in the development is in no way limited? Alas, this is not so: for example, has long been coming out of the discharge exotics Full HD display still nest on top of the industry and meet regularly only in smartphones cost from $ 300. How I would say Ilyich upper classes can not, do not want the lower classes. Exceptions in the models of brands, one-day only confirm this rule. But until mannered old-timers of the market wrinkle nose and say, "We have decided to produce only flagship smartphone," Chinese manufacturers of high-quality devices come from the other side and grab more and more market share. To the question "what will happen next?" Automotive history can answer: at the time Fiat (one one who invented the "penny" -Zhiguli) bought myself Ferrari, and Voklswagen (at Kaluga touring model which taxi drivers) now owns Bentley and Lamborghini. So we wish good luck confident manufacturers flagship smartphones in their difficult task. For those who do not understand what is behind the name of Meizu, we note that the company has become one of the first to be associated with the concept of "high-quality Chinese smart phone"

M2 Note, which will be discussed in this review refers to the very models that are born to "catch up and overtake" famous competitors. On the Russian market, our hero will confront major smartphones with a price tag of 12-15 thousand. Let's see if they compete with big-name "Chinese".

specifications

Meizu M 2 Note

Operating system: Android 5.1 Lollipop; Screen : 5.5-inch, 1920x1080, IGZO, 401 ppi; Processor : MediaTek MT6753 1,3 GHz (8 cores Cortex-A53);Graphics : Mali-T720 MP3; RAM:  Memory 2 GB; Read-only memory:  16 GB MicroSD slot; Link 4G : (LTE Cat.4), 3G, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11 b / g / n), Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, GLONASS; Cameras main : 13 megapixel, autofocus, video 1920x1080, Front: 5 megapixel; Battery:  nonremovable, 3100 mAh; Dimensions :  150,9x75,2x8,7 mm; Weight:  150 g.

Design and Management

History image devices Meizu obscenely easy - even in 2009, the Chinese reasoned that dictate fashion design they will not under force, but the best decision for the sales model will be similarities with the iPhone. Today, as the flagship of Cupertino itself has changed significantly, and Meizu ceased to borrow new "chips" in the guise of the US smartphone, M2 Note began to look a cross between the classic models from Apple to the average Android-PHABLET. the four options for colors smartphone we got the most neutral. Grey matt plastic does not attracts the eye, but, oddly enough, the smartphone still attracts the attention of others. «Apple, I suppose, give birth budget modification of its 6 Plus? »,« The Chinese did not cease to copy Western smartphones ... Well, at least technically grow up? "and the like to the replica M2 Note for testing sounded several times. That's flagship LG, Samsung and Huawei surrounding onlookers perceived as a given, and there seems to be "hooked".

Screen

Features Display Meizu M2 Note intriguing: not only that Full HD resolution in smartphones 15 thousand rare, so more and the display itself the hero of our test "thoroughbred." The smartphone installed IGZO-matrix Sharp, which, although not display brings nothing revolutionary, but pleases the quality level flagship smartphones. Flimsy advantage? And here and there - such "dead" parameter matrix in ZenFone 2 and Xenium I908, for example, better to prefer less clear and more balanced display models of competitors. So, in the Meizu such savings in the eyes of buyers is not observed. First, the display is very bright and in the limit gives more than 500 cd / m2 - is compelling options that allow you to use your smartphone without a problem on a sunny day in the street. Add to this the characteristic high for IPS viewing angles, good oleophobic coating (screen contaminated slower than smartphones without such protection), high contrast and accurate color reproduction - and found that in front of us probably the best display PHABLET worth up to 20 thousand rubles.

The color temperature of the display just a little different from the standard, but it can be adjusted in the settings of smartphones. However, in this issue you can get carried away, so that your friends in the photos did not look "redskins," it is better not to change the display settings at all. In summary, it can be noted that at the end of summer 2015. from Meizu M2 Note perhaps the best display among 5.5-inch PHABLET in class "15-20 thousand rubles".

Sound

High sound quality has always been the hallmark of the smartphone Meizu - Chinese brand sets in many models Hi-Fi decoders, because of what smartphones are showing themselves very steep devices for music lovers. Only here M2 Note these "superpowers" has not received. Quality speakerphone in our model is stuck right between Galaxy A7 and ZenFone 2. Moreover, the sound is "flat", so more and the maximum volume is comparable to ASUS - that means to play ringtone or voice during a conversation speaker More come down, and to play music or anything from YouTube for breakfast, when family members are worn around the apartment and going to school / work - absolutely not. The headphones smartphone manifests itself much more competitive, but there is no "flavor" (at least, with the use of non-professional headphones) as the sound track is not possible - about the same sound quality capable of Honor 4X or above Galaxy A7.

Iron

East - a delicate matter, and the filling of the Chinese smartphone - twice. Many fans disliked brand Meizu M2 Note immediately after its debut, and all because the second generation model (there was more Note M1 ) received less powerful stuffing compared to the first model. Meizu learned reaction to the M1 Note and decided to "move" a new smartphone closer to the budget class - probably the first generation PHABLET, which was higher by 30%, was sold far less intense. The tragedy of such a fact is not exactly blow: the difference between the eight-MediaTek MT6752 (old model) and MT6753 (new model) noted that unless judges coolest 3D-games on smartphones. Just less powerful smartphone owners will see once adapted to the weaker graphics accelerator (the notion of "the game did not go" on smartphones occurs in times less than on computers - in the ecosystem of Android developers adapt the game even for the ancient "buckets with nuts") and holders of M1 Note faced with this situation later. But look at the results - within 15-20 thousand in the Russian market for games adapted steeper unless ZenFone 2, if not to take into account the voracity of the Intel Atom processor in a serious graphics load.

Software

M2 Note running Android 5.1 Lollipop with firm shell Flyme OS 4.5. Earlier scale recycling system Android smartphones Meizu excited the imagination, but today proprietary shell become commonplace, and the "bells and whistles" authored by Chinese engineers are not particularly impressive The Flyme OS is fundamentally different from the standard Android? Firstly, the processed logic of physical keys. More precisely, the key - the one that is located under the display. If you touch it (without clicking) - it works as a button "Back" if you press the - button works similarly to the "House" in the Android. The third softkey from the smartphone amputated at all: to display a list of recently opened applications need to make a gesture from the bottom up at the lower end of the display. It sounds too confuses? In fact, getting used only 10 minutes, not more.

In addition, the smartphone installed the original alarm clock, calendar, audio and video player (the latter, incidentally, is very good and functional approaches MX Player), file manager and a program to release memory / CPU or control access to Internet applications and notifications in the curtain. Advanced power saving modes and antivirus included. Russian smartphone users are already familiar with such twists of the new models of ASUS, Lenovo and Huawei. Although, in fairness, we note that the Meizu and Xiaomi in the field of improvements were pioneers.

Topics and exclusive smartphone application is also provided, but manage their installation uncomfortable - the interface for such tasks are still not translated from Chinese. Because of the controversial features include the location of the numeric keypad on the keyboard - it is "stuck" to the left edge of the keyboard, which is why the owner of the first set of passwords will be accompanied by obscene vocabulary. But the feature Smart Touch is very happy - it's such a hybrid noutbuchnogo trackpoint with similar button in some Assemblies Cyanogenmod. Take a look at what "Parkour" in the system, you can get up to with it.

Cameras

The Chinese are very clearly presented photographic ability M2 Note: pier, rear 13 megapixel sensor with Samsung F / 2.2, a fast and good fit for shooting at night, and the front 5-megapixel camera with a self-4 cell large format lens - Yum. And, although the Meizu really good photographs, the camera lacks the nuances that have to be taken into account. The camera interface for its logic is like most smartphones Huawei - all manual settings and additional shooting modes are hidden in a similar way to hell, and taken out to the fore ease of use. The daytime pictures out successful and under such conditions. That is, the camera pointed at the subject, made a photo - and the focus is a high probability jumps to the center of the viewfinder. The same drawbacks are encountered, for example, in the chamber Lenovo VIBE Z.

Shooting in the dark objects in the M2 Note - painful lesson

 Work "trigger shutter" autofocus and flash is not too harmonious. Autofocus catches the object, then the flash is activated and the picture is taken immediately. But this time, the focus goes astray and Photo zamylenny.

HDR mode in the camera M2 Note too enthusiastic about it. No, the pictures are beautiful, but at the time of shooting the slightest movement of the object or smartphone radical "smears" picture.  To get used to the front camera is not necessary - it copes with its responsibilities and the quality of the pictures is almost as their more expensive counterparts.