Meizu’s largest smartphone launch of 2020 is right here and the corporate has introduced not one, however two new flagship-grade smartphones for China. Staying true to its minimalistic design, the cellphone slims down the bezels on the facet and provides a horizontal camera housing on the again that includes 4 cameras in complete. The Meizu 17 Professional is the corporate’s strongest flagship for the primary half of 2020 whereas Meizu 17 comes as a barely cheaper different.
Meizu 17 & Meizu 17 Professional Design
The Meizu 17 and Meizu 17 Professional include a easy punch-hole design upfront. The 2 telephones function a sophisticated CoF packaging know-how which will increase the display to physique ratio by limiting the decrease bezel to only 3.3mm. The Meizu 17 duo include a 6.6-inch customized Samsung AMOLED show with a 19.5:9 facet ratio and 92.2% display to physique ratio. The AMOLED panel helps 100% DCI-P3 colour gamut with a 90Hz excessive refresh price and 180Hz contact sampling price. The show panel has a peak brightness of 1100 nits with a pixel density of 390 ppi. You get a 0.15-sec quick display fingerprint sensor on the entrance as nicely.
Meizu has all the time given due significance its flagship designs. The brand new Meizu 17 weights 199 grams and is simply 8.5mm thick. The cellphone isn’t prime or bottom-heavy as Meizu has used a balanced design to make it comfy to carry. The usual Meizu 17 comes in three colours at launch: Black, Darkish Inexperienced, and White.
Be aware that the most important distinction between the Meizu 17 and the 17 Professional is in the fabric of the physique. The Meizu 17 Professional comes in a premium ceramic physique in white, black, and light-weight inexperienced colours.
The corporate additionally justified its resolution so as to add a 2.9mm diameter camera on the highest proper nook as a result of it believes this place creates the least quantity of visible interference. Meizu defined on the occasion that we’re used to studying from left to proper and having the selfie camera on the fitting gained’t hinder our studying expertise. Moreover, the corporate is making full use of the punch-hole camera through the use of it as a battery indicator. The cellphone additionally boasts of stereo audio system and Meizu claims that the sound output has elevated by 30% as in comparison with its predecessor.
Meizu 17 & Meizu 17 Professional Specs
Each the fashions include the flagship 2.84GHz Snapdragon 865 5G chipset beneath its hood with assist for SA /NSA 5G. The corporate employs a brand new mSmart 5G know-how inside its new flagships which reportedly improves its battery life when utilizing the new-age mobile community. Meizu claims that mSmart 5G is quick and secure, so the Meizu 17 can last as long as Four hours and 25 minutes longer after turning on this particular mode as in comparison with the common 5G mode. The cellphone’s battery effectivity can be attributed to the 360-degree encompass antenna design that can guarantee a secure community connection.
The Meizu 17 has 8GB RAM onboard with as much as 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The largest distinction between the usual and the Professional mannequin is the presence of LPDDR5. The Meizu 17 Professional comes with the new-age LPDDR5 normal and UFS 3.1 as normal throughout its variants. Meizu claims that the Professional model’s AnTuTu rating goes as much as 600Okay.
The Meizu 17 and the 17 Professional function a 4500mAh battery inside with 30W Tremendous mCharge quick charging know-how that guarantees 56% in half an hour. Meizu claims that the Meizu 17 can simply outlast different flagships like Huawei P40 Professional, Xiaomi Mi 10, and OPPO Discover X2 Professional in a typical battery check – all because of its mSmart 5G know-how. Be aware that solely the Professional mannequin comes with the Tremendous Wi-fi mCharge 27W charging resolution that may cost as much as 47% in 30 minutes. The Professional mannequin additionally helps reverse wi-fi charging.
The brand new Meizu flagship comes with mEngine 3.Zero that improves the gaming efficiency of the machine. It additionally options the brand new One Thoughts AI 4.Zero that considerably improves the fluency of the UI (35% enchancment over One Thoughts 3.0). The cellphone helps NFC, Wi-Fi 6 in addition to eID.
Meizu 17 & Meizu 17 Professional Cameras
The Meizu 17 sequence include a quad-camera setup in a horizontal camera housing. The usual 17 mannequin encompasses a 64MP Sony IMX686 f/1.Eight major camera with a 12MP f/1.9 portrait camera, a 5MP devoted f/1.9 macro camera that may take pictures as shut as 2.5cm, and eventually, a 118° 8MP f/2.2 ultra-wide-angle lens.
The Meizu 17 Professional options a way more highly effective camera setup. It consists of the identical 64MP IMX686 f/1.Eight major camera however options an 8MP f/2.4 79mm telephoto camera too. With the assistance of those two sensors, the cellphone can seize as much as 8x lossless zoom samples with a focal size vary of 26mm-210mm.
One other huge spotlight of the Professional’s camera setup is the model new Sony IMX616 32MP ultra-wide-angle camera lens. This f/2.2 aperture lens can seize extraordinarily huge 129° camera samples. The Meizu 17 Professional can be the world’s first smartphone to make use of the Samsung S5K33D 3D depth-sensing camera that brings hardware-level portrait blur to images and even movies and provides distinctive options to the machine like 3D wallpapers and AR instruments. Meizu has stated that it’s going to add extra AR options to its Flyme 8.1 OS in the longer term to benefit from this {hardware}.
Upfront you will have a strong 20MP camera taking good care of your selfies. The corporate claims that the entrance camera now options the third technology night time mode algorithms (Tremendous Evening Mode 3.0) which guarantee clear and vibrant selfies even in low gentle conditions.
Meizu 17 & Meizu 17 Professional Pricing & Availability
The Meizu 17 is priced as follows.
- 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM – 3699 yuan ($523)
- 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM – 3999 yuan ($565)
The Meizu 17 Professional is priced as follows.
- 8GB RAM + 128GB ROM – 4299 yuan ($607)
- 12GB RAM + 256GB ROM – 4699 yuan ($664)
Each fashions will go on sale by way of on-line and offline gross sales channels in China from Might 11.
The Meizu 17 Professional Collectors version shall be priced at 9999 yuan ($) and can go on sale on Might 25.
There’s a particular Meizu 17 Plane Service Restricted Version which can function cool graphics on the again and customised themes for hardcore followers. This restricted version may even function personalized equipment resembling a novel charger, personalized case, badge, and even a SIM card ejector pin. This particular restricted version is priced at 4299 yuan ($607) and goes on sale on Might 27.
Meizu may even provide a bunch of PANDAER 17 sequence funky circumstances for the Meizu 17 sequence beginning at 49 yuan (~$7). The circumstances go on sale from Might 20. It’s also possible to get particular silicone protecting circumstances beginning at 89 yuan (~$13).
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