Meizu MX6 review: Six of a kind

Pre-installed apps

The latest version of the MX web browser utilizes almost the entire screen real estate to the web page, save for the status bar on top and a tiny bar on the bottom for Refresh, Tabs and Bookmarks.

The browser comes with an integrated ad-blocker.

There's even a Reading mode and our favorite Night mode, which inverts the background and text colors and makes it really easy to read at night.

MX Browser

The Meizu MX6 features a calendar that supports multiple online accounts. It offers monthly, weekly, daily and agenda views and is pretty straightforward to work with. Creating a new event lets you set which calendar to store it in, along with a reminder.

The Calendar has a very minimal, clean look but retains all the functionality you'd expect. You can also go for the Google Calendar - it's available for download as a separate app from the Play Store.

Moving on, we have the Clock app that will handle multiple alarms with custom repeat times, ringtones, snooze time and labels. There are also a stopwatch and timer integrated within the Clock app.

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A calculator app is also on board. Interestingly you can use it as a pop-up app over the homescreen. It offers a currency, length, weight and volume converter, too.

Calculator

There is a very helpful Toolbox app, which provides a flashlight, a mirror, compass, level, ruler and magnifying functions.

Toolbox

The Memos app is clean and simple, but digging into it you'll find many different themes available. You can add notes, images and even check lists into it.

Memos

The preinstalled file manager lets you browse through the memory of the Meizu MX6. It allows copy, cut and paste and also sharing of files on your device.

File manager

Perhaps the highlight of Meizu's homebrewed apps is the Security app. It lets you scan for viruses, clean junk files, keep an eye on your large files, manage your data traffic, and most importantly - control the permissions for each app you install.

Security app