Meizu MX4 review: Alternadroid

7 November 2014
While Xiaomi’s busy conquering the world with hardly leaving China, and the likes of Oppo and Huawei think globally, as they act locally, Meizu is somewhere in between. Some three years now and several generations of supercharged...

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  • gatch
  • K3N
  • 08 Nov 2014

meizu's devices always have known as chinese iphones

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    • Dododo
    • THh
    • 08 Nov 2014

    regs, 07 Nov 2014Pro will have an extremely slow GPU unfortunately. Same SoC... moreThanks for pointing this out, I didn't know. Had been thinking about trying it, but now will wait before I order it.

    This pointless super HD resolution race is getting absurd.

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      • Angry Mobile Nerd
      • bEx
      • 08 Nov 2014

      China is the world's largest mobile phone market so don't be surprised if Meizu takes its sweet time going global when there's more than enough for them right here in China.

      Going global is a huge undertaking which OnePlus and Xiaomi are unfortunately learning the hard way; you need the manufacturing capacity to make enough units, the logistics to ship and store them, the retail channels to sell them, and then the service centers in place to support them not to mention other stuff like training and translating manuals and software for dozens of languages.

      Meizu should be applauded for setting up an international online store so at least if anyone anywhere really wants one they can go online and order one direct, even Xiaomi, Oppo, and Oneplus haven't done that.

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        • Anonymous
        • wry
        • 07 Nov 2014

        AnonD-251095, 07 Nov 2014Camera performance is not Sony ? Seriously have you not rea... more
        Not surprised to hear that at all considering how poor Sony camera software is.

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          • regs
          • x1y
          • 07 Nov 2014

          Dododo, 07 Nov 2014One of the more interesting Chinese phones, with the Pro ve... morePro will have an extremely slow GPU unfortunately. Same SoC as Galaxy Alpha, but more than 4 times larger resolution. Unless they manage to make it 4 times smaller in full screen 3D apps (games), so it will be native to screen.

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            • Anonymous
            • 7Ck
            • 07 Nov 2014

            GSMArena, PLEASE Start testing cameras under LOW LIGHT and USE THEIR MANUAL modes!!!!!!!! So many modes and all you do is HDR. Show us the power of slow shutter, etc..

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              • Anonymous
              • J9V
              • 07 Nov 2014

              Honor 6 review next please

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                • Dododo
                • THh
                • 07 Nov 2014

                One of the more interesting Chinese phones, with the Pro version sounding like the most interesting Chinese phone of them all.

                But most other reviews I saw noted poor build quality and substandard camera overall. I hope the more expensive MX4 Pro improves in these areas.

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                  • Adrian
                  • 3S6
                  • 07 Nov 2014

                  That's why other brand like Samsung had a bad time in China.
                  I Think they work really Good at put something great together,even better that Famous Brands!
                  I Love the design..!

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                    • AnonD-251095
                    • i5S
                    • 07 Nov 2014

                    AnonD-27754, 07 Nov 2014I was really disappointed with it's camera performance. Ot... moreCamera performance is not Sony ? Seriously have you not read the article ?
                    "Photos come out very good, this is what Sony should have done with its own sensor"

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                      • HammerHead
                      • jeu
                      • 07 Nov 2014

                      AnonD-237024, 07 Nov 2014Love the UI.Was using FlyMe OS on my Nexus 5 for a while,super smooth and the UI was beautiful..

                      http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development/official-flyme-nexus5-kk-4-4-flyme-3-8r-t2875908

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                        • Anonymous
                        • n%7
                        • 07 Nov 2014

                        At least, the Meizu MX4 has been very succesfull in China, millions have already been sold, so that's a good start for them.

                        Meizu MX4 PRO version will come out soon and according to rumors possible also a budget Meizu version to compete with Xiaomi Redmi series.

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                          • regs
                          • x1y
                          • 07 Nov 2014

                          Still with MX2. For me reasons I didn't buy MX4 are lack of LTE 800 and NFC. Waiting for MX4 mini or next year, for MX5. As MX2 will be updated to Flyme 4 as well. For now, most probably, i'm going with new tablet - Nexus 9. Not because it's HTC, but because it's 4:3 and Nexus. Sadly Meizu doesn't do tablets. Most probably due to lack of proper screens from Sharp.

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                            • AnonD-27754
                            • kD7
                            • 07 Nov 2014

                            I was really disappointed with it's camera performance.
                            Other reviews said that it was great, it was awesome, but now I saw it here, I think I might have a change of mind. The sharpness is unbearable, and the video quality is so-so.
                            It's cheap in our place, around $350.
                            Still, it's not Samsung, LG, Sony, or Nokia, so I wasn't expecting really hard on the phone's camera performance.
                            But still disappointed though.
                            But with other things such as battery, performance, screen, it's awesome. Just a bit of sacrifice for the price.

                              AnonD-237024, 07 Nov 2014Love the UI.agreed

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                                • K2F
                                • 07 Nov 2014

                                Review the Honor 6 .

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                                  • AnonD-237024
                                  • nG}
                                  • 07 Nov 2014

                                  Love the UI.