Meizu MX 4-core review: Twice the power

18 July 2012
Make a stronghold of your home market and prepare for worldwide expansion. Meizu didn't invent the wheel with this strategy but is using it to great success. One would think a market as vast as China - and with huge potential for growth at that...

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  • AnonD-63566
  • Hvh
  • 19 Jul 2012

Chinese products still have lot to be improved... the only thing i like about this product is quad which may promise faster speed compared to other single or dual core devices. Does anyone know that Meizu is a company who made a product named iOrange which used same design with iPhone4, with android in it? Of course it was such an ugly product, and I don't know if Meizu has turned their face into developing real products(not copycats), but that design of Meizu MX(which is WHAT WE ALL KNOW), still seems to tell that they couldn't break the original inclination of borrowing already-created ideas.

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    • Bakou
    • 9x9
    • 19 Jul 2012

    AnonD-39775, 18 Jul 2012i will not buy this trash even with 8 cores at half its act... more))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) you killed bro)

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      • AnonD-63558
      • T3K
      • 19 Jul 2012

      AnonD-39775, 18 Jul 2012i will not buy this trash even with 8 cores at half its act... moreRead the review before you make these biased claims. Bad audio quality? Gsmarena found it to be one of the best on the market. It even comes with spdif. No updates? Right at the beginning of the review, gsmarena mentions it comes with ics based flyme 1.0, with the 1.0.1 update available for download. Bad image quality? Its actually quite decent.

      I bought this phone in HK and I must say i'm very impressed. Just like GA, I'm impressed with what theyve done with the software. The attention for details is amazing for a chinese company. But on the plastic part I have to disagree with GA, while it certainly is plastic, Meizu added a crystally look to it. Which makes it look less cheap imo (but a bit more feminine, especially with the colored covers). Also, the feel and the sound when you tap the back cover does not nearly sound as cheap as the GS3. Btw, unlike the specsheet at the beginning, the quad core comes standard with 32gb instead of 16. So it's alot of value for your money. The phone and screen of the GS3 and OneX was too big for me, so this 4" beast is perfect for people who wants performance and not have to carry around a ginormous phone. Not to mentioned the price is really really good.

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        • molotofc
        • M5N
        • 19 Jul 2012

        No good being a pretender. Same old white & minimalistic style (Apple).

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          • Anonymous
          • j01
          • 19 Jul 2012

          AnonD-39775, 18 Jul 2012i will not buy this trash even with 8 cores at half its act... moreWell, Meizu really is different from the other companies in China. I have to admit there are lot copycats in China, but Meizu spend a lot of effort to fight their way to be top mobile manufactory. have a try to its products, you will have a totally different image

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            • Anonymous
            • j01
            • 19 Jul 2012

            Anonymous, 19 Jul 2012where can i get this cheap in usa/canada?Meizu is about to be avaiable in USA this year. The boss of Meizu(Jack Wong) said that early this year

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              • robin
              • UZX
              • 19 Jul 2012

              AnonD-39775, 18 Jul 2012i will not buy this trash even with 8 cores at half its act... moreyour evaluation about meizu is partial and full of prejudice ,china is not the representation of inferior
              wares now, we are developing .so pleaes watch your mouth ,respect the respectable enterprise- meizu!try to know meizu before your assessment

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                • fobat
                • w1Y
                • 19 Jul 2012

                AnonD-39775, 18 Jul 2012i will not buy this trash even with 8 cores at half its act... moreI am sorry for all this Chinese defective product,I think it's most Chinese company 's sin ,unfortunately the very few good company have to atone for them,but I have to say ,Meizu 's unlike any other companys in China,it has glorious history at MP3 times,owns a lot of fans in China,but Meizu still is an small factory,it's usually release just 1 product per year,but every one is excellent,you 'd better hands on a Meizu product.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • TAL
                  • 19 Jul 2012

                  AnonD-39775, 18 Jul 2012i will not buy this trash even with 8 cores at half its act... moreBut Meizu is not Huawei and Zte, you can experience it if coule get one then give your commets.

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                    • Donaly
                    • jn6
                    • 19 Jul 2012

                    shortcut to camera at lock screen: volume +home key.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • uDj
                      • 19 Jul 2012

                      Well done, GSMArena! You always produce the most professional and comprehensive mobile reviews on this planet!

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                        • cleo
                        • XMi
                        • 19 Jul 2012

                        no sdcard & non-replaceable battery ?
                        better get iphone 5, jut few months from now.

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                          • wind up
                          • PG{
                          • 19 Jul 2012

                          Hmm, 18 Jul 2012Fail looks like Iphone.....which looks dated its self :)yeah I reckon the iphone 5 will be a close resemblence to this only a bit tinner but thats about it really lol Good work Meizu, wind up that yankee company whom think they own the world muuwaahhaaa hahaa haa lol

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 5Ma
                            • 19 Jul 2012

                            AnonD-39775, 18 Jul 2012i will not buy this trash even with 8 cores at half its act... moreDid you not read the review or something? Bad audio and video/cam? Hello?! Read the review! It did well. Considering the price of this thing, this is an amazing deal.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 466
                              • 19 Jul 2012

                              where can i get this cheap in usa/canada?

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                                • AnonD-55045
                                • N9x
                                • 18 Jul 2012

                                Unbeatable pricetag for a full blown smartphone in terms of hardware. The only thing Meizu has to do now is focus on keeping up with hardware while improving software and support. I hate to say it, but design also needs to be changed in order to avoid lawsuits from Apple.

                                The really funny part is that Apple's next iPhone will be very close to this one in terms of hardware, dimensions and design. It's like a next generation replica.

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                                  • Lh%
                                  • 18 Jul 2012

                                  Fail looks like Iphone.....which looks dated its self :)

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                                    • AnonD-39775
                                    • 0Cb
                                    • 18 Jul 2012

                                    i will not buy this trash even with 8 cores at half its actual price. number of cores is not the only specification to define a smartphone. all these chinese crappy tiny products have the lowest audio quality speakers and earpieces,you can barely hear it in the street,no gsm signal,bad battery life,no reselling unless you'll give it away for 80 euros,no service points,no aftersales support,no updates,no image,no high grade materials,infernal bad photo-video camera,no nothing. it is very rude from meizu to put a such price for such a joke. i had a very bad experience with a huawei smartphone and a huawei tablet,i wanted literally to throw them on the open window !!! and my brother the same with a zte crap. The box of accesories of these chinese jokes,all of them,the charger,the usb cable,the always crappy headphones have a very very bad plastic and stinks so bad so you should make skin and pulmonar cancer

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                                      • AnonD-24171
                                      • fq6
                                      • 18 Jul 2012

                                      Great job guys very nice review

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • spj
                                        • 18 Jul 2012

                                        An incredible phone, especially if it will ever hit the Western markets with that price!