Meizu has finally taken off covers from the Meizu Note 9 mid-range smartphone. While the Meizu X9 that was unveiled in September 2018 was the company’s notched display smartphone, the newly announced Meizu Note 9 has arrived as its first waterdrop-style notch enabled smartphone. The handset is driven by the powerful Snapdragon 675 and it comes with some exciting features such as 48-megapixel dual camera and fast charging enabled big battery. Also, it carries an attractive starting price of 1,398 Yuan ($208).
Meizu Note 9 Specifications and Features
The Meizu Note 9 features a metal and glass combination chassis with 153.11 x 74.34 x 8.65 mm dimensions. It is equipped with a waterdrop-style notched IPS LCD display of 6.2-inches. It supports 19.5:9 aspect ratio and full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2244 pixels. The Note 9 offers a screen-to-body ratio of 89.23 percent.
The Snapdragon 675 mobile platform that powers the likes of Vivo V15 Pro and Redmi Note 7 Pro can be found under the hood of the Meizu Note 9 with up to 6 GB of RAM. It can be availed in 64 GB and 128 GB storage choices. For optimized gaming experience through GPU acceleration, the Meizu Note 9 comes with the company’s Hyper Gaming technology.
The Meizu Note 9 features a 4,000mAh battery and still weighs only 169.7 grams. It is lighter than Redmi Note 7 Pro that houses a same-sized battery. The big battery of the Note 9 carries support for 18W mCharge rapid charging technology. An 18w charger is included in the retail box of the phone. The Android 9 Pie OS customized with the latest Flyme 7.2 UI comes preinstalled on the device. There is no microSD card slot on the phone.
The small notch at the front is the home for its 20-megapixel selfie camera. It is the very same selfie camera that’s available on the Meizu 16 series. The back panel of the Note 9 is fitted with a vertical dual camera setup. It includes a modified 48-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL Bright GM1 sensor as its primary lens and a depth sensor of 5-megapixel. The Note 9 comes with support night scene photography and offers features like handheld night scene mode and tripe mode. The other features of the Meizu Note 9 include rear-mounted fingerprint reader, face recognition 3.0 for unlocking in dim conditions, 4G VoLTE, dual-SIM support, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, USB-C and 3.5mm audio jack.
Meizu Note 9 Price and Release Date
The Meizu Note 9 variants such as 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage, 6 GB RAM + 64 GB storage and 4 GB RAM + 128 GB storage are respectively priced at 1,398 Yuan (~$208), 1,598 Yuan (~$238) and 1,598 Yuan (~$238). The handset can be availed in Black, White and Blue. The official sales of the Meizu Note 9 will begin at 10 AM (local time) on March 11.
