Meizu has unveiled the Meizu 16T as its third flagship phone of the year 2019. In April, the Chinese firm had launched the Snapdragon 855 mobile platform powered Meizu 16s phone and in August came the Snapdragon 855+ driven Meizu 16s Pro phone. The Meizu 16T that has launched today is Snapdragon 855 SoC fueled gaming-centric phone. It comes with a bigger display and a larger battery than the Meizu 16s and 16s Pro phones. Also, it has arrived with an impeccable starting price of 1,999 Yuan (~$282).
Meizu 16T Specifications and Features
The Meizu 16T is a glass-bodied device with 159.63 x 78.2 x 8.3mm dimensions. The device weighs 183 grams and houses a big Super AMOLED display of 6.5 inches. Like the predecessor flagship phones from the company, this phone also sports slim-sized symmetrical bezels above and below the display. The AMOLED display produces a tall aspect ratio of 18.6:9, carries support for 1080 x 2232 pixels full HD+ resolution, 600nits brightness and DCI-P3 color gamut. The screen is integrated with Super mTouch in-display fingerprint reader that takes only 0.2 seconds to unlock the device.
The 2.84 GHz Snapdragon 855 powers the Meizu 16T with up to 8 GB of LPDDR4x RAM. Like the newer flagship phones, the Meizu 16T also comes with up to 256 GB of UFS 3.0 storage. The handset comes with a 4,500mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging.
The Meizu 16T is a gaming-focused phone that comes with linear vibration motor and game mode 4.0 for immersive gaming experience. The handset also features dual stereos speakers and a 3.5mm audio jack. Meizu has teamed up with Tencent for enhancing the gaming experience on the Meizu 16T. The smartphone is loaded with Android 9 Pie OS and Flyme 7 UI that takes along OneMind 3.5 AI engine.
The rear side of the Meizu 16T has a vertical triple camera system with Sony IMX362 12-megapixel with f/1.9 aperture and PDAF as main lens, an f/2.2 aperture 8-megapixel ultrawide lens with 118-degree field-of-view and an f/1.9 aperture 5-megapixel depth sensor. The LED enabled rear cameras is enabled with features like AI scene recognition, super night scene mode and portrait mode. The device can also shoot 2.5cm super macro shots. The thin bezel at the front is the home for the phone’s 16-megapixel selfie camera with HDR. It is also optimized to capture better selfie shots in dim light conditions. The face unlock feature can unlock the Meizu 16T in just 0.2 seconds.
Meizu 16T Price and Release Date
The different variants and pricing of the Meizu 16T are as follows:
- 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage – 1,999 Yuan (~$282)
- 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage – 2,299 Yuan (~$324)
- 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage – 2,499 Yuan (~$353)
Color variants: Whale Blue, Daylight Orange and Lake Green
The pre-sales of the Meizu 16T begins today through online retailers in China. It will go on sale on 10:00 AM (local time) on Oct. 28. Owners of Meizu 16T can be early adopters of Flyme 8.
