Meizu has already hinted that its flagship Meizu 17 smartphone will be unveiled this April. A leaked invitation of the Meizu 17 has appeared online revealing an April 15 launch date. The invite is, interestingly, a riot shield! 
The leak comes from a blogger on China’s Weibo and apart from the launch date, it features some key specifications of the Meizu 17. While we can’t rule out the possibility of this being yet another April fool prank, Meizu is known to send out weirdly-packaged invitations. We recall some invitation boxes with sneakers, a wooden block, among other strange stuff. So. this could be one of Meizu’s surprising invitation.
The riot shield features a rectangular-shaped mesh area and this suggests that the Meizu 17 will come with a horizontally-aligned rear camera setup with a rectangular module. The module is said to hold four camera sensors as well as a ring flash.
In terms of the specs, the Meizu 17 is listed to feature a 6.5-inch AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate. The device will be powered by a Snapdragon 865 chipset with a Snapdragon X55 modem bringing 5G connectivity onboard. The device will equally come with 8/12GB LPDDR5 RAM and 128/256GB UFS 3.0 storage options. The base model will use LPDDR4X RAM. For photography, it will use a 64-megapixel GW1 main camera. Other sensors include an 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle, a 5-megapixel telephoto and a 2-megapixel depth of field sensor. The Meizu 17 will cram a 4500mAh battery under the hood with support for 30W fast charge. There will also be an under-screen fingerprint sensor. It will have a starting price of 3999 yuan.
We’ll take the leaked launch date with a pinch of salt until Meizu official reveals the launch date.
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