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NBA 2K16 for Android Review
Whether you like basketball or not, you have probably heard of NBA and some of its star players. The 2k Inc. has been making NBA video games for quite a while now and this time around we have the NBA 2K16 version for a review.
NBA 2K16 for Android Review: VIDEO
CONCLUSIONS
All in all, the NBA 2k16 for Android can be a really good mobile basketball game but it is far from its prime time.
We have good graphics, which, however, are not yet optimised on a lot of phones. Also, the gameplay, basketball IQ, the variety of game modes, a wide array of customisation options and so on make the NBA 2k16 a really good offering by the 2k games.
However, there are just so many issues and it seems that the game was released like 3 weeks earlier than it should. In fact, I would even call it a beta version.
The game is lagging on many even high-end phones and all those major sound issues are very annoying. I mean there are bugs that you can live with but the sound is just terrible.
My conclusion is simple. We can have a really good NBA basketball game with lots of features and modes but… We may see that only after a software update. Maybe after two software updates.. or after 3 software updates.
UMi Iron Pro Will Also Come In Rose Gold Color
A few days back, we heard a few details about the next generation of the popular UMi Iron model, now going by the name UMi Iron Pro. The phone will reportedly come with three different levels of security making sure that the data inside the device remains secure.
According to the latest information, UMi Iron Pro will come in a brand new color, and its none other than Rose Gold that has become quite a trend in the industry. It all started with the craze of Apple iPhone Rose Gold Edition and now, many well know manufacturers like Samsung have started offering this special color. Even UMi is supposed to join the party as the report claims that the UMi Iron Pro will also have a Rose Gold edition. This will be a great color option for those who would like something in Rose Gold for a much cheaper price tag.
As for the other specs, the UMi Iron Pro will reportedly come with the octa-core MT6753 chip with 3GB RAM and 16GB of storage. The front will feature a 5.5- FHD display as its predecessor. There will be three different security options like fingerprint recognition, voice unlock and finally, EyePrint ID. The phone will also come with the new USB Type-C port replacing the old MicroUSB 2.0.
Looks like a decent device in the making. The Rose Gold color option is definitely an added plus. We will keep you guys updated with more features in the coming days.
Meizu Metal vs MX5: Will the Newcomer Cannibalize the Sales Of the MX5 Flagship?
Meizu announced the Meizu Metal budget smartphone on October 21 for an aggressive price tag of 1099 Yuan ($180). This was an extremely competitive price tag considering other rivals in the market offer much less for a more. However, this pricing is close enough to the flagship MX5’s price tag, which makes us wonder whether Meizu Metal will eat up the sales of its elder brother, the Meizu MX5.
Meizu Metal and MX5 are quite similar to each other, yet they have like $110 price difference between them. So, today we take a look at the differences to see whether customers will be ready to pay up this difference to go for the MX5.
First of all, looks wise, there’s not much difference. Both feature a metal CNC body with a relatively similar design. MX5 features a magnesium alloy body while the Metal comes with a magnesium-aluminum body made with rare metals like titanium. The company is calling this new material as ‘Crystal Metal’. But end of the day, different people like different looks, so we leave it up to you to decide which ones better.
As for the specs, both come with the Helio X10 MT6795 octa-core chip. However, MX5 features the MT6795T model which is clocked as 2.2GHz as compared to the MT6795M on the Metal. Also, 3GB RAM on the MX5 should offer better multi-tasking than the 2GB RAM found on the Metal. So, performance wise, there will be a noticeable difference between the two models.
Even in the display department, the Meizu MX5 triumphs since it comes with a superior AMOLED 5.5-inch FHD display as compared to the plain 5.5-inch FHD LCD 2.5D glass panel on the Metal. In the camera department, the MX5 comes with a much better 20.7MP shooter as compared to the 13MP sensor on the Metal. However, the MX5 has one major drawback, you don’t get a MicroSD card slot on the device. On the other hand, the Metal can boast of this slot which definitely gives the phone an advantage in the storage area.
The battery is almost the same on both the devices (3150mAh vs 3140mAh) but the former (MX5) features fast charge which is definitely a plus point. And if you like using your phone as a remote, there’s an IR port on the MX5 as well.
As you can see, despite the close pricing, the MX5 does offer a lot more than the Meizu Metal. You get a better display, superior camera, fast charge and larger RAM module. The lack of the SD card slot is the only drawback as compared to the Metal, but to solve that you can always go for the 32GB variant.
So, judging from this comparison, we don’t think the Metal will eat up the sales of the MX5 to a great extent. Of course, those who are happy with slightly lower specs will settle for the Metal, but others, who want a superior smartphone experience, will still stick with the MX5 flagship.
Anyways, let me know what you think about this comparison. Do you think the $110 price difference between the two models is justified with the superior specs?
Elephone confirms Android 6.0 For P8000 & P6000 Pro
Elephone has just confirmed to us that both Elephone P8000 and Elephone P6000 Pro will be getting Android 6.0. Both these devices were announced a few months back, so its not surprising to see them getting the latest Android version. Also, there are other smartphones being tested for Android M but at the moment, we are not sure which other models will be upgraded. Also, we still don’t know when exactly these updates will roll out to the respective smartphones.
The company also confirms that its upcoming flagship, Elephone P9000 along with its variants like the Elephone P9000 Lite and P9000C will come with Android M 6.0 pre-installed. This is definitely good news for those who were planning to purchase this upcoming device from the company.
As for the P8000 users who are running Android 5.10 at the moment, the company has released a new update for fixing a few bugs like “screen flashing” and “no gallery response” while using front camera. If you had these problems, just head over to their forums, where there’s the download link to the ROM and flash it on to your device. There will be an OTA update too, so if you can wait for a few days, then go for the second option.
ZUK Z1 Features A Special Chip To Enhance Its Battery Life
Lenovo backed ZUK announced its first smartphone a few months back. The ZUK Z1 is now available both in China as well as internationally and is one of the few flagship smartphones that can boast of a battery that’s bigger than 4000mAh. While this will definitely offer better battery life as compared to its rivals, the company has just released some more details about the phone’s technology which improves its life.
The ZUK Z1 reportedly comes with a special chip inside which helps increase the age of its battery. To help you understand how this chip increases its life, we would first have to know how normal smartphones work during charging.
In case of a regular smartphone, when the battery inside is fully charged and yet is being kept on charging, the internal mechanism of the phone shuts off the direct charging automatically. This means that after getting fully charged, the phone will start using its own battery even when a charging cable is connected. Now, when the battery is again discharged to a certain level, the charging process starts to kick in.
This process continues as long as the charger is connected to the phone. This charging – discharging process ages the battery, which means you may not get as much battery life like you did at the start, after a few months.
On the other hand, the ZUK Z1 reportedly comes with a special chip to solve this problem. Once the phone is fully charged, instead of shutting off the external power supply, the phone’s chip makes sure that it starts using the power supplied by the charger. So, there’s no constant charge – discharge going on which helps improve the age of the battery to a certain level.
While this may not be a revolutionary feature, still its good to know that such a chip helps the Z1’s battery to age slower. Further, the 4100mAh battery should provide pretty good battery backup (more than a day easily). Also, the ability of charging at 5V 2A means that the phone charges quickly as well.
Have any of you bought the device? What do you think about the phone’s battery?
No.1 Watch D2 GiveAway: Win A Free Luxury Smartwatch From GizmoChina
If you have been a loyal reader of GizmoChina, you would know that we like to giveaway stuff every month. We already have a OnePlus X GiveAway running, but we would like to give out something more this week, a brand new No.1 Watch D2 smartwatch. This is the first luxury smartwatch from the company and comes with a rose gold body with 60 Czech diamonds hand set along the edge of its round face. Its really a good looking smartwatch and I am sure many of you would love its design.
The watch is also IP67 certified which means its dust and water resistant. Further, it features a grain cowhide leather that is sweatproof, hypoallergenic. You can choose between brown, red and white for the strap colors. As for the specs, you get a 40mm touchscreen display with 240 x 240 pixel resolution, MTK2502 processor and a 350mAh battery. Other highlighted features include heart rate sensor, a built-in 1.3-megapixel camera, CVC6.0 broadband noise reduction, a pedometer, a sleep monitor, a text messenger, music player, calculator, phone dialer, and calendar, among others. Its compatible with both Android and iOS devices.
Its a great smartwatch to have, and we are giving away one for free. We would like to thank No.1 for providing this No.1 Watch D2 unit for giveaway. Do check out their website for more details on the D2 smartwatch.
Like always, you just have to perform entries via the gleam widget to participate in the giveaway. All the best.
Xiaomi may have plans to enter US with its Mi Note lineup
A few months back, Hugo Barra had hinted that Xiaomi was planning to enter the US market. However at that time, he didn’t give out any time frame for a launch in the country.
Now, Xiaomi’s president Lin Bin revealed while talking at the WSJDLive Show that the company may enter the US market with its Mi Note and Mi Note Pro range of smartphones. However, once again he failed to give out an exact time frame for the launch.
Getting into an established market like US won’t be easy. First of all, companies like Apple and Samsung already have a huge chunk of market share in the country and even with its aggressive pricing, it will be quite hard for Xiaomi to gain some momentum in the market. Moreover, there’s another big issue that the company may face — Patent Licensing. Xiaomi had faced this problem when it first entered the Indian market when Ericsson sued the company for not licensing their wireless patents for phones sold in the country. Xiaomi could face the same problem in US, which is why it will first have to strengthen its patent portfolio before it makes the jump into the US market.
Xiaomi has released a lot of quality products in the past few years and once it enters US, customers will have yet another choice when buying a smartphone that won’t empty their pockets. Moreover, it also has a wide range of products under its belt like the Mi TV, Ninebot self-balancing scooter, Air Purifier etc which could be potentially sold in the country.
Anyways, we will keep you guys updated with more information pretty soon. So stay tuned.
Famous Chinese Actress Leaks The Upcoming LeTV 1S model
Earlier today, Li Xiaolu, a famous Chinese Actress revealed some images of a new smartphone which looked like the new LeTV 1S. To make things even more interesting, the official LeTV Weibo account reposted those images, which probably means that the phone is indeed the upcoming LeTV 1S model.
From the images, it looks like the new model will feature thinner bezels and a smaller form factor. The image shows that the person could hold the smartphone pretty easily with one hand which means you can expect the size to be between 5-5.5 inches. The screen to body ratio looks amazing and the phone continues with the all metal design that was introduced by its previous generation models.
As for the other specs, the LeTV 1S is expected to come with a better resolution display, most like 2K along with a superior camera and a faster fingerprint sensor.
The pricing is said to be competitive, somewhere around 2000 Yuan to compete with the likes of Huawei and Meizu. As for the release, LeTV has an event on October 27, where we will officially see the LeTV 1S.
VKWorld VK700X Makes The $60 Phone Market Look Good
VKWorld has been quite busy the past few months, releasing a number of interesting smartphones such as the VKWorld VK700 and VK700 Pro. Now, the latest news is that the company is working on a cheap smartphone, called as the VKWorld VK700X. The phone is supposed to be super cheap, costing just about $59.99 but with specs that are quite good for this price tag.
Looks wise, from the pictures that we have come across, the VK700X seems to be well made with multiple color options like Noble Black, Diamond White and Dazzle Golden. The phone looks quite good for a $60 device with CNC metal frame and 6.9mm thin body. But we will have to reserve our judgement on the looks after we have handled the device ourselves.
As for the specs, the phone features the MT6580a quad-core chipset clocked at 1.5GHz, with 1GB RAM and 8GB of storage. This is further expandable up to 64GB via MicroSD. There’s a 5-inch display with 720p resolution, which is quite impressive given the price tag. At the back, there’s an 8MP OV camera while up front, there will be a 5MP shooter. One of the highlights of the device is the support Android 5.1 Lollipop OS.
As you can see, the phone looks pretty good, the specs are impressive as well and the best part is that it costs just $59.99. These specs make the phone a great package for such a cheap price tag. The phone be announced sometime in October, which means we should see the launch in the next couple of weeks.
MIUI 7 Global Stable Build To Start Rolling Out From October 27!
Xiaomi announced the new version of its OS, the MIUI 7 back in August. Immediately, the developer versions of the OS were available to download to the users. Now, after nearly two months of testing and optimization, the stable versions of MIUI 7 will start rolling out from October 27. This means, you will soon start getting notifications for an update to the latest MIUI 7 version.
The company is offering two options to its users to install the new UI update. You can either wait for the notification to hit your devices and update your phone to MIUI 7 via OTA update. Or else, you can go to the MIUI Downloads page and manually download the ROM package for your device. The ROM builds will be available to download on the same date as it starts rolling out to smartphones.
In case you are wondering which phones will get the MIUI 7 update, the company will release more information in the coming days.
How to Start a Dead Car in under 30 Seconds – 1byone Car Jump Starter Review
1byone Car Jump Starter Review: VIDEO
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVcfMUrYmBI[/embedyt]Hi everyone, this is Linus, back with another video and this is the episode Nr. 2 of how to start any dead car’s battery in under 30 seconds.
EPISODE NO.1:
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3BdGWp3CNQ[/embedyt]In case you are wondering, I have tested the 1byone car jump starter quite a while ago and I was pleasantly surprised that it worked as advertised.
Today is a different yet similar gadget, different time, different place but the same old car.
1byone Car Jump Starter Review: UNBOXING
The device costs just below $100 and I believe that the pricing is decent considering the overall package you’re getting.
The jump starter comes in a cardboard box and inside of it you can find the battery, jump starter clips with a smart control, some documentation, a wall charger, car charger and a computer charging cable with different charging plugs.
The 1byone car jump starter is made of rubberised plastic and on the front side we have a power switch with the LEDs, which show the amount of juice left in the battery.
On the back there is a flashlight with 3 different flashing modes and it can be turned on by pressing and holding the power key.
On the top we have output ports for the car jump starter cables and the USB port, which lets you charge any USB powered devices.
Also, there is a power input port.
Finally, on the left there is another output port to charge your laptop.
Overall, the battery is very compact and lightweight considering the size of the cell inside and the overall feature set.
1byone Car Jump Starter Review: IS IT GOING TO JUMP START MY DEAD CAR?
Allright, a lot of batteries can charge your phone or laptop, or any other device but is this device capable of jump starting an old car with a completely dead battery?
This is what we are going to find out here. I’m going to try to start the car first and see how it goes.
The thing is that the battery is completely dead that the car doesn’t even make any sound when I try to start it. That’s even worse situation that the last time I tried to start this vehicle.
Allright, so what you have to do is to connect the jump start cables to the car’s battery. However, I highly recommend you cleaning both terminals of the car’s battery with a dry cloth to make sure there is a good contact with jump starter cables.
The connecting part is pretty easy as you need to connect a positive red colour cable to the positive terminal of the car’s battery and a negative black colour cable to the negative terminal of the car’s battery. Then, you have to connect the cable to the jump starter and after that you have to press a start switch on the control with a little monitor and start your car within 30 seconds.
1byone Car Jump Starter Review: CONCLUSIONS
As you can see, this little gadget is definitely working. Honestly, I’ve tested a previous model that I am still using till now like 20 times with this car and 2009 Honda Civic and only a few times it didn’t start the car from the first time.
A few complaints would be regarding the design, though. Yes, the build quality is great but that rubberised plastic is prone to fingerprints and it is quite easy to scratch.
All in all, I believe this gadget is really useful either for ones who have old car batteries or for those who just want to have a useful gadget in their toolbox that can come handy in emergency situations.
Meizu Metal Brings All Metal Body & Fingerprint ID under $180
We have been hearing a lot about the Meizu Metal for the past couple of weeks. Now the company has finally made the device official and its everything we expected it to be. The phone comes in a beautiful metal body with plenty of color options to attract the young generation crowd.
Meizu Metal features a special aluminum body which is made using a number of rare elements like titanium, and cobalt to make it light weight and durable at the same time. The company is calling it the “Crystal Metal”. The phone looks pretty premium and comes in a bunch of colors such as white, grey, gold, blue, pink. The body has gone through diamond cutting for the perfect finishing.
As for the specs, the Meizu Metal comes with a 5.5-inch FHD 1080p display with 2.5D glass front, strengthened T2X Electric Glass and maximum brightness of 450 nits. Under the hood, there’s the 2GHz Mediatek Helio X10 MT6795 processor with 2GB RAM and eMMC 5.0 16 GB/ 32 GB memory options. It also supports MicroSD cards upto 128GB. With these specs, the phone reportedly scores over 51,000 on AnTuTu.
As for the camera, there’s a 13MP shooter at the back with PDAF focus (0.2 seconds), f/2.2 aperture, color temperature flash and gorilla glass protection. Front features a 5MP shooter. Finally, the phone features the same fingerprint sensor as the MX5 MTouch 2.1 with recognition speed of just 0.48 seconds. It comes with dual card dual standby with Flyme 5.0 based on YunOS pre-installed. There’s a pure Flyme based on Android version as well. The battery is also quite decent at 3140 mAh capacity.
Now coming to the best part, the Meizu Metal will start at just 1099 Yuan ($173) for the 16GB model, which is a great price for a phone with these specs. Further, the 32GB version will retail for 1299 Yuan which is around $200. Pretty aggressive pricing I would say. What do you think?
LOCA Brings A Beautiful Holder For Apple Watch And iPhone 6s
Apple Watch is already in the market for a few months, but till now there are still not many holders with excellent design. You need a watch holder to keep your priced watch since without it, you always have to worry about where to securely store your Apple Watch once you get it off your hands. In addition to scratches, paint chips, there are a number of ways that you could damage your costly possession, which is where the LOCA Stand / holder comes to the rescue.
This product is designed from the Mobius ring, which looks curvy, beautiful and trendy at the same time. The curved shape helps to keep the watch safely while highlighting the sporty design of the holder. The LOCA Apple Watch Holder is made out of silicone material surface which makes sure that both the holder as well as the Apple Watch remains scratch free.
Further, you can charge your phone and watch without any messy cable lines. Moreover, its curvy design also makes sure that the cables don’t bend.
Overall a great product to keep you smartphone and watch in one place for charging and storing safely.
You can check out the LOCA Apple Watch holder on Amazon for more information.
HOMTOM HT5 come with a Corning Gorilla Glass screen that even a dart cannot pierce
In previous articles, we have talked about many HOMTOM HT5 features such as the powerful 4250 mAh battery which can last for up to 5 days based on average use, or 2 days of heavy use, with up to 60 hours of talking time and 30 days standby time. The artful design features Ebony and Black Apricot Wood cases and the ultra-slim, ergonomically shaped body is only 9.8mm thick. Not to mention, the smart wake up gesture controls and HotKnot wireless transfer technology.
This time we would like to introduce the latest Corning Gorilla Glass screen that the HOMTOM HT5 is using. How tough is it? The screen has improved strength and durability and is up to three times more damage resistant than other screens. This type of Native Damage Resistance is a unique feature of Gorilla Glass. Something that Corning Glass is able to provide due to a special proprietary glass composition that is better able to resist the deep scratches that cause other glass to break.
Whether you accidentally drop it, or put into a bag with sharp objects, the HOMTOM HT5 screen will not be damaged.
The stunning Corning Gorilla Glass screen feels smooth and precise and is scratchproof, super durable and wear resistant. The HOMTOM HT5 will never leave you heart-broken because of a broken screen.
For more information, please check:
www.homtom.cc
https://www.facebook.com/homtomchina
OnePlus X GiveAway: Win A Free OnePlus X Smartphone From GizmoChina
Back in August, we gave away the OnePlus 2 Flagship Killer to one of our lucky fans. Now, we are back with another giveaway, and this time around, its yet another OnePlus smartphone! Its usually quite hard to get hold of a OnePlus device and this is a good opportunity for our readers to win one for free!
Although the OnePlus X hasn’t been released yet, the company is all set to announce the device on October 27. The phone is shaping up to be quite good, with either Snapdragon 801 chipset clocked at 2GHz or Helio X10 under the hood. There should be 3GB of RAM on board with at least 16GB of storage. The display will be of 5-inches (quite compact for one handed use) with FHD 1080p resolution. At the back, you can expect a 13MP Sony camera while up front, there should be a 5MP shooter. It should run on the latest version of OxygenOS based on Android 5.1.
As you can see, this phone is ideal for those who like compact 5-inch devices. And you can win one for free by participating in this giveaway.
Entering the contest is quite easy with the gleam widget. Only for one entry — i.e. subscribing to our newsletter, you will have to do it externally, via the subscribe button on the right sidebar of the website. Rest all of the entries can be completed within the widget.
The OnePlus X GiveAway contest starts today and will go on till November 5. There are a number of ways you can participate in the giveaway. And there are entries that you can make to earn extra points every day too.
The final winner will be selected at random, so everyone gets a fair chance. What’s more, you can increase your chances of being picked as the winner by increasing your entries for the contest.
Remember, you need to make these entries via Gleam widget, so that your entries are officially recorded.
Please share this giveaway as much as possible, in order to earn extra points and to make it successful. A successful giveaway would encourage us to giveaway more such amazing products to our readers.
Also, a special thanks to our partner, Giztop for making this possible. Do check out their website for all the latest flagship smartphones in the market. The site promises zero shipping and customs charges for most countries.
We hope all of you participate in this giveaway and make it big. All the BEST!
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Meizu takes a dig at OnePlus, Offers To Swap Your OnePlus 2 For A Meizu Pro 5!
If you have been following the tech world, you would have come across an interesting campaign from OnePlus called as #TakeTheEdgeOff. Under this campaign, Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6, S6 edge, and S6 edge+ users could swap their smartphones for a brand new OnePlus 2. While this sounded like an absurd deal, given that these phones are much costlier than the OnePlus 2, Meizu is here to give OnePlus a taste of their own medicine.
Yesterday evening, Meizu kicked off a campaign wherein OnePlus 2 users could swap their smartphones for a brand new Meizu Pro 5 flagship. If you consider the specifications of the Pro 5, this actually turns out to be a pretty good deal! Well, to make things even more competitive, Meizu’s campaign has the hashtag #TurnTheHeatOff. In case you remember, OnePlus’s own campaign was called #TakeTheEdgeOFF!
From the hashtag, it looks like the company wants users to swap to a Meizu Pro 5 to get over the heating problems associated with the Snapdragon 810 chipset under the hood. There seems to be limited units available for the swap and according to the page, the lucky winners will be announced via e-mails later this week.
Meizu is yet to reveal details about this campaign like what happens to the OnePlus 2s that they receive, do they donate it or do they use it for some other purpose? Also, its not yet known when and how the actual swap will take place. We hope to get more details pretty soon as the campaign comes to an end.
As for the Pro 5, it features the powerful Exynos 7420 with 3GB/ 4GB RAM options and 21MP/ 5MP cameras. Overall a great deal we would say. So, if you are not happy with your OnePlus 2, this might be a good opportunity to swap your phone for something better without costing you a penny. Just head over to their Facebook page and fill out a form to participate in the campaign.
What do you think about this campaign? Would you trade your OnePlus 2 for a Meizu Pro 5?
LeTV 2 To Feature Faster Fingerprint Sensor, Superior Camera & 2K Display
LeTV CEO has been revealing a lot about the upcoming LeTV 2 flagship smartphone that is scheduled to debut at the company’s October 27 event. The first teaser of the event revealed that the company was directly competing with the Apple’s iPhone series. Now a series of new teasers have revealed more details about the upcoming device, most of which takes a dig at Apple’s iPhone series.
The first teaser boasts of the new fingerprint sensor on the LeTV 2 model. The image says that the LeTV 2’s fingerprint sensor will be better than Apple’s Touch ID. You can check out the teaser from down below.
Even in the camera department, the new LeTV model is supposedly better than the iPhone series, specifically the iPhone 6S. The teaser says that the upcoming LeTV phone will feature superior camera for faster shooting and better low light pictures as compared to the iPhone 6S.
Finally, the third teaser compares the Retina display on the iPhones to the better display on the LeTV 2. The teaser states that 1080p display has become standard on flagships, with Apple’s Retina display still considered as one of the best. But LeTV will take things to a better level with its display which we are expecting to be 2K. Remember the giant LeTV Max with 2K display and sapphire glass? Well, this new model could take some specs from the Max model.
As the CEO is counting down the day until the launch event with new features revealed everyday, we can expect something about its processor in the next one week. Rumors have said that the phone will feature the new Snapdragon 820 chipset, but we still need confirmation from the company. So, we better wait for more such teasers in the coming days.
Meizu Metal Most Likely To Be Priced At 1299 Yuan!
We have been hearing and also seeing a lot of Meizu Metal in the past couple of weeks. The phone is all set to debut tomorrow, i.e. October 21 and will run on Alibaba’s Ali YunOS based on Android platform. The phone is said to be quite a looker, thanks to its all metal design (with magnesium alloy body) and metallic color scheme. The specs are also quite impressive for the price segment that it is targeted.
The latest leak about the Meizu Metal smartphone has revealed the pricing of the device. While previous rumors said that the phone could be priced below 1000 Yuan ($157), a leaked image reveals that the pricing could be set at 1299 Yuan for the 16GB model. That comes to around $200, which is quite aggressive.
While the company is yet to confirm the official price tag of the device, Meizu VP, Li Nan had earlier hinted that the pricing would be between 1000 Yuan and 1500 Yuan. So, its quite likely that the starting price of the 16GB model could be 1299 Yuan. Moreover, the specifications are also quite impressive to make sure that the phone gives tough competition to the likes of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2.
According to the TENAA listing, the Meizu Metal smartphone will come with a 2GHz octa-core chip, the MT6795 Helio X10. There will be 2GB of RAM on board along with 16GB of storage. The front features a 2.5D glass 5.5-inch FHD display with a 5MP camera on top. As for the back, you can expect a 13MP shooter with PDAF. Like the recent Meizu smartphones, the Meizu Metal too is expected to come with the mBack home button with different gestures available along with fingerprint sensor incorporated into the device. Finally, the phone will run on Ali YunOS instead of Meizu’s Flyme UI.
Overall, the device does capture our attention with good specs and a refreshing metal design. Moreover, the phone will come in six different color options like blue, grey, white, pink and gold. Now, we just have to wait for its official release on October 21.
So, do you like the new Meizu metal? Would you pick this over the Redmi Note 2. You can also check out the leaked video of the device in action alongside the Honor 7.
