On April Fool’s Day, Meizu used its existing Meizu 16T and the upcoming Meizu 17 to prank its fans. For the first prank, the smartphone maker announced a new variant of the 16T, whereas, for the second prank it used its virtual voice assistant Aicy to tease the forthcoming 17.

Meizu’s official Weibo account announced a new variant of Meizu 16T earlier today. This version of the device comes in ‘Daylight Orange’ colour with support for solar charging. Thus, the company says the user need not to worry about the battery on this phone as long as there is sunlight.

As expected, this new version of Meizu 16T is merely an April Fool’s Day prank pulled out by the company. Although this one was a prank, solar-powered smartphones can be a reality. Last year, Xiaomi even patented a smartphone design with a solar panel. But we don’t think it will make it to the public soon as the solar charging tech on mobile phones is still not efficient.

Coming to the second prank, the Weibo account of Flyme OS teased its Aicy AI voice assistant to have evolved enough to leak devices itself and urges the users to ask ‘When Meizu 17 will be released?’ As it is another prank by the brand, the answers to this question by the virtual assistant are sarcastic and do not reveal anything about the company’s next flagship phone.

There have been multiple rumors and leaks of Meizu 17 over the past few weeks. It is expected to be the company’s first 5G smartphone featuring Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.0 storage, 6.5-inches 90Hz OLED display, 64MP + 20MP + 12MP triple camera setup, 4,5000 mAh battery, 30W fast charging, and a 3999 Yuan ($564) starting price.

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