Meizu has announced that the August 10 launch is for a phone called the Meizu Blue Charm E which is aimed at the younger generation and supposed to take on Xiaomi’s new Redmi Pro.

A leak from a user on Weibo says the phone has a special feature, the ability to control your car; that is if you own the ”internet SUV”, the Roewe RX5. The car which is a product of the collaboration between SAIC (Shangai Automotive Industry Corporation) and Alibaba debuted at the Beijing Auto show earlier this year. The car’s infotainment system is a special version of Alibaba’s YunOS called YunOS for Car.

Owners of the Meizu Charm Blue E will be able to unlock the car, heat up the seats, and control the air-conditioning using their phone. You might be wondering why the RX5 and not other cars. The reason is because Alibaba has a stake in Meizu. The internet giant invested $590 million in the Chinese phone maker last year. This makes things a lot easier for them saving them the trouble of entering into an agreement with another phone maker.

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Reports say the Meizu Blue Charm E will feature a metal body, a 5.5” Full HD display, 3GB of RAM, a Helio P10 octa-core processor clocked at 1.8GHz,  a 13MP primary camera, and a 5MP front-facing camera for selfies. The phone will feature a 3100mAh battery and come with Meizu’s fast charge technology called mCharge.

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The Meizu E series smartphone has been in the news for some time now, with a media event scheduled for August 10 where Meizu is expected to unveil the new smartphone which is rumored to have a curved display and dual main cameras at the back.  Of course, recent rumors have been a bit more modest, revealing a mid-range device, probably aimed at Xiaomi’s Redmi Pro series for competition.

Now, a recently leaked photo on China’s microblogging site Weibo has exposed what is said to be the live photo of the Meizu E series flagship which is also rumored to be called Meizu E. The Weibo leak is centred on the fast charge function of the Meizu E which is touted to cram a generous 31000mAh battery under its hood.

The flagship device is rumored to have an mCharge feature capable of mustering 18W charging power, and can achieve charge level of up to 90% in just 1 hour (60 minutes). Also, the mCharge brings to play a smart feature which adjusts the charge rate according to the temperature of the phone, the battery voltage , the level of data usage and it is reputed to be safe and fast.

The leaked photo of the Meizu E corresponds with earlier images and of the device that had been featured in leaked renders. The device sports full metal body and has a physical home button upfront.

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The Meizu E is rumored to pack a 5.5-inch display with 1080p resolution and would be powered by an octa-core MediaTek processor with 3GB of RAM. The smartphone is also tipped to feature a 13MP rear camera and 5MP sensor up front. 

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UPDATE: Video seems to be unavailable at the moment. 

UPDATE2: Video from another source added.

In exactly a week, Meizu will be launching a new device at the Beijing National Convention Center. Lots of speculations have come up online such as it being a high-end phone sporting Samsung’s Exynos 8890 SoC and having a dual curved display.

But a video that was leaked on Weibo shows the same phone whose pictures have been going around lately as the new Meizu E-Series phone.

The phone does feature a metal body, a round camera, straight antenna lines, and a home button that doubles as a fingerprint scanner. There is a hole on the left which is for ejecting the SIM tray. And on the right, we have the volume rocker and power button.

Reports say the E-series phone will run YunOS, have 3GB of RAM, a Full HD display, a 13MP rear camera, and be powered by a Mediatek MT6755M processor.

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Since the authenticity of the video cannot be verified yet, it is best to take it with a grain of salt.

Meizu must definitely be enjoying the debate going on about what the device is as the company itself has not released any info that indicates it is even indeed a phone.

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Meizu has released a teaser announcing an event slated for August 10 where the company is expected to unveil a new device believed to be a smartphone on an all new Meizu E series.

The Meizu E series is a new line of what is expected to be a high-end smartphone, perhaps another line different from the equally high-end PRO series. The Meizu E series has been spotted in some leaks recently and the phone is rumored to feature a Samsung Exynos 8890 chipset which is at par with the high-end Snapdragon 820 chipset.

The Meizu E series smartphone is also touted to feature a curved dual edge display which makes the device looks like what will be the ultimate Meizu flagship of the year. Apart from that, the device is also rumored to feature dual cameras at the rear, another first in the Meizu line-up.

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Already, fellow smartphone makers like Xiaomi and Huawei are already making use of the dual camera setup and Meizu wouldn’t want to be left out. Also, with the mid-range smartphone market getting saturated with new entrants daily, the new Meizu E series which sports high-end specs could herald Meizu’s grand entrance into the high-end devices market.

The device is also said to feature a fingerprint scanner embedded in the on-screen home key but details about other specifications of the device are not known as this point. Until the August 10 launch date, we’ll keep our fingers crossed that this new smartphone lives up expectations and not turn out to be one big disappointment.

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Meizu’s next event is on the 10th of August and while the company has indeed confirmed that the event will be for the launch of a new phone, leaked pictures of a Meizu phone are pointing in another direction.

The leaked pictures shows a phone that closely resembles the Meizu Pro 6 and MX6 (more like the latter IMO). The only visible difference is the antenna line at the bottom which doesn’t curve upwards on this new phone. The camera and the LED flash are both positioned in the same spots and it also features a physical home button/fingerprint scanner.

The E Means Exynos

So what does this imply? We have translated this to mean that the E on the invite doesn’t stand for a new E-series but for Exynos and in this case the Samsung Exynos 8890.

Rumor also has it that the new device will have 4GB of RAM like the MX6, 64GB of ROM, and support fast charging. The picture already shows a USB Type-C port positioned in between the speaker grille and 3.5mm audio jack.

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No Curved Display Yet

Meizu’s CEO, Bai Yongxiang mentioned after the launch of the MX6 that the company might release a curved screen phone in future. We can already see that it won’t be showing up on this device. But there are still 4 months before the end of the year, so that curved display might still be released.

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